According to incomplete statistics, during the two years since July 20, 1999, 252 Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted to death, hundreds illegally sentenced to jail or thrown into mental hospitals, and tens of thousands sent to labor camps without judicial procedures. In addition, numerous practitioners have been beaten, tortured and subjected to huge fines by those executing the laws. Virtuous people have been forced to leave their families and become destitute and homeless. Millions of family members, friends and colleagues of Falun Gong practitioners have been involved and affected by the persecution.
However, the most precious principle in the hearts of those Falun Gong practitioners is "Zhen-Shan-Ren." In order to uphold "Zhen-Shan-Ren" and let more of the world's people know the truth, many practitioners went to Tiananmen Square, because there is not a single place in China where their right to speak out peacefully is protected by law.
The history of China has recorded what happened in Tiananmen Square on May 13, 2001. What the bright banners manifested to the people is the essence of Falun Gong. What they are crying out, I believe, are those precious words that they most want to tell people: "Falun Dafa is Good!"
These practitioners cherished righteous thoughts and upheld righteous actions. Where are they now?