Falun Gong practitioners in Vancouver began the peaceful appeal around the clock in front of the Chinese Consulate on August 20, 2001. At that time, two incidents of severe persecution of Falun Gong practitioners had occurred in China: one was that several practitioners were tortured to death in the Wanjia Labor Camp in Heilongjiang Province in a severe round of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. The other incident involved about 100 practitioners who were conducting a hunger strike to protest the brutal persecution, and their lives were in critical condition. Upon hearing the news, overseas Falun Gong practitioners came to the Chinese Embassies and Consulates in their respective countries to request a stop to the persecution. Vancouver practitioners joined the global peaceful appeal and after 300-hour relay hunger strike appeal, they decided to continue their peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate.
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