Tag: persecution

US Sanctions Chinese Official for Persecuting Falun Gong

The State Department announced sanctions against a Chinese Communist Party official for persecuting Falun Gong, as the Beijing regime’s brutal suppression of the spiritual practice approaches its 22nd anniversary. The sanctions will bar Yu Hui, former director of the agency specifically tasked with persecuting Falun Gong in the city of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, from…


‘Extraordinary’: Documentary Reveals Secret Footages of Chinese Labor Camp

Yifei Wang loves breathing the air of freedom in the United States, but her heart still stays in China, where her sister had been beaten up to death in a labour camp, despite committing no crime. So Yifei, a former journalist for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and her family members still in China made a…


‘Extraordinary’: Documentary Reveals Secret Footage of Chinese Labor Camp

Yifei Wang loves breathing the air of freedom in the United States, but her heart is still in China, where her sister was beaten to death in a labour camp, despite committing no crime. So Yifei, a former journalist for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and her family members in China embarked on a daring attempt…


Rubio Leads Bipartisan Thrust Urging Biden to Fight for Religious Freedom Worldwide

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday led a bipartisan group of legislators calling on President Joe Biden to take a more decisive role in protecting religious freedom across the world and fill the position of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, something the president has not yet done after over 100 days in office. “Today,…


Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioners Demand Apology Over Pro-Beijing Outlet Propaganda

Adherents of persecuted faith group Falun Gong in Hong Kong are demanding an apology from pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao over a series of articles they said were inciting hate and hurting the last bit of freedom in the city. Between April 20 and April 29, the outlet ran at least eight articles describing the…


Standing up to Communist China: A Peaceful Appeal That Made History

NEW YORK—Beijing’s days were always a bit dusty and gray in Zhang Yijie’s memory. That day was no different. A division-head at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, she had just gotten back home from a month-long business trip in Germany. It was afternoon and there was no time to lose. As she…


Refugee Son Exposes Persecution of Father in China: ‘The Communist Party Is Evil’

A young Chinese refugee in Australia, who fled the communist country with his mother in 2012, hopes that one day they will reunite with his father who has been severely persecuted in China for his faith. Eric Jia, originally from Shaanxi Province, China, was just 11 years old when he last saw his father, Ye…


Despite Pandemic, Beijing Continues to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners, Leaked Document Shows

Even while trying to contain the pandemic in China, the communist regime continued to persecute adherents of spiritual group Falun Gong, a leaked internal document from 2020 shows. The official document, from a district in eastern China, listed a campaign to suppress Falun Gong practitioners among the key achievements in that area in 2020, alongside…


Son Calls for Release of Father Detained in China for His Belief

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has targeted an elderly couple over their belief, according to their son, who told The Epoch Times on April 8 that his father had been arrested and his mother’s home surrounded by police. The reason for the arrest is unclear, but the couple has been under watch by the CCP…


Chinese Regime Lowers Age of 80-Year-Old Believer in Order to Jail Her

The Chinese regime recently sentenced an 80-year-old Falun Gong practitioner to 1 and a half years in jail by claiming she was five years younger. In China, the law provides more leniency for minors and the elderly, and the age of 75 sets the bar. The woman, Chen Guifen, received the court verdict at the…