Sweden: Activities in Gothenburg to Commemorate the April 25th Incident

On April 24th, Falun Gong practitioners from Gothenburg and nearby places held an activity in the centre of Gothenburg to raise awareness about the persecution and inform the public of the anniversary of the 25th of April appeal. It was six years ago that 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners peacefully gathered at the Chinese Communist Party’s central appeal office in Beijing and asked for attention to be paid to the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners that were occurring.

As well as a leaflet about Falun Gong and the persecution in China, practitioners also distributed another leaflet that informed people about the “4.25” incident six years ago. In the flyer, it states, "Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful, righteous and open appeal at Zhongnanhai will forever serve as a historic reference point for the upholding of their principles, their conviction and their rights. On the sixth anniversary of Falun Gong practitioners’ appeal at Zhongnanhai, practitioners all over the world repeat the same urgent message: “Stop the persecution of Falun Gong in China."

During the activity Falun Gong practitioners distributed leaflets, demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and collected petition signatures from people who wanted to join the global call for an end to the brutal persecution in China.