Houston, Texas: On the Seventh Anniversary of the April 25 Peaceful Appeal, Practitioners Call for an End to the Persecution (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On the seventh anniversary of the April 25 Peaceful Appeal, Falun Gong practitioners in Houston held a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate to condemn the CCP's atrocities of persecuting Falun Gong and mourn fellow practitioners who have died a result of the persecution.

Protesting the persecution in front of the Chinese Consulate

Protesting the persecution in front of the Chinese Consulate

In front of the Chinese Consulate, practitioners hung up banners calling for an end to the persecution, sat on the lawn peacefully doing the exercises, and sent forth righteous thoughts. A car stopped in front of the practitioners and asked what all this was about. People inside the car then parked nearby and came over to inquire further. They were puzzled by the words on the banners, such as "human organs" and "concentration camps"; it so happened that they were doctors specializing in heart transplants. The practitioners told them about the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in concentration camps. They asked very detailed questions, and after they learned what happened, they wanted to have the Falun Gong practitioner's yellow T-shirt to hang up in their clinic to help more people learn about the truth. Other passersby also came by to ask for more information.

Discussing the persecution with the doctors

Clarifying the truth to passersby

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tang said, "This is the seventh time that I have participated in the anniversary of April 25, and every time, my heart is very heavy. On April 25, 1999, Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed outside Beijing's Appeals Office, displaying the demeanor of Falun Gong practitioners. April 25 is a historical monument, and people will remember it." She also said, "During the seven-year persecution, many Falun Gong practitioners have died as a result of the CCP's persecution, but their lives have awakened people's conscience. I hope that by next year when it is the eighth anniversary of April 25, there will be no longer any persecution and no more heavy hearts."

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Feng said, "More and more people have a clearer understanding of the April 25 incident. People have said to me that April 25 does not just symbolize Falun Gong's appeal, but is a symbol of people's universal rights. In these seven years, people have seen through the CCP's evil nature, and as a result, 10 million people have withdrawn from the CCP and its organizations."

Ms. Feng added, "I'm working in the lab of a medical center, engaging in lab research on Immunology and Nephrology, and Renal Pathology. Prompted by the CCP's persecution policies, some morally bankrupt doctors in China harvest organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit." "If you take others' lives for granted, the next life to be threatened may be you. I prepare to write an open letter to doctors who perform organ transplant operations in China to stop such killings. I also will work with doctors of Nephrology in the U.S. to condemn such atrocities."

We are now marking the seventh anniversary of the April 25 Appeal. In the past seven years, with Falun Gong practitioners' persistent efforts, more and more people have learned about facts, and more and more countries and governments have learned about the truth. Stopping the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong is not only a concern for Falun Gong practitioners but for all people of conscience in the world.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/26/126182.html

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