SAN FRANCISCO—Bay Area Falun Gong practitioners and supporters on April 24 commemorated the anniversary of a historic appeal by practitioners in China and sought to raise awareness that followers of the meditation discipline are still being persecuted by the regime in China, at a rally in front of the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
On April 25, 1999, about 10,000 people gathered peacefully at the Chinese communist headquarters at Zhongnanhai to appeal for their right to freely practice Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa). The appeal took place after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to perceive Falun Gong’s enormous popularity as a threat.
