(Clearwisdom.net) On April 23, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners in Ireland held a rally and group practice in front of General Post Office (GPO), on O'Connell Street in Dublin, to mark the twelfth anniversary of the April 25 appeal in Beijing. They also called for a stop to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong.

Falun Gong practitioners in Ireland held a group practice in front of General Post Office (GPO), O'Connell Street, Dublin to mark the twelfth anniversary of the April 25 appeal

Passersby carefully read the poster board to learn the facts

Many Irish people sign the petition for ending the persecution after learning the facts

In front of a large banner reading, “Commemorating the Twelfth Anniversary of Falun Gong Appeal in Beijing on April 25, 1999,” dozens of Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five sets of graceful exercises. Many Irish people paused to watch the scene, and some even learned the exercises on the spot. Many Irish people signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution after carefully reading the poster boards and learning the facts.

Ms. Dongxue Dai of Irish Falun Dafa Association said, “Twelve years ago, Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful appeal in Beijing. They follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and petitioned with compassionate attitude, asking the regime to release fellow practitioners who had been arrested in Tianjin. The incident was solved peacefully. Out of jealousy however, Jiang Zemin, former head of the CCP, initiated the inhumane persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999.”

“Today, we are here calling for a stop to the twelve-year-long brutal persecution. The CCP uses various torture means, mental abuse, toxic drugs, and even organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners for lucrative profit in the persecution.”

She recommended that Chinese people read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party to learn about the nature of the CCP. She said, “I recommend that Chinese people read the book and get to know the crimes of the CCP and its nature, and renounce the CCP and its affiliated organizations as early as possible.”