Li Zhihe participated in the Peaceful Appeal in Beijing on April 25th, 1999. He said that the CCP framed the peaceful appeal by 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners as an attack on the government to deceive the Chinese people and find an excuse to further crack down on Falun Gong.

On the ninth anniversary of the “April 25th Appeal”, Falun Gong practitioners from Spain gathered at the Chinese Embassy to hold a commemorative activity. On April 25th, 1999, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners spontaneously went to the State Appeal Office to conduct a peaceful appeal and ask for the release of 45 practitioners who had been illegally arrested in Tianjin city

Practitioner Mr. Zhao Shouzhu, 38, was forcibly taken into custody in 2000. Because the guards found him doing the Falun Gong exercises they beat him fracturing three of his ribs. Prisoners also beat him down to the floor, forced him to stand up, then beat him down again. They held his head down to the floor and took turns kicking him with their leather boots all over his body, even his head. Upon being released, Mr. Zhao had to leave home to avoid being arrested. On March 31st, 2008, Mr. Zhao was arrested while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. He began a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The police had people from the City Hospital brutally force-feed him with unknown drugs. He died around April 20th, 2008.

On September 28th, 2007, Mr. Wang Zhihai, a Falun Gong practitioner was sentenced to a forced labour camp for two years. He was taken to Xishanping Forced Labour Camp. On March 18th, 2008, several inmates beat Mr. Wang so violently that he suffered a head injury, his teeth were loosened, and his eyes became bloodshot. He also had a concussion and vomited, and his blood pressure shot up. His family is now demanding his release, but officials from the forced labour camp continue to hold Mr. Zhihai. In 2003, his wife, Ms. Duan Shiqun, was tortured to death at the detention centre. Now Mr. Zhihai's son, Wang Jing, who is only nine years old, is left without anyone to take care of him.

Mr. Xia Maoshu and Ms. Li Zhonghua, husband and wife, live in a village in Jilin Province. On March 6th, 2008, village head Chen Jibin of Weizuizi Village and officers from the Xiajiadian Police Station ransacked the couple's home and confiscated many of their personal belongings, including all of their Falun Gong books and a satellite receiver. Both husband and wife are currently detained at the Dehui Detention Centre. According to an inside source, Mr. Xia Maoshu was physically assaulted while in custody.

Practitioner Mr. Wang Hongfa was taken into custody on July 16th, 2007. On August 20th, 2007, he was sentenced to a one-and-a-half year forced labour term at the Huadu Forced Labour Camp in Guangzhou City. Mr. Wang's wife, Ms. Deng Yi, has tried to visit him four times, but was refused by the forced labour camp officials each time. Mr. Wang's father is 70 years old and was diagnosed with liver cancer. Since he is critically ill, Ms. Deng asked the labour camp officials to allow Mr. Wang to see his father for one last time. The labour camp officials, however, refused her request and also threatened her.

Quite a number of people in the western world believed the CCP's promises, and thought the Olympic Games had put a pair of "golden handcuffs" on the regime. They hoped that the international community would supervise and push the regime to improve its human rights record in the name of the Olympic Games. In the seven years since 2001, the facts show that the regime has failed to improve human rights as promised, and actually done the opposite, cracking down on all voices the CCP deems as "threats," and doing do in the name of "preparing" for the Olympics.

The principal of the school first gave a welcoming speech, and said, "Ever since I learned about how one should teach children to pay high attention to virtue, I was fascinated and inspired by Falun Dafa. I have been longing for the day to have an opportunity to learn the practice."