Candlelight Vigil at Los Angeles Chinese Consulate Mourns Deaths Under Communist Regime

Hundreds gather in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on April 23, 2022, to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the peaceful petition of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners. Debora Cheng/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—About 200 adherents of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on April 23 to mourn the deaths of practitioners subjected to brutal persecution in China.

“Today, every year, we will always remember,” Dr. Youfu Li, president of the U.S. Southwest Falun Dafa Association, said at the vigil.