NEW YORK—Flushing was awash with color and music on April 28; the streets home to a festive parade with a serious message. The Chinese enclave has become an important place for practitioners of the Falun Dafa meditation practice to celebrate the first amendment—something impossible to do in China.
The parade marked 13 years since a peaceful appeal by 10,000 practitioners outside the Central Appeals Office beside the leadership compound in Beijing. The practitioners sought an end to harassment that had been taking place by security forces for three years, the lift of a ban on publication of Falun Gong books, and a lawful environment to pursue their beliefs.
