More than 300 Falun Gong practitioners sat quietly outside Hyde Park alongside Elizabeth Street Tuesday evening in flickering candlelight. The meditators were holding candles in a solemn vigil to mark the 19th commemoration of what is known as the largest peaceful appeal in modern Chinese history.
A prominently displayed banner at the entrance of Hyde Park read: “April 25, 1999: Over 10,000 Falun Gong meditators gathered quietly in Beijing. They had come to the central appeals office to ask the government to stop escalating its harassment of fellow meditators, and to uphold their right to freedom of belief.
