Category: Persecution in China

Candlelight Vigil at Los Angeles Chinese Consulate Mourns Deaths Under Communist Regime

LOS ANGELES—About 200 adherents of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on April 23 to mourn the deaths of practitioners subjected to brutal persecution in China. “Today, every year, we will always remember,” Dr. Youfu Li, president of the U.S. Southwest Falun Dafa…


Notorious Trampler of Religious Freedom in China Shows Signs of Being Sidelined

A recent official notice of a role change has raised concern over the chief of a security organization in the north China city of Tianjin. A China expert says its possible that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official could fall from grace. A notice on Feb. 14 said that Zhao Fei, head of the Political…


CCP Official Responsible for Human Rights Abuses May Be Facing Demotion: Expert

A recent official notice of a role change has raised concern over the chief of a security organization in the north China city of Tianjin. A China expert says its possible that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official could fall from grace. A notice on Feb. 14 said that Zhao Fei, head of the Political…


Falun Gong Practitioners Gather Outside UN Building to Protest Against the CCP’s Crimes

NEW YORK—As world authorities gathered in Manhattan to participate in the 76th session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at its headquarters this week, a group of Falun Gong practitioners quietly meditated and held banners raising awareness about their persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is…


Toronto Vigil: Falun Gong Adherents Mourn 22 Years of Persecution by Communist China

Falun Gong adherents held a vigil in front of the Toronto Chinese Consulate on July 15 to mark 22 years of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and to memorialize fellow adherents who have been persecuted to death in China since 1999. “I’m here today to be a voice for the people who has…


Falun Gong Adherent Loses Mother and Wife After 21 Years of Persecution

Her eldest son rendered homeless and her second son in detention, this was the final scene in Li Caie’s life before the 75-year-old lady from a village in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province passed away in November 2020. In December, her younger son was given a 3-year sentence in prison. Earlier this year, her displaced daughter-in-law…


Coal Miner Persecuted to Death in China for His Spiritual Belief

A Chinese man was persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February. While alive, he was tortured by prison guards in a bid to force him to abandon his belief in the spiritual practice Falun Gong. Yue Caiyun, a 54-year-old coal miner, was seized by authorities at work on Aug. 21, 2020,…