Tag: Falun Dafa

Inside Communist China’s War on Faith—USCIRF Commissioner Nury Turkel, Born in a Chinese Re-Education Camp

Nury Turkel was born in a Chinese re-education camp where his mother was imprisoned at the height of China’s Cultural Revolution. Now, he’s a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The Chinese Communist Party has been waging a war on faith, Turkel says. Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang are being treated as…


Chinese Consulate Rally in LA Calls For End to Renewed Persecution in Hong Kong 

LOS ANGELES—About 180 practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate on May 3, calling for the halt to a slanderous media campaign in Hong Kong. Practitioners of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, quietly protested for more than an hour. They held signs that read “truthfulness, compassion, tolerance”—the main tenants of Falun Gong—as around 20 cars with Falun Gong decorations circled the…


Rally at LA Chinese Consulate Calls For End to Renewed Persecution in Hong Kong 

LOS ANGELES—About 180 practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate on May 3, calling for the halt to a slanderous media campaign in Hong Kong. Practitioners of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, quietly protested for more than an hour. They held signs that read “truthfulness, compassion, tolerance”—the main tenants of Falun Gong—as around 20 cars with Falun Gong decorations circled the…


Los Angeles Rally Calls for End to Falun Gong Persecution in Hong Kong 

LOS ANGELES—About 180 practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on May 3 to call for an end to a slanderous media campaign in Hong Kong. The protesters quietly rallied for more than an hour, bearing signs that read “truthfulness, compassion, tolerance”—the main tenets of the practice, also known as Falun Dafa—while…


Thousands Gather in Taipei to Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

TAIPEI, Taiwan—In an annual tradition that dates back more than 20 years in Taiwan, thousands came together for a celebratory event. On May 1, the island’s iconic Liberty Square in Taipei became the stage for a vibrant spectacle: about 5,200 people donning colored outfits sat in formation to form a gigantic image commemorating almost three…


Jailing of 4 Doctors For Illegal Organ Extraction in China Casts Spotlight on Forced Organ Harvesting

A criminal case involving unauthorized organ procurement surgery conducted in an unlicensed ambulance in China is casting a spotlight on Beijing’s continued efforts to cover up its state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. Last July, four doctors from eastern China were sentenced to between 12 and 28 months in prison after being…


‘We Really Salute You’: Sydney Rally Honours April 1999 Beijing Appeal

Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Sydney on Saturday to mark the 22nd anniversary of a significant day for the group—the peaceful April 25 appeal at Chinese Communist Party (CCP) headquarters in Beijing. Out of respect for Anzac Day, the large crowd gathered at Sydney Town Hall a day early to hand out fliers and raise…


Deputy Governor of Shanxi Province Sacked, Poor Human Rights Record Exposed

Liu Xinyun, deputy governor of northern China’s Shanxi province and director of the provincial public security department, is under investigation for “suspected serious violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws”—an oft-used euphemism for corruption in China, according to an April 9 notice by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top watch-dog agency. Public data shows that…


‘They’re Here for Freedom’: Australian Councillor Praises Falun Dafa Practitioners for Their Courage

A Victorian councillor in the city of Bendigo believes Australians should support those who speak up against oppressive regimes—such as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under which millions of Chinese people don’t enjoy freedom of expression. At a rally held in the centre of Bendigo on April 10, Councillor Vaughan Williams said that Falun Dafa…


US Counties Warn Americans Against Organ Tourism to China

Americans who travel to China for organ transplants are at risk of becoming accomplices in state-sponsored forced organ harvesting, warned a resolution recently passed by a U.S. county. Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on March 23 became the eighth county this year to pass a resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for forcibly harvesting organs from…