Falun Gong Seeks Help from PM to End Persecution

Falun Gong practitioners gathered Tuesday on Parliament Hill to ask the prime minister to urge the Chinese regime to end its persecution of their practice.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May talks with Lin Mingli and Tianxiao Zhang. Lin Mingli and his brother Lin Shenli had not seen each other in 13 years because one or the other was imprisoned for practicing Falun Gong in China. Zhang’s sister Zhang Yunhe disappeared in China in 2002 after being arrested for practicing Falun Gong. She has not been seen or heard from since. Donna He/The Epoch Times

OTTAWA—As Prime Minister Stephen Harper prepares to visit China on Feb. 6-12, several hundred Falun Gong practitioners gathered Tuesday on Parliament Hill to ask him to take the opportunity of the trip to urge the Chinese regime to end its persecution of their practice.

Sitting in rows, meditating at times, and practicing the slow-moving standing exercises of Falun Gong at other times, the group also held up large banners displaying their requests.

The largest banner, held by six people and facing Centre Block of Parliament Hill, stated: “Prime Minister: Urge China to End Torture / Killing of Falun Gong.”