Tag: Persecution of Falun Gong

Vigil at Chinese Consulate Mourns Deaths in Falun Gong Persecution

LOS ANGELES—Nearly 200 Falun Gong adherents held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate July 18 to mourn their loved ones who were persecuted to death in China. When the night fell, they sat in rows silently, holding candlelights and pictures of those who died as a result of religious persecution by the…


Falun Gong Adherents Hold Large-Scale Parade in Toronto, Call for End of Persecution Campaign in China

A rally followed by a parade consisting of roughly 1,200 Falun Gong adherents was held in downtown Toronto on July 17 to call for an end to the ongoing persecution campaign launched by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against adherents in China 23 years ago. During the rally, held outside the Ontario legislature in Queen’s…


Survivors Share Stories of Torture in Chinese Prisons on 23-Year Mark of Persecution of Falun Gong

GOSHEN, N.Y.—Under the blazing, late-morning sun, a petite figure of a woman climbed up a small stage. She picked up the microphone and started to talk. Her voice was clear, sometimes agitated almost to a cry, then calming down again. Images evoked by her words were so ghastly they jerked the listener out of the…


China’s Former Top Security Official on Trial for Corruption

Sun Lijun, former vice minister of Public Security of the Chinese communist regime, went on trial in Changchun, Jilin Province on July 8. It’s one of China’s most high-profile cases in recent years. Sun, 53, was charged with receiving 646 million yuan (about $96.5 million) in bribe from 2001 to April 2020, when he held…


Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioner Wins Court Case Defending Herself

Falun Gong adherents in Hong Kong have been protesting peacefully against the Chinese regime’s persecution of the meditative practice by displaying banners and boards on the streets for many years. However, in May last year, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ruled that practitioners’ exhibits must be approved by the local government in accordance…


The Fall of 4 Police Chiefs in Northeastern China: Atrocities Behind Their Fall

Commentary The Chinese regime is purging the political and legal system before its 20th national congress convenes later this year. As part of the clean-up, another senior police officer in China’s northern Liaoning Province was recently put under investigation. On March 1, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top disciplinary body announced the investigation of Wang…


‘Unsilenced’ Film Shows ‘Strength That We Don’t See Today’: State Senator

Delaware state Senator Dave Lawson was shocked and amazed after watching the Austin Film Festival award-winning film “Unsilenced” at the Cinemark Christiana and XD in Newark, Delaware, on Jan. 24. “I certainly felt that I was way behind what was going on when this started in 1999. And now 23 years later, this is just…


Director of ‘Unsilenced’ Reveals What Propelled His Movie

This movie tells of the experience of a Tsinghua University student who spent 8 years of his youth behind bars and the story of an American journalist, sick of the Chinese Communist Party’s lies, who penetrated the regime’s scrupulous surveillance system and brought the truth back to America. The winding story that tugs at the…


Toronto Falun Gong Adherents Urge Trudeau to Call for End to Persecution of Adherents in China at Summit for Democracy

Falun Gong adherents held a rally at Toronto City Hall on Dec. 7, calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to demand that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) end its brutal persecution of the faith group when he attends the upcoming Summit for Democracy. U.S. President Joe Biden will host the Summit for Democracy on Dec….


Chinese Regime Publicly Prices Human Organs to Normalize What Has Partly Been Black Market Trade: Experts

Several provinces and cities in China have released official guideline prices for human vital organs, such as livers, kidneys, and hearts. This is one of the actions taken by local governments following a notice issued by central authorities in July on fees and financial management measures for securing organs for transplant. According to medical experts…