VANCOUVER—Grisly re-enactments of torture and illicit organ harvesting backed by a wall of banners set the scene outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday for a rally commemorating the tenth anniversary of the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
It was on July 20, 1999, that the Chinese regime under then-leader Jiang Zemin outlawed Falun Gong and began a campaign of persecution that continues today.
A number of speakers at the rally condemned the persecution and called for an end to religious repression in China.
Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said he joined Falun Gong practitioners in “celebrating their belief and the contribution that it brings to our country and the world.”
