Tag: Falun Dafa

Proposed Australian Magnitsky Laws Have ‘Teeth’: Diplomacy Expert

Newly introduced Magnitsky laws that give the federal government the power to sanction overseas human rights violators will be powerful, effective, and quick, according to a diplomacy expert. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor at Curtin University who teaches the history of international diplomacy, says Australia’s new laws have “teeth” and will be a deterrent against future…


Trevor Loudon: Communism Is About Power & Cannot Tolerate Religious Freedom

Why is China against religious groups like the Uyghur Muslims or Christians? How did the Chinese Communist Party systematically kill the desire for its people to believe in the divine? I spoke with Trevor Loudon, expert researcher and author on socialism and communism, to learn more about the reason behind communism’s anti-God nature and what…


Photos: 100 Million People Practiced These Exercises by 1999, but Where Are They Now?

If you’ve ever been to China, you’ve probably seen that people enjoy practicing different forms of qigong (energy) exercises outside, mostly in parks. However, back in the early 1990s, there was one slow-moving meditative exercise system that was becoming increasingly popular before almost all of its practitioners disappeared overnight. Tens of thousands of people, from…


Live Recap: 2021 Rally to End Persecution of Falun Gong

Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual practice. It comprises moral teachings, meditation, and four gentle exercises. Since its inception in 1992, Falun Gong has an estimated 100 million practitioners worldwide. Unfortunately, on July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a violent campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. Millions…


Falun Gong Practitioners Gather for Candlelight Vigil

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—About 300 Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil July 18 next to the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles, commemorating lives lost during a 22-year brutal persecution. Practitioners at the vigil called for the immediate release of 27 friends and family members currently incarcerated in China for practicing Falun Gong, while some shared experiences of the suppression of…


Northern California Falun Gong Practitioners Call for an End to 22-Year Persecution

Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from Northern California held a rally and parade in San Francisco on July 17 to celebrate Falun Gong, a Chinese meditation and self-improvement discipline, and to raise awareness that it has been persecuted in mainland China since 1999. The timing comes in remembrance of the day the persecution began, which…


Beijing Needs to Be Pressured to Stop Falun Gong Persecution, Congressman Says

There should be greater global awareness about the two-decade long persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, a U.S. congressman has said. In an interview, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) also pointed to how practitioners in China have been targeted by the state for forced organ harvesting, which “is as horrific as you can imagine that…


Chinese Professor ‘Disappeared’ From Social Media as His Talks of Organ Theft Surfaced Online

A Chinese criminal law professor’s social media account was recently scrubbed. Coincidentally, a video of him speaking about the phenomenon of organ theft in the country surfaced on the internet. Luo Xiang, who has over 2.5 million followers on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, is a professor at the School of Criminal Justice at the state-run China…


Chinese Professor Disappears From Social Media as His Talks of Organ Theft Surfaced Online

A Chinese criminal law professor’s social media account was recently scrubbed. Coincidentally, a video of him speaking about the phenomenon of organ theft in the country surfaced on the internet. Luo Xiang, who has over 2.5 million followers on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, is a professor at the School of Criminal Justice at the state-run China…


Faith and Freedom: One Shen Yun Dancer’s Escape From China

Zhao Jiheng’s life turned upside down when he was just 8 years old. “One day, I came home, and my parents had disappeared,” Zhao said. His parents, like tens of millions of others in China, had been targeted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because of their religious faith. Overnight, the estimated 70 million to…