Category: Falun Gong

Journalist Group Calls on China to Release 11 Who Supplied Pandemic Photos to The Epoch Times

A journalist advocacy group is calling for the release of 11 Chinese citizens who were detained after providing photos that offered a glimpse into the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times. The 11 are all adherents of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice that has been heavily persecuted…


Chinese Authorities Harass Parents of California School Prinicipal in Intimidation Attempt

In February, California resident Sherry Zhang received a call from her parents back in China, who told her a group of officers from the Ministry of State Security, the regime’s top intelligence agency, had shown up at their workplace. The couple, in their late 70s, runs a factory in southern China’s Guangdong province. “Are you…


Chinese Authorities Harass Parents of California School Principal in Intimidation Attempt

In February, California resident Sherry Zhang received a call from her parents back in China, who told her a group of officers from the Ministry of State Security, the regime’s top intelligence agency, had shown up at their workplace. The couple, in their late 70s, runs a factory in southern China’s Guangdong province. “Are you…


A Family ‘Tragedy’: Woman Loses Mother, Sister to Persecution

NEW YORK—Persecuted by the Chinese regime for their faith, Yang Chunhua’s family of four was torn apart, tormented, and brutalized. Both her sister and her mother died from injuries and illnesses caused by the torture they were subjected to while imprisoned in China. Yang’s older sister Chunling, a translator, was part of an eight-person team—that…


Survivor of Communist Poland Wins Human Rights Award for Supporting Falun Gong

A former survivor of the communist takeover of Poland has been awarded for his efforts promoting “freedom of belief” for Falun Gong practitioners worldwide. Australia-based Sev Ozdowski, chair of the Australian Multicultural Council and vice-chancellor’s fellow at Western Sydney University, has worked closely with Falun Gong practitioners to hold events and raise awareness around the…


Persecution of Falun Gong Is in Effect Genocide: Former US Official

In an exclusive interview with Dr. Miles Yu, the former U.S. State Department official explained that there is more evidence of a genocide perpetrated against the Falun Gong in China than the plentiful such evidence of a genocide against the Uyghurs. Both the Trump and Biden administrations have designated the repression of Uyghurs in China…


More Than Half of Canadians Support Boycotting 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Survey

With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics just months away, a new survey shows more than half of Canadians support boycotting the event to be hosted by the Chinese communist regime. A total of 64 percent of respondents said they would support or somewhat support a Canadian boycott of the Beijing Olympics “because of tensions between…


Proposed Australian Magnitsky Laws Have ‘Teeth’: Diplomacy Expert

Newly introduced Magnitsky laws that give the federal government the power to sanction overseas human rights violators will be powerful, effective, and quick, according to a diplomacy expert. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor at Curtin University who teaches the history of international diplomacy, says Australia’s new laws have “teeth” and will be a deterrent against future…


US Should Get Tougher on China’s Attacks Against Falun Gong

Commentary Between July 16 and July 20, thousands of yellow-clad Falun Gong supporters took to the streets in Washington, New York, San Francisco, London, and elsewhere in their distinctively choreographed annual protest rallies against China’s relentless, decades-long human rights abuses. At the Washington, D.C., event, a Hudson Institute expert on religious freedom rightly alleged that China was perpetrating a…


Trevor Loudon: Communism Is About Power & Cannot Tolerate Religious Freedom

Why is China against religious groups like the Uyghur Muslims or Christians? How did the Chinese Communist Party systematically kill the desire for its people to believe in the divine? I spoke with Trevor Loudon, expert researcher and author on socialism and communism, to learn more about the reason behind communism’s anti-God nature and what…