Historical Photos: Ten Thousand Falun Gong Practitioners Peacefully Appealed on April 25, 1999

This article was first published in May 2009.

(Minghui.org) I was born and grew up in Beijing. I was at the April 25^th Peaceful Appeal in 1999. I'm including some photos that have never been published before in order to show what really happened at the April 25^th Peaceful Appeal.

This photo was taken on April 25, 1999, from the rear window of a bus that was going from north to south on Fuyou Street. Falun Gong practitioners are on the left side of the photo and the red wall on the right is Zhongnanhai. Between the practitioners and Zhongnanhai is Fuyou Street.

I was standing at the north end of Fuyou Street when I took the photo facing south. On the left side is Zhongnanhai, and on the right are practitioners staging a peaceful appeal. Fuyou Street is between the practitioners and Zhongnanhai. Standing across the street are plainclothes officers and uniformed police blocking the road.

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street (Not published before)

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street (Not published before)

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street (Not published before)

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street (Not published before)

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street (Not published before)

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street

Falun Gong practitioners standing on the sidewalk at the west side of Fuyou Street (The photo was taken from west to east. You can see the west side entrance of Zhongnanhai.)