Over 200 followers of the spiritual practice Falun Gong gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on July 18 for a candlelight vigil to mourn fellow practitioners who had endured brutal persecution in China that has been ongoing for 24 years.
Wearing yellow shirts printed with “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance”—the core principles of the spiritual practice—attendees peacefully sat in rows, holding candles and portraits of those who lost their lives under the Chinese communist regime.
The vigil, two days prior to the July 20 persecution commemoration, marked 24 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its nationwide persecution of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa….