WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Chinese regime launched a violent and far-ranging persecution against the traditional spiritual discipline Falun Gong ten years ago this week. To commemorate ten years of peaceful resistance, and to call for an end to the persecution, about 3,000 Falun Gong practitioners held various activities over four days in the nation’s capital.
The series of events began when practitioners from around the world held a rally on July 16 in front of the Capitol, where nine members of Congress spoke, as did many leaders of human rights and faith-based organizations. Similar rallies have been held every year since 1999, when the under-reported large-scale persecution began.
