Category: Falun Gong persecution

US Video-Sharing Platform Attacked by CCP Hackers During Live Falun Gong Parade

Gan Jing World, a new online platform based in New York, was attacked by hackers from the Chinese communist regime while airing a live stream of a Falun Gong parade. The hackers tried to spread hate messages against the spiritual practice. Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and parade to commemorate the 24th anniversary of…


Israelis Call for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

HAIFA, Israel—A rally was held in front of the Chinese embassy in Tel Aviv on July 20 to call for an end to the 24-year persecution of Falun Gong in China. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that teaches the values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance along with five slow-moving meditative…


July 20 Anniversary and Its Significance for the West

Commentary Today, the persecution of Falun Gong in China is widely known in the West, but this year July 20, marks 24 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began its brutal campaign to eradicate Falun Gong in China. However, the significance of this persecution and its impact on Western democratic freedoms may be less…


‘I’m Still Speaking Out,’ Ontario Mayor Says of His Longtime Support of Falun Gong

When Michael Prue first learned about the persecution campaign against Falun Gong adherents in China soon after it was launched 24 years ago, he felt he should help any way he could. Prue, now the mayor of Amherstburg in Ontario, has been a strong advocate for Falun Gong ever since. “[The launch of the persecution]…


Beijing Human Rights Lawyers Experience Repeated Eviction

It’s been eight years since the Chinese Communist Party carried out a massive wave of arrests on July 9, 2015, incarcerating hundreds of human rights lawyers and activists in what became known as the 709 Crackdown. Today, victims of the Crackdown still face oppression by the regime—even after they have been released from jail. Recently,…


Los Angeles Vigil Commemorates 24th Anniversary of Falun Gong Practitioners’ Peaceful Appeal in Beijing

Over 200 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles for a candlelight vigil Sunday evening, commemorating the peaceful appeal of over 10,000 practitioners to Beijing for their legal rights to continue the spiritual practice in China in 1999. The event on April 23 also calls for an end to…


Former Head of China’s Religious Affairs Barred From Taiwan for Renowned Monk’s Funeral

World-renowned Taiwanese monk Hsing Yun passed away at age 95 on Feb. 5.  Thousands of people attended his funeral on Feb. 13. However, the former head of the Chinese communist regime’s religious affairs bureau was denied entry to Taiwan for the ceremony due to his record of human rights abuses. Revered by Buddhists worldwide, Hsing…


Hong Kong Falun Dafa Practitioner Acquitted For Displaying Information Posters

A Falun Gong practitioner, who defended herself in court, has been acquitted for displaying information posters at a flyover near Sheung Shui Station, Hong Kong. In 2021, local authorities issued Tsang Hau Sim a ticket for “displaying posters on government land without permission” for her displays that showed information on the prosecution of Falun Gong by…


23 Years of CCP Persecution: How Falun Gong Practitioners Became the ‘Most Oppressed Group in Chinese Society’

Tortured, beaten, imprisoned, killed, and ostracized. Falun Gong practitioners have routinely suffered these abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the past 23 years. Their accounts of persecution include being sentenced to forced labor camps, shocked with electric batons, deprived of sleep, raped, denied employment or expelled from school, among many…


23 Years of CCP Persecution: How Falun Gong Became the ‘Most Oppressed Group in Chinese Society’

Tortured, beaten, imprisoned, killed, and ostracized. Falun Gong practitioners have routinely suffered these abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the past 23 years. Their accounts of persecution include being sentenced to forced labor camps, shocked with electric batons, deprived of sleep, raped, denied employment or expelled from school, among many…