Category: Falun Gong

35 Lawmakers Call on Trudeau to Sanction Perpetrators of Falun Gong Persecution in China

Over 30 lawmakers have signed a joint letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging Canada to sanction Chinese officials for the persecution of Falun Gong adherents in China. The call comes as July 20 marked yet another anniversary of the violent suppression and hate propaganda campaign launched by the Chinese regime against the spiritual practice…


We Stand for Human Rights for Falun Gong and for Others: US Congressman

In a town hall meeting on Sunday, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) told New York residents he would help to rescue a family member undergoing brutal persecution in China. Maloney responded to constituents’ questions and spoke of his view of the persecution of Chinese people for their religious beliefs. On July 18, at Myron Urbanski Memorial…


‘America Should Lead the World’ in Ending the Persecution of Falun Gong: Pompeo

The United States should help bring an end to the Chinese regime’s “horrific” persecution of Falun Gong so adherents can exercise freedom of belief, said former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as Beijing’s brutal campaign marks its 22nd year. Pompeo spoke to NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times, on the eve of the…


‘America Needs to Lead the World’ in Ending the Persecution of Falun Gong: Pompeo

The United States should help bring an end to the Chinese regime’s “horrific” persecution of Falun Gong so adherents can exercise freedom of belief, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said as Beijing’s brutal campaign marks its 22nd year. Pompeo spoke to NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times, on the eve of the…


Global Coalition of Lawmakers Denounces CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong on 22nd Anniversary

An international group of lawmakers has issued a statement to denounce the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) human rights atrocities on the eve of the 22nd year of the persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong in China. “Twenty-two years ago, the Chinese Communist Party began a campaign of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners,” the cross-party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance…


‘We Must Speak Out’: Australian Leaders Call for End of 22 Year Falun Gong Persecution

The world has a “moral imperative” to call out totalitarian regimes that persecute people for their faith—most notably the world needs to call out the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, other religious groups, and dissidents. This is what David Adler, the president of the Australian Jewish Association (AJA), told The Epoch Times in…


Live Recap: 2021 Rally to End Persecution of Falun Gong

Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual practice. It comprises moral teachings, meditation, and four gentle exercises. Since its inception in 1992, Falun Gong has an estimated 100 million practitioners worldwide. Unfortunately, on July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a violent campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. Millions…


Falun Gong Practitioners Gather for Candlelight Vigil

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—About 300 Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil July 18 next to the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles, commemorating lives lost during a 22-year brutal persecution. Practitioners at the vigil called for the immediate release of 27 friends and family members currently incarcerated in China for practicing Falun Gong, while some shared experiences of the suppression of…


Northern California Falun Gong Practitioners Call for an End to 22-Year Persecution

Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from Northern California held a rally and parade in San Francisco on July 17 to celebrate Falun Gong, a Chinese meditation and self-improvement discipline, and to raise awareness that it has been persecuted in mainland China since 1999. The timing comes in remembrance of the day the persecution began, which…


‘Immediately Cease’ Repression of Falun Gong, US Tells Beijing on Eve of Persecution Anniversary

The United States on July 19 urged the Chinese communist regime to “immediately cease” its long-running persecution of Falun Gong and release all adherents jailed for their beliefs. The call, made by State Department Spokesperson Ned Price at a regular press briefing, came a day before the 22nd anniversary of the start of Beijing’s eradication…