(Clearwisdom.net) On May 15, 2007, Mayor Daniel M. McGinley and the City Council of the City of Alexandria, Kentucky issued a proclamation condemning the violation of the civil rights of the Falun Gong practitioners and calling on the government of China to cease the harassment of Falun Gong practitioners.

Whereas, Falun Gong is a peaceful and non-violent form of personal belief and practice with millions of adherents in the People's Republic of China and elsewhere, including the United States, and...

Whereas, since 1999, the Government of the People's Republic of China has banned the practice of Falun Gong and persecuted its practitioners, and...

Therefore, be it resolved that the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Alexandria, Kentucky condemns the violation of the civil rights of the Falun Gong practitioners and calls on the government of the People's Republic of China to cease the harassment of Falun Gong practitioners.

In recognition thereof, we have set our hand and caused the Seal of the City of Alexandria to be affixed hereon, on this 15^th day of May, 2007.

Daniel M. McGinley, Mayor

City of Alexandria