The United States on July 19 urged the Chinese communist regime to “immediately cease” its long-running persecution of Falun Gong and release all adherents jailed for their beliefs. The call, made by State Department Spokesperson Ned Price at a regular press briefing, came a day before the 22nd anniversary of the start of Beijing’s eradication…
‘Immediately Cease’ Repression of Falun Gong, US Tells Beijing on Eve of Persecution Anniversary
July 19, 2021
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20 July—Anniversary of a Persecution Targeting the World
In the West, we have all heard of persecution, but it usually happens to someone else. In China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses people’s fear of becoming the “someone else” as a tool of repression and control. On July 20, 1999, the communist regime launched its brutal campaign to eliminate Falun Gong, casting tens…
Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: Two Women Recall Horrors From Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution
July 18, 2021
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BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives paralleled each other despite having never met. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained after having just become pregnant and were threatened to have their babies forcibly aborted. And both declined the one thing that…
Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: Two Women Recall Torment of Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution
July 18, 2021
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BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives paralleled each other despite them having never met. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained while pregnant and were threatened with forcible abortion. And both declined the one thing the authorities wanted them to…
Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: 2 Women Recall Torment of Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution
July 18, 2021
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BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives have run in parallel with each other, despite their never having met before. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained while pregnant and were threatened with forcible abortion. And both declined the one thing…
22 Years of ‘Horrific Abuses’: Faith Group Demands End to Communist China’s Repression
WASHINGTON—Fang Siyi can’t remember how many times she was arrested before she escaped communist China. A 51-year-old practitioner of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice known for its core tenets of “truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance”, she lost two siblings to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sweeping persecution targeting her faith since 1999. One was beaten to…
CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong Should be Recognized as a Genocide: Advocates Mark 22 Years of Suppression at DC Rally
July 16, 2021
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WASHINGTON—It’s time for the United States to recognize the “genocide occurring against practitioners of Falun Gong in China,” a religious freedom expert told rally attendees in Washington on July 16. Noting the U.S. government’s designation that Chinese regime’s repression of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region amounted to a genocide, Nina Shea, a senior fellow and…
Recognize CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong as a Genocide: Advocates Mark 22 Years of Suppression at DC Rally
July 16, 2021
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WASHINGTON—It’s time for the United States to recognize the “genocide occurring against practitioners of Falun Gong in China,” a religious freedom expert told rally attendees in Washington on July 16. Noting the U.S. government’s designation that Chinese regime’s repression of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region amounted to a genocide, Nina Shea, a senior fellow and…
US ‘Deeply Concerned’ by Repression of Falun Gong in Russia: State Department
The United States is “deeply concerned” by a Russian court’s recent decision to suppress a regional branch of faith group Falun Gong by branding it as “extremist,” the state department said on July 9. The court decision criminalized the “peaceful practice of [the group’s] spiritual beliefs,” the department added. “Russian authorities harass, fine, and imprison…
Suppressing Faith, China Sentences 674 Falun Gong Practitioners in First Half of 2021
China sentenced 674 Falun Gong practitioners in the first half of 2021, with the longest sentence being 14 years and the oldest victim 88 years old, according to statistics from Minghui.org. The regime detained the practitioners due to their faith, and prosecutors charged them with so-called “sabotaging the enforcement of law.” However, the courts were unable to…
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