(Minghui.org) April 25 this year marked the 27th anniversary of 10,000 Falun Dafa practitioners taking part in a peaceful appeal in Beijing.

Practitioners from Denmark and Sweden held activities outside the Chinese embassy and in the city center of Copenhagen on April 25, 2026, to commemorate this special day.

Falun Dafa practitioners held activities outside the Chinese embassy in Denmark in the morning of April 25, 2026 to commemorate the April 25 appeal.

A representative from the Denmark Falun Dafa Association made a speech. She gave advice to the staff members in the Chinese embassy to stay away from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

A High School Student Attended the April 25 Appeal in Beijing

Ms. Chen was a high school student 27 years ago when she took part in the April 25 appeal in 1999 in person. She recalled that about 10,000 Falun Dafa practitioners had come to Beijing and gathered near the State Appeals Office in the morning of April 25, 1999. The practitioners were very kind and self-disciplined despite the potential risks they faced. This was the first major public appeal in China since the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. Practitioners stood at the roadside quietly and kept the walkways clear. They didn’t cause any trouble to traffic or pedestrians.

Ms. Chen said that her home was on Dongjiaomin Lane near Tiananmen Square. Her Fa study group in Beijing had included local practitioners who lived near her home. They were officers from government departments, lawyers, doctors, businessmen, teachers, and reporters. When they heard that dozens of practitioner in Tianjin had been arrested, they discussed whether they should go to appeal to the central government and how to get there. Everyone made their own decision according to their own situations. The group was loosely organized. There were no administrative organizations or any orders from above. Everyone did things of their own accord.

Ms. Chen said that the Falun Dafa practitioners’ consideration for other people was demonstrated in the details during the appeal. When they left, they cleared the ground and didn’t leave any trash behind. Some practitioners even picked up cigarette butts that the police officers had thrown on the ground.

“Many people saw the peaceful and rational nature of Chinese people from the April 25 appeal,” Ms. Chen said. “The practitioners’ kind and orderly manner is a power that can change people’s hearts and elevate their moral standard. Some people became hopeful for society again.”

People in Denmark: No Crime in Adhering to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance

Practitioners’ exercise demonstration in Copenhagen drew people to stop and watch on the busy pedestrian street. They also read information on the display boards about the persecution in China. The peaceful power touched people of various ethnic groups.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Denmark and Sweden talk to people about the April 25 appeal.

People learn about Falun Dafa

People were appalled by the CCP’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting and signed a petition calling to stop the atrocities.

Mia and Ester from Denmark read the display boards about the persecution with grave expressions on their faces. Mia said that it was normal in Denmark that people gained health through doing such exercises, so it was hard for them to understand why people would be detained simply because they did such exercises. She said it was a basic right for people to work on their health by doing exercises, and it was unacceptable to persecute peaceful practitioners.

Mia and Ester from Denmark

One woman from Denmark learned from a practitioner that the CCP’s transnational suppression had reached Denmark. She was not aware that the CCP did bad deeds with impunity in Denmark. She praised practitioners and said the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance resonated with her.

A lady from Denmark praised practitioners.

One gentleman looked at the pamphlets on the table. A gust blew some display posters to the ground, so he picked them up. He assured practitioners that such atrocities wouldn’t happen in Denmark because everyone has freedom of expression and belief in Denmark.

A couple from Turkey learned about the CCP’s organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa practitioners. The cruelty was unimaginable to them. They signed the petition to stop organ harvesting in China and hoped that such atrocities would not happen again.

A Chinese Businessman Quit the CCP in Denmark

A Chinese man sat on a bench near the Falun Dafa stall and looked at the practitioners from a distance. A practitioner went over and talked to him. The gentleman said that he had come to Denmark on business and was staying in Denmark for one week. The practitioner told him about the April 25 appeal that took place in Beijing 27 years ago, how Falun Dafa had spread in China before 1999, why the CCP persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners, why the CCP staged the Tiananmen self-immolation incident, why the CCP spread rumors to slander Falun Dafa, and that the CCP ran a systematic, large-scale business of organ harvesting.

The gentleman said that he knew that many people had practiced Falun Dafa in China in the 1990s and that people in various government organizations had practiced Falun Dafa. He had seen the news broadcast about the Tiananmen self-immolation incident in 2001. The practitioner took this opportunity to tell him that the incident was staged by the CCP.

The man agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations using an alias.