Today marks the 24th anniversary of the persecution of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong. It was on July 20, 1999, that then-Chinese Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin launched a vicious persecution of this group of peaceful meditators.
If you’re a regular reader of The Epoch Times, you’ll have noticed that we regularly cover this story, while many other media largely ignore it. That’s because we understand its significance.
The story of Falun Gong not only matters due to sheer numbers—an estimated 70 million to 100 million people have been subjected to the most brutal of persecutions, including death by torture and the practice of forced organ harvesting, in which a victim’s organs are forcibly removed, often while the person is still alive….