Tag: persecution

Bay Area Residents Call for Release of Persecuted Family Members Imprisoned in China

A group of Bay Area residents gathered at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Nov. 3 and called for the release of their family members who have become political prisoners. They said the family members were abducted during a major recent political event and are being held as prisoners of conscience in Chinese jails….


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…


Man Trying to Protect His Spiritual Books Dies After Police Push Him Out of Window in China

A Chinese man fell to his death after two police officers pushed him out of the window of his home. He was trying to stop them from confiscating his personal belongings and spiritual books. Yin Zhibo, 44, from Yanji City, Jilin Province, was at home when the officers broke in. Someone had reported him to…


8 Lawmakers Call on State Department to Help Free Florida Resident’s Detained Father in China

Eight Florida lawmakers are urging the State Department to help free the father of a Sunshine State resident who has been detained in China for over a year amid the communist regime’s ongoing campaign targeting his faith. Zhou Deyong, a geological engineer, was one among nearly two dozen Falun Gong practitioners rounded up by police…


CCP ‘Clique’ Ringleaders Sentenced to Life in Prison Ahead of Party Congress

Two Chinese security officials are sentenced to life in prison over corruption charges ahead of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress in mid-October. Moreover, both officials were involved in the persecution of Falun Gong and some China observers believe they will soon be brought to justice for human rights abuses. Sun Lijun, former deputy…


World-Class Performer Steven Wang on Discovering the Power of Dance in America

It had been a few months since Steven Wang last spoke to his parents, located halfway across the world in China. He knew that every time he phoned, the Chinese authorities would be listening in via wiretapping, so he avoided calling too often. He started by asking simple questions, the way he always did. In…


Human Rights Is the ‘Canary in a Coal Mine’: Nadine Maenza; China’s Human Rights Violations

We take a look at China’s human rights violations. I speak with Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation, and Nadine Maenza, president of the International Religious Freedom Secretariat. The two human rights champions discuss the crimes of forced organ harvesting committed by the Chinese Communist Party against prisoners of conscience, the genocide against…


‘What My Family Has Been Through Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg’: A Young Woman’s Journey Through Fear

Hongyu Zhang will never forget the day in 2014 when she escaped China leaving her father behind, alone. Just 6 months prior, she lost her mother who died of torture in police custody.  Zhang, now a permanent resident of the United States, said that her biggest fear is losing connection with her father in China….


CCP Develops ‘Torture Kit’ and a New Agency to Persecute Falun Gong

While the brutality in the campaign to persecute Falun Gong has been gradually exposed to the outside world over many years of victim testimonies, a recent report revealed that the regime has developed a “kit” for “trained personnel” to specifically use on Falun Gong adherents. Jiang Yongqin, a female practitioner, has been imprisoned multiple times…