Chinese police arrested and beat Canadian Western Dafa practitioner Zenon and others for their peaceful appeal in Tiananmen Square. In the afternoon of November 21, 2001, Toronto Dafa practitioners held a press conference in the Sheraton Hotel.

Zenon's mother, friends, and supporters participated in the press conference. Twelve Chinese and English media including Toronto Star, CBC, CTV/cfmt, World Journal, Mingbao and Modern TV station attended the conference.

In the press conference, video footage of Zenon before he left was played. His letter to the people in China, written before he left and telling why he wanted to go to Tiananmen, was also read out loud.