April 10, 2002

In China, practitioners of Falun Gong are persecuted. In Victoria, they raise awareness about that persecution by sitting at a downtown intersection. Colland, Banks and Palfrey were meditating outside the Gate of Harmonious Interest a few weeks. Not long before, Palfrey had been detained by police in Tiananmen Square, for protesting against Chinese government's treatment of Falun Gong's [practitioners].

Posting date: 4/27/2002
Original article date: 4/27/2002
Category: News & Media Reports

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