Tag: persecution

LIVE June 30, 4:30 PM ET: International Religious Freedom Summit 2022: The Persecution of Falun Gong in China

The Epoch Times will livestream the International Religious Freedom Summit 2022: Pandemic, Persecution, and Pushback–Trends and Analysis from the Suppression of Falun Gong on June 30, 2022, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. ET. Access the Livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. More information: irfsummit.org/ * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…


China Names New Chief of Religious Affairs Bureau Who Envisions the ‘Obliteration of Religion’

The Chinese regime has announced a new director of religious affairs. Cui Maohu was named on June 7 to take over from Wang Zuoan, who had been director since September 2009. Prior to that, Wang served as deputy director under former director Ye Xiaowen, who was in charge of the bureau from March 1998 to September 2009….


Math Teacher and Falun Gong Adherent Dies One Year After 19-Year Prison Term in China

Math teacher and Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Yaoming died in northeastern China in early April, one year after serving a 19-year prison term for providing facts about Falun Dafa to people. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice that follows three core tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, and doing five…


Comic Artist Details ‘Hijacking Broadcast’ in China; 100,000 People Meeting to Rescue Economy in China

China’s second in command talks with 100,000 people over the failing economy. Is he splitting from Xi Jinping or simply doing his part? We analyze why COVID-19 is causing a diverging opinion among top leadership inside the Communist Party. I speak with comic artist Daxiong, who escaped China after the Chinese Communist Party began a…


US Should Get Tougher on Chinese Regime Over Its Persecution of Falun Gong: Advocate

A human rights advocate has called on the United States to take stronger action against the Chinese regime over its rampant persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong. “There are acts before our Congress right now to try and put an end to [the persecution], and that kind of legislation, something that really has teeth,…


Award-Winning Documentary ‘Eternal Spring’ Finishes Screening in NYC

The award-winning documentary “Eternal Spring” had two sold-out screenings in New York this week. It will be screened in Poland at the end of May and will return to the United States in June in New Jersey and Los Angeles, California. “Eternal Spring” was screened at the 2022 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New…


59-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner Dies After 14 Hours in Detention

In the early morning of March 28, 2022, Niu Lanyun, a female Falun Gong adherent, rappelled down her rental dwelling but was soon apprehended by the police and taken away. At about 6 a.m., a witness saw Niu climbing down a rope from the third floor, but the rope broke before she got to the…


Chinese Police Breaks into 74-Year-Old’s Home to Give COVID-19 Vaccine, Arrests, Persecutes to Death

This past weekend, some 100 million people worldwide celebrated their faith in the universal values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, marking the 30th anniversary of Falun Gong’s introduction to the public. However, the adherents in China still remain at high risk of being persecuted. In a disturbing incident, a 74-year-old Chinese man was arrested after…


The Splendour of Shen Yun: A Beautiful and Magnificent Experience

Commentary The Australian tour of Shen Yun is a highly anticipated event. It is an event that infuses beauty, joy and brilliance in the enthusiastic audiences that attend the performance of this exceptional ensemble of dancers, musicians, and artists. Shen Yun means “beauty of divine beings dancing,” and was founded in 2006 and since that…


Hundreds of New Yorkers Brave Rain to Mark World Falun Dafa Day

NEW YORK—The soaking rain and bitter wind would have been enough reason for anyone to stay indoors, but not for the hundreds who steadily held up at lower Manhattan’s Foley Square since the morning of May 7. They had a special reason for being there, with a message of health, hope, and resilience to share….