PARLIAMENT HILL—A handful of MPs gathered near Parliament Hill on Wednesday to discuss the plight ofFalun Gong on the 13th anniversary of the largest peaceful protest in China since the Tiananmen Square massacre.
On April 25th, 1999, some 10,000-20,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Central Appeals Office beside the leadership compound in Beijing. Unlike the students, the protesters were greeted amicably by then Premier Zhu Ronji who promised to release adherents that had been arrested in Tianjin city.