MELBOURNE, Australia—The efforts by Falun Gong practitioners in bringing out the news of persecution from China were described by a human rights lawyer as “courageous.” That is what David Matas, an award-winning Canadian human rights lawyer and a member of the Order of Canada, said of the award-winning film “Unsilenced,” which was screened at Lido…

An award-winning film that tells the story of Chinese human rights activists fighting to make the international community aware of the Chinese regime’s brutal persecution of believers of the Falun Gong spiritual practice has won over Australians at its premiere in Sydney on Oct. 19. The latest work of Chinese Canadian director Leon Lee, Unsilenced, is…

Documentary “Unsilenced” has just been digitally released. Knowing it addresses a topic close to my heart—courage to stand up and defend the truth in the face of repression—I rented it on Friday night, and finally got the time to watch it Sunday night. I couldn’t sleep afterward. All I could think of was, would I…

What Winston Liu found in Falun Gong was a system of practices and principles that not only allowed him to cultivate balance in his life but also filled an empty void in his heart. Finally, there was meaning and a sense of purpose that transcended the day-to-day routine of rote existence. However, just as this…

After watching the premiere of the award-winning film “Unsilenced” in Auckland, New Zealand on Mar. 31, Tony Brunt, former city councilor of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, said it is a “powerful” film that should be shown in China. “I wish that one day this powerful film can be shown in China,” Brunt told Director Leon Lee at…

Mexican cartels have been trafficking in record numbers of human beings and drugs throughout the southern border. What happens to those people who are indebted to the cartels? Texas Congressman Chip Roy has some answers. House Republicans in the Foreign Affairs Committee urge Secretary of State Antony Blinken to issue an urgent warning to the athletes…

On Jan. 21, around 9:00 p.m., when the film “Unsilenced” was just finishing in Hall 10 of Cinemark in Fairfax County, Virginia, the audience stayed motionless in their seats. Ten seconds, 20 seconds, even 30 seconds passed … no one spoke or stood up as the screen kept scrolling with the cast’s names. Some were…

President Joe Biden on Tuesday stood alongside Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to officially announce Breyer’s retirement. He will leave his position at the end of the current term—sometime this summer. Biden will announce his nominee by the end of February. Midterm election campaigns are getting started—and many House Democrats are not seeking reelection this…

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Tears and silence filled the theater as audience members processed the emotional yet hopeful story in the award-winning film “Unsilenced.” Based on a true story, the two-hour film follows the experiences of an American journalist stationed in China as well as two young couples. The American journalist, tired of the Chinese Communist Party’s…

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…