Category: Falun Gong

A New York Schoolgirl’s Christmas Wish: ‘Ask the Chinese Government to Release My Parents’

A 16-year-old Chinese girl, who is studying music in New York, hopes her one simple Christmas wish could be granted: the unconditional release of her parents who are detained in China for practicing Falun Gong. It has been more than a year since Grace Chen Fayuan, a talented erhu player, heard any news of what…


Elderly Chinese Falun Gong Practitioner Dies 3 Days After Release from Notorious Prison

A 76-year-old practitioner of Falun Gong died three days after she was released from a notorious Chinese prison, according to Minghui.org, a U.S-based website that documents the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the spiritual practice. Liu Shuhua was found to have lost her memory when guards from northeastern China’s Liaoning Women’s Prison sent her…


Lawyer Loses License After Angering Chinese Regime by Defending Falun Gong Practitioners

The Chinese regime revoked lawyer Liang Xiaojun’s lawyer license on Dec. 16 because he was defending Falun Gong practitioners, some of whom have been detained for their beliefs. “You are the director of Beijing Daoheng Law Firm and a professional lawyer. But you publicly denied that Falun Gong is a cult, and kept on supporting…


Christmas Parade Reignites the American Spirit in a Delaware Town

ELSMERE, Del.—Santa Claus made an appearance in Elsmere, Delaware, bringing the holiday spirit back to town with him after going through the pandemic. After a hiatus in 2020 because of COVID-19, the 26th annual Elsmere Christmas Parade returned on Dec. 12. It included dignitaries, bands, marching units, dance units, floats, fire departments, police departments, and…


Daughter Calls for Immediate Release of Mother Imprisoned by the CCP Over Her Belief

At noon, on Dec. 10, 2021, Gao Hongmei held a blue banner while standing across from the Chinese regime’s Consulate General in New York. She stood motionless, looking straight ahead, while thinking about her mother who has been in a Chinese prison for over a year for her spiritual beliefs. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Human Rights Day: Daughter Calls for Immediate Release of Innocent Mother Imprisoned by the CCP

At noon, on Dec. 10, 2021, Gao Hongmei held a blue banner while standing across from the Chinese regime’s Consulate General in New York. She stood motionless, looking straight ahead, while thinking about her mother who has been in a Chinese prison for over a year for her spiritual beliefs. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Beijing Uses Pension System to Punish Dissidents, Faith Groups

News Analysis Chinese rights defenders are often deprived of their pensions as a punishment by the Chinese Communist regime. The 74-year old Cui Xuemin, formerly a teacher at a junior college in Heilongjiang Province, received such treatment after she defended her rights to practice Falun Gong. She was imprisoned for three years and had her…


The Chinese Regime Is Committing ‘At Least 3 Genocides’: Former Senior State Department Official

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committing at least three genocides, aimed to eradicate Falun Gong adherents, Uyghurs and Tibetans, according to a former senior state department official. “The people you’re dealing with in China are human traffickers. … They’re committing genocide against their own people,” Robert Destro, former assistant secretary of state for democracy,…


Call for Release of Canadian and Family Members of Canadians Detained in China: Falun Gong Adherents Urge Federal Government

Falun Gong adherents are calling on the federal government to demand the release of Canadian citizen Sun Qian and 13 family members of Canadians jailed in China for their practice of Falun Gong as the world observes International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10. In an online press conference Friday, Joel Chipkar, spokesperson for the…


Falun Gong Adherents Urge Ottawa to Call for Release of Canadian and Family Members of Canadians Detained in China

Falun Gong adherents are calling on the federal government to demand the release of Canadian citizen Sun Qian and 13 family members of Canadians jailed in China for their practice of Falun Gong as the world observes International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10. In an online press conference Friday, Joel Chipkar, spokesperson for the…