(Minghui.org) Practitioners held a rally in Madrid on April 25, 2023, in front of the Chinese Embassy to commemorate the April 25 appeal in Beijing 24 years ago. They exposed the crimes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed in the persecution of Falun Dafa. They called for an end to the persecution.

Twenty-four years ago, on April 25, 1999, over 10,000 practitioners appealed at the State Office of Appeals in Beijing to secure their right to practice Falun Dafa. Several media outlets noted the peaceful nature of their appeal.

Practitioners rally and do the exercises in front of the Chinese Embassy to commemorate the April 25 Peaceful Appeal and called for an end to the persecution.

Practitioners held banners that read: “Commemorate the 24^th Anniversary of the April 25 Peaceful Appeal,” “Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong in China,” “Stop Forced Live Organ Harvesting of Falun Dafa Practitioners in China,” “Falun Dafa Is Good,” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Is Good.”

The colorful and vibrant banners drew the attention of many passersby. They stopped to read them and took photos. They also took flyers about Falun Dafa and the persecution. They learned that practitioners who abide by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are being brutally persecuted by the CCP. They learned of the CCP’s forced live organ harvesting and signed the petition to support practitioners in ending it.

People condemned the CCP and signed the petition to support practitioners in ending the persecution.

Francisco Paduano, 63, from Venezuela learned about the persecution by reading a flyer. He said, “Forced live organ harvesting is terrible. We need to stop this! I remember the June 4th incident when the CCP mass murdered university students. It is hard to know exactly what is going on in this big country [China] with such a huge population and strict government. Honestly, I have learned some things about this country, but I did not know about forced live organ harvesting and missing people. This is horrible!”

Francisco Paduano from Venezuela was shocked when he heard about the organ harvesting.

Jorge is a surgeon. Due to the nature of his work, he had some knowledge of forced live organ harvesting. He said, “I am a surgeon, but I’ve never done organ transplants. Forced organ harvesting is shameful.”

His wife, Mercedes, is a gynecologist. She said, “I’ve heard about organ harvesting but I never knew those organs came from living people. I always thought they were from people who’d passed away. This is very shocking to me. I have never heard of such a thing. It seems to me to be the most outrageous and shameful thing that mankind can do. Forced live organ harvesting has to stop immediately! This is the worst thing we can experience.”

Jorge and Mercedes both said forced live organ harvesting needs to end immediately.

Manuel said that he knew about the extreme social control that China exerts over people. People do not have freedom in China and those who speak out against the Communist regime will be punished or disappear.

Manuel wants the persecution to end.

He said he would help by sharing the information with his friends. He hopes everyone will help end this persecution.