(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa Information Center reports on April 25, 2002 from Hong Kong:

The mistreatment of the Falun Dafa practitioners appealing outside the China's Liaison Office Building in the past further indicated that some Hong Kong authorities intended to turn the square in front of China's Liaison Office Building into a forbidden place for peaceful appeal. The Jiang regime denies civilians' right of appeal for those who suffered injustice in Mainland China. Some Hong Kong authorities wanted to do things to help the evil.

Sixteen Swiss and Hong Kong practitioners were violently arrested by the police last month a mere four hours after they sat outside the building to hold a hunger strike, calling for the release of the Changchun practitioners. The Changchun practitioners were in immediate danger because of Jiang's order to "kill without pardon." The police in turn brought a false charge against them. This time the practitioners tried to consult with the police and notified the Police Bureau of West District two days before the proposed activity. It was originally proposed that ten people would meditate for three hours in front of the gate. It was denied. This morning, some practitioners came to the site police designated for appeal beside the China's Liaison Office Building and consulted with the police again. Considering the pressure that the police have received from the Liaison Office, the practitioners proposed to shorten the activity in front of the gate to one hour. It was denied after the police asked for the permission from their supervisor. The practitioners further proposed to shorten the activity to half an hour and to have the participants take turns, but it was denied again. The practitioners requested to meet with the police officer in charge and this request was also denied. Finally, the practitioners proposed to hold a fifteen-minute demonstration with two practitioners holding a banner and one person reading the appeal letter, which is a request than that is usually granted when the police are under high political pressure, but it was denied again. The police said that upper level authorities issued an order disallowing activity in front of the China's Liaison Office Building. Thus, the police groundlessly denied the practitioners' request to practice their right of freedom of speech, assembly, and appeal.

The practitioners were not angered by the unreasonable action of the police and were not moved like everyday people to fall into the evil's trap. Over 20 practitioners sat peacefully in the designated appeal site 20 meters (about 60 ft) away from the front gate and sent forth righteous thought for three hours, in the middle of a rain shower and under the tight surveillance of many police. Regarding the authorities' mistreatment, out of compassion, the practitioners continue their peaceful, legal, and reasonable appeal to seek justice.

Nearly 200 practitioners hold peaceful practice and appeal outside of the Hall.