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US Video-Sharing Platform Attacked by CCP Hackers During Live Falun Gong Parade

Gan Jing World, a new online platform based in New York, was attacked by hackers from the Chinese communist regime while airing a live stream of a Falun Gong parade. The hackers tried to spread hate messages against the spiritual practice. Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and parade to commemorate the 24th anniversary of…


Candlelight Vigil Remembers Victims of CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong

WASHINGTON—As the night fell on July 20, over 1,500 Falun Gong adherents sat on the National Mall, carrying candles to commemorate those who have died as a result of the Chinese regime’s repression. Liang Guiyu, 53, a resident of New York’s Flushing, originally from northeast China’s Shandong Province, was one of them. July 20 is…


US Stands ‘In Solidarity’ With Falun Gong 24 Years Since CCP’s Persecution Began: State Department

The State Department reiterated the United States’ commitment to supporting Falun Gong on July 20, which marks the anniversary of when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) first launched its persecution campaign against the peaceful spiritual practice. “Today, we recognize 24 years since the People’s Republic of China launched a campaign of repression, inside and outside…


Washington Rally Calls for End to CCP’s 24-Year Persecution of Falun Gong

WASHINGTON—An estimated 1,500 people congregated together near Washington’s National Mall to call for an end to communist China’s brutal persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong which has entered its 25th year—an atrocity advocates said is too critical for Americans to overlook. At a rally held near the Capitol, U.S. rights advocates and experts raised…


A Harrowing 24 Years: Living Under the CCP’s Ongoing War Against Falun Gong

In her 34 years, Doria Liu almost never saw her mother cry—not even when her mother recounted suffering harrowing torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in a bid to break her faith. But during a video call on May 6, when Ms. Liu showed her mother a photo of her and her husband holding…


Falun Gong Practitioners Recount a Harrowing 24 Years of Withstanding CCP Persecution

In her 34 years, Doria Liu almost never saw her mother cry—not even when her mother recounted suffering harrowing torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in a bid to break her faith. But during a video call on May 6, when Ms. Liu showed her mother a photo of her and her husband holding…


‘Keep the Faith’: US Lawmakers Share Hopeful Message With Falun Gong Adherents on CCP Persecution Anniversary

As the Chinese regime’s persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong enters its 25th year, U.S. lawmakers and former officials decried the heinousness of Beijing’s ongoing abuses, while highlighting that its repression has even reached America’s shores. Despite enduring such brutality, Falun Gong practitioners in China should hold fast to their faith and know that…


US Religious Freedom Advocate Targeted by Chinese Hackers in Microsoft Breach

WASHINGTON—Religious freedom advocate Nina Shea didn’t think that she’d ever be a target of the Chinese regime. At the Hudson Institute think tank where she worked, there are more prominent critics of the communist regime like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his former China policy advisor Miles Yu. But the expert recently found…


Pennsylvania Parents Sue School District Over Discrimination

Parents of parochial school students in Pennsylvania are suing a public school district, alleging officials violated their rights by not allowing their children to participate in the district’s extracurricular programs. Their legal complaint claims the State College Area School District (SCASD) and its board discriminated against Centre County students who attend religiously affiliated institutions by…


LIVE NOW: House Human Rights Subcommittee Hearing on ‘The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Human Rights Subcommittee holds a hearing on “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World” at 10:30 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses Panel I: Rabbi Abraham Cooper Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Eric Patterson, Ph.D. President of the Religious Freedom Institute Reverend Susan Hayward Associate…