25th April 1999 was the first appeal against the brutal crackdown on Falun Gong in China

24th April 2016 the peaceful appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong continues

Commemorating April 25th 1999. The first peaceful appeal in Beijing against the brutal crackdown and arrests of Falun Gong at Tianjin In China.

Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to the appeals office on Fuyou Street. Most practitoners believed the National Appeals Office was somewhere in the middle of Fuyou Street near the west gate of Zhongnanhai (Chinese Communist Party HQ). Chinese security arranged the Falun Gong practitioners around the Zhongnanhai compound, creating the appearance that Falun Gong "surrounded" or "besieged" Zhongnanhai. This would later be used in the propaganda war setup by Jiang Zemin, former Chinese Communist Party leader. This was beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong. 

Hi - I'm reading "The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China's Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem" by Ethan Gutmann and wanted to share this quote with you.

"So as April 25 dawned, a lovely, crisp spring morning, a thirty-three year old consultant Zeng Zheng—better known by her foreign name Jennifer Zeng—pulled her bike into Fuyou Street and instantly noticed that something was a little off. Jennifer had briefly worked in the Zhongnanhai compound and knew the security intimately. Normally there were so many guards that it was difficult to enter the street without being questioned. Now, just before 7 a.m., practitioners were strolling down Fuyou street chatting and looking around for the appeals office, as if they were in a shopping mall. But a line of police stood on the southern end. The police told the practitioners to go back up the block and stand at the entrance to the hutong, across from Zhongnanhai's western gate. At the same time, up at the north entrance to Fuyou, policemen were carefully leading practitioners to the west side of the street and directing them to walk south. Both groups merged right outside the main entrance of Zhongnanhai. The National Appeals Office would open at 8:00 a.m., they were told. Jennifer understood: “They were very well prepared, they were expecting us.”"

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LONDON, UK, Sunday 24 April 2016

London Falun Gong practitioners Commemorate April 25th 1999 in Trafalgar Square. The first peaceful appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong in China. They do this by showing the beauty of meditation exercises, talk to people, collect petition signatures and hand out information. 

CLICK BELOW Petition to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calling for an Immediate End of Forced Organ Harvesting From Falun Gong Practitioners in China

http://www.dafoh.org/petition-to-the-united-nations/

Happy Birthday to The Queen

Liz Gets Papped SHOP LINK

Happy 90th Birthday to Queen Elizabeth II as she gets papped whilst out celebrating, allegedly. 

Battle of Waterloo

British Transport Police vs Neboe

I went down to check out The Battle of Waterloo at Leake Street Graffiti tunnel near London's South Bank. Lots of tight stylish writers and energetic street art was on show, presented by the paint shop Chrome & Black.

About 40 artists took part in The Battle, which filled the tunnel with a cloud of sweet smelling spray paint mixed with barbecued jerk chicken, being sold to hungry punters. DJ's pumped out some hefty beats making the party bounce. Even the British Transport Police made an appearance. It looked like they were being taught how to hold a spray can, by one of the artists.

Slam was the overall winner of the £250 prize money, Diet came second and Debug came third.

My personal favorite of a Neo-Tokyo cyberpunk world by Dan Kitchener

Goodbye Cilla we had a lorra lorra laughs

Cheers Cilla

Sad news that Cilla Black has died. A Liverpool legend.

Here is my memory of her a few years ago when she came out of Bungalow 8 night club. All the photographers sang the theme tune to Blind Date all the way to her car. As Cilla got in her car she turned around and did a "Cheers" with a flower she held in her hand.

Cilla has a chuckle as all the photographers sing the Blind Date theme tune to her leaving Bungalow 8

Standing Up for Photographers Rights

Photographer Jason Sheldon started a ripple that turned into a wave when he challenged Taylor Swift about her gig photography contracts. She slightly changed her contracts, which is slightly better than before. But still a long way off freedom of the press kind of rights. Here is a recent interview with him in the Walsall Advertiser -

http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/Taylor-Swift-concert-picture-rights-change-says/story-27498576-detail/story.html

8,000 Strong Falun Gong Parade

On Friday 15th May there was a Rally to support 200 million Chinese renouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a Parade of 8,000 Falun Gong practitioners through the streets of New York from UN Dag Hammarskjold via Grand Central Station down to the Chinese Consulate. Leading the parade was the Celestial brass band, filling their intruments with bursts of melodious musical energy.

After the parade, Falun Gong practitioners gathered to meditate in Times Square. #freedom2meditate t-shirts were worn to display their wish for freedom of  belief in China. Falun Dafa practitioners are persecuted in China. Many have been tortured to death. 

16 years since the 25th April peaceful appeal to stop persecution of Falun Gong in China

This marks the 16th anniversary of the Falun Gong appeal, for freedom of belief in China on April 25, 1999. Outside Downing Street, China Town and by Trafalgar Square, Falun Gong practitioners continue to petition for an end to organ harvesting in China and to have imprisoned and tortured family members released. These ongoing petitions were handed in at No 10 Downing Street in Westminster to the Prime Minister.