Rallies were recently held in several cities across the United States to commemorate a peaceful protest that happened 26 years ago in China, where the communist regime has no tolerance for public dissent.
Falun Gong practitioners held events in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Seattle, Chicago, and New York to observe what is now known as the April 25 appeal, an event that took place in Beijing, China’s capital.
On April 25, 1999, about 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners from various walks of life and across China gathered near Zhongnanhai, the compound of high-ranking officials of the Chinese Communist Party. They demanded the release of 45 fellow practitioners who had been arrested days earlier in Tianjin city and called for the protection of their rights to practice their faith freely….