Tag: Falun Gong

Bearing Witness to a Historic Appeal, Campaign of Terror in Communist China

NEW YORK—Fears of police harassment and arrests have plagued 23-year-old Zhang Minghui ever since she turned one, the year Chinese police officers beat her father with wooden planks until his feet swelled up and turned a dark purple color, and burned his arm with a lighter. When she was not yet two years old, police…


China’s Persecution of Falun Gong Shows CCP Perceives Freedoms as Threat: Rep. Smith

The Chinese regime’s expansive attack on the faith group Falun Gong shows that Beijing perceives freedom to be a threat to its totalitarian control, according to Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.). The lawmaker also called on Congress to punish the communist regime for its forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, a…


Candlelight Vigil at Los Angeles Chinese Consulate Mourns Deaths Under Communist Regime

LOS ANGELES—About 200 adherents of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on April 23 to mourn the deaths of practitioners subjected to brutal persecution in China. “Today, every year, we will always remember,” Dr. Youfu Li, president of the U.S. Southwest Falun Dafa…


2,000 March in New York to Highlight Plight of Faith Group in China

NEW YORK—For New Yorkers walking on the streets of the city’s largest Chinatown on April 23y, their presence was hard to dismiss. With lion dancers and a marching band in sky-blue suits leading the way, the 2,000-strong crew marched through the Flushing community. On a float richly decorated with golden tassels, blue-gilded clouds, and large…


2,000 March in New York to Highlight Plight of Falun Gong Adherents in China

NEW YORK—For New Yorkers walking on the streets of the city’s largest Chinatown on April 23, their presence was hard to dismiss. With lion dancers and a marching band in sky-blue suits leading the way, the 2,000-strong parade marched through the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. On a float richly decorated with golden tassels, blue-gilded clouds,…


Falun Gong Adherents Who Sought Religious Freedom in China Give ‘Courage to Millions’: Rep. Perry

A peaceful gathering of about 10,000 religious adherents in communist China more than two decades ago “continues to give courage to millions around the world” who seek an end to Beijing’s repression, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said on April 21. Perry was referring to an appeal by adherents of the spiritual group Falun Gong at…


Falun Gong Adherents Who Sought Religious Freedom in China Gives ‘Courage to Millions’: Rep. Perry

A peaceful gathering of about 10,000 religious adherents in communist China more than two decades ago “continues to give courage to millions around the world” who seek an end to Beijing’s repression, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said on April 21. Perry was referring to an appeal by adherents of the spiritual group Falun Gong at…


Ex-Trump Adviser Peter Navarro: ‘The Focus Seems to Be on the Uyghurs When in Fact There’s Countless Falun Gong Still Imprisoned’

Peter Navarro, former White House trade adviser under the Trump administration and author of “Death by China” and “In Trump Time,” is well aware of the Chinese Communist Party’s deceptive machinations, including the infamous Xinjiang slave labor camps, and is raising the alarm in order to put another group into focus—Falun Gong. “The tragedy here is…


April 25: Remembering Sacrifice and Service for a Greater Good

Commentary On April 25 two significant events stand out. They have parallels, yet occurred at different times, in different countries and involved different peoples—Australians, New Zealanders, Turks, and Chinese. What happened on April 25, 1915, at Gallipoli in Turkey, is well known to most Australians and New Zealanders. ANZAC Day remembers the sacrifices of 16,000…


‘Remember Those Who Stood in Defence of Truth’: Toronto Falun Gong Adherents Commemorate Historic Appeal in Beijing

Falun Gong practitioners in Toronto gathered at the Ontario legislature on April 14 to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of a massive appeal in Beijing on April 25, 1999. On that day, an estimated 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Appeals Office of the State Council in Beijing to make an appeal in accordance with…