Category: Falun Gong

‘Eternal Spring’: Documentary That Retells a Daring Act of Defiance in Communist China Premieres in NYC

Two decades ago, a group of ordinary citizens in China’s northeast managed to pull off a feat that no Chinese had ever done before. For almost an hour, they took over the broadcast of Chinese state television to screen information about the spiritual group Falun Gong, which had been the target of an overwhelming official…


Chinese Activist Recounts Torture, Forced Medication During Detention at Psychiatric Hospital

A desperate suicide attempt was the only thing that spared a Chinese rights defender from ongoing torture at a psychiatric hospital in China’s megacity of Shenzhen. Jie Lijian was in his 30s when he was forcefully hospitalized by police for the third time in 2018, suffering again at the hands of the Chinese regime for…


Rights Defender Describes Chinese Regime’s ‘Auschwitz Terror Concentration Camps’

A desperate suicide attempt was the only thing that spared a Chinese rights defender from ongoing appalling torture at a psychiatric hospital in China’s megacity of Shenzhen. Jie Lijian was in his 30s when he was forcefully hospitalized by police for the third time in 2018, suffering again at the hands of the Chinese regime…


Film Review: ‘Eternal Spring’: An Ominous Warning Cry From the Far East

Not Rated | 1h 25min | Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Animation | Oct. 14, 2022 (USA) On March 5, 2002, practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong hacked China’s state-run television in order to broadcast videos exposing their persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP condemned the act as a hijacking by “enemies of the state.” In an animated scene…


Global Transplantation Communities Urged to Ban Research From China

Medical professionals and advocates are calling on their global transplantation societies to stop collaboration and ban transplant-related research papers from China, citing concerns over the human rights atrocity of forced organ harvesting. The appeal followed a first-of-its-kind restriction issued by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), a nonprofit transplantation association. The group announced…


Federal Police Seeking Information on 2 Men and a Woman Who Allegedly Assaulted Chinese Human Rights Activist

Canberra police are seeking public assistance to identify two men and one woman who are alleged to have assaulted a woman and damaged her car that had signage criticising the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “About 4.10 p.m., a woman returned to her vehicle parked in Acton near Corkhill Street to find three people spray painting the…


US Government Not Prepared for China’s Transnational Suppression: Human Rights Advocate

The United States government is not prepared to face the Chinese regime’s transnational suppression, according to human rights advocate Levi Browde. “Unfortunately, by their own admission, our government, Western governments around the world really are wholly unprepared for this [act of the Chinese regime,] because normally, when they’re dealing with an adversarial country, it comes…


Looking at the Positive Side of Hardship: Hundreds Gather in Sydney to Create Unique Spectacle

Over 600 Falun Gong practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam gathered together to create a unique spectacle representing peace, hope, and faith. Dressed in yellow, practitioners were arranged to make up four giant Chinese characters “法正人間” (the Buddha Fa rectifying the human world) at Jubilee Park, Sydney, on Oct. 8 The four characters glowed…


Nearly 100 Residents in Chinese City Abducted for Their Beliefs in One-Day Operation, Including 98-Year-Old Woman: Report

Police in China’s northeastern Daqing City of Heilongjiang Province abducted almost 100 Falun Gong practitioners on July 12 for their faith, raided their homes, and took away their money and personal belongings, according to a report published on Minghui.org. Minghui.org is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that reports on the ongoing persecution of the Buddhist-school spiritual belief Falun…


Nearly 100 Residents in Chinese City Detained for Their Beliefs in One-Day Operation, Including 98-Year-Old Woman: Report

Police in China’s northeastern Daqing City of Heilongjiang Province detained almost 100 Falun Gong practitioners on July 12 for their faith, raided their homes, and took away their money and personal belongings, according to a report published on Minghui.org. Minghui.org is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that reports on the ongoing persecution of the Buddhist-school spiritual belief Falun…