(Minghui.org) On April 22, Falun Gong practitioners from the Kyushu area in Japan held protests in front of the Chinese Consulates in Fukuoka and Nagasaki, commemorating the 13^th Anniversary of the April 25 Peaceful Appeal.

Protest in Fukuoka

Protest in Nagasaki

Practitioners held banners that read “Falun Dafa Is Good,” “Disintegrate the Chinese Communist Party, Stop the Persecution,” “Support 114 Million Chinese Withdrawals from the CCP” and “Commemorate the 13^th Anniversary of the April 25 Peaceful Appeal.”

Practitioners read the announcement in Chinese and Japanese, condemning the brutal persecution of Falun Gong and praising the peaceful 13-year-long resistance.

In the announcement, practitioners also called upon the public to help stop the persecution and make the right choice for a bright future.