(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners in Edmonton, Canada gathered in Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park on April 24, 2021 to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the April 25 Appeal and call for an end to the persecution. On April 25, 1999, over 10,000 practitioners appealed peacefully to the Chinese government. Mr. Garnett Genuis, Canadian Member of Parliament, sent a video statement to support the event.

Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and hung banners which carried messages such as, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” “Falun Dafa is Good,” “Stop CCP from Killing Falun Dafa Practitioners for Their Organs,” “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Create Moral Monumental Word; In Memory of 22nd Anniversary of Peaceful April 25 Appeal,” etc. They put up informational exhibition boards beside the sidewalk to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) crimes in persecuting Falun Dafa.

The peaceful exercise music attracted passersby. Some asked for informational materials, and others signed a petition to support the practitioners’ nonviolent efforts to end the persecution.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Edmonton, Canada commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the April 25 Appeal and raised the awareness of persecution in Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park on April 24, 2021. People learned the facts and signed the petition to condemn CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa.

Canadian Member of Parliament Mr. Garnett Genuis sent a video to the Edmonton Falun Dafa Society to support the event. Mr. Genuis said in the video, “I am honored to express my greetings on the anniversary of the April 25 Falun Dafa peaceful petition.”

Canadian Member of Parliament Mr. Garnett Genuis sent a video in support of Falun Dafa practitioners’ peaceful efforts to expose the persecution.

Mr. Genuis said, “Falun Dafa practitioners seek to restore the beautiful traditional Chinese culture and ancient civilization, while the CCP opposes traditional Chinese culture. As Canadians and Canadian government officials, we must express our position on freedom, justice, and human rights, and stand together with the persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners.”

Edmonton Falun Dafa Society spokesperson Ms. Huang said, “We are gathered here today to call for justice and conscience, defend human rights, and expose the CCP’s crimes of genocide against the Falun Dafa group. We call on the news media, the public, and society to understand deeper the Chinese Communist regime’s evilness and harm. We also call on the Canadian government to take action to help stop the cruel persecution of Falun Dafa by the CCP that has been going on for 22 years.”