On the 20th of July 2004, the Hungarian News Agency (MTI) reported on an appeal held by Falun Gong practitioners outside the Chinese Embassy in Budapest. According to MTI Budapest daily summary, a group of Hungarian Falun Dafa practitioners held an appeal outside the Chinese Embassy today, protesting against the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Falun Gong is an oriental meditation practice.

Falun Gong Information Centre Spokeswoman Ms Sziliva Akbar told the reporter that in China there are almost 100 million people practising Falun Gong.

Amnesty International Hungarian Branch President Mr. Mark Fodor told the reporter that statistics clearly show that there are more than 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted to death by torture because they practised Falun Gong.

The article reads, "Falun Gong advocates traditional health improving methods and belief in self-cultivation. In July 1999 it was banned in China by the Chinese Government."