Category: Falun Gong

China Blacklists US Religious Freedom Leader Over Falun Gong

The Beijing regime has put a former U.S. religious official on the sanction list in payback to the U.S. sanction of a Chinese perpetrator in persecuting Falun Gong. Johnnie Moore, a two-time commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and his family members will be barred from visiting mainland China, Hong Kong, and…


Beijing Blacklists Former US Official After US Sanctions Chinese Official For Persecuting Falun Gong

The Beijing regime has added a former U.S. religious official to its sanctions list in response to the United States’ sanctioning of a Chinese official for his involvement in persecuting followers of Falun Gong. Johnnie Moore, a two-time commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), and his family members will be barred…


‘Communism Has Infiltrated America and the World,’ Warns a Persecuted Chinese Refugee

A Chinese woman who fled overseas in late 2019 has endured a life many in the West would find unfathomable. Unlawfully incarcerated and tortured in Chinese prisons for her faith, she describes her experience as “hell.” Countless like her have suffered far worse at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), thus, having escaped…


Lithuania Withdraws From China’s ‘17+1’ Cooperation Platform

The Lithuanian government has pulled out of Beijing’s “17+1” platform, a Chinese initiative that the Baltic nation signed up to in 2012. The Chinese regime officially launched the platform—which was initially named the “16+1” platform—in April 2012 to intensify cooperation with 11 European Union member states and five Balkan countries. The platform was renamed “17+1”…


Thirteenth Virginia County Condemns Beijing’s ‘Intolerable’ Forced Organ Harvesting

On May 3, one more Virginia county adopted a resolution condemning the “intolerable, horrible” forced organ harvesting perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime. “We want to make sure this message gets out because we feel it’s important,” said Robert F. Babyok, Jr., chairman of Louisa County board of supervisors. “All the Americans should be aware…


13th Virginia County Condemns Beijing’s ‘Intolerable’ Forced Organ Harvesting

Three more Virginia counties adopted resolutions in May condemning the forced organ harvesting perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime. Since last year, officials from 13 Virginia counties have adopted resolutions against Beijing’s forced organ harvesting practices. In May, three counties of Virginia, including Caroline, Culpeper, and Louisa, had taken a stance against the issue. “We want to make sure…


Young Mom Beats Breast Cancer With Falun Gong Exercises, Gives Birth to 3rd Child

A young mother felt like she was given a death sentence when doctors said her stage-3 breast cancer was linked to an estrogen disorder, which required “turning off” the functions of her ovaries. Struggling to endure the painful treatments, she battled through scary visions of her own funeral. Fortunately, during the darkest days of her…


Organ Donation Worker Exposes China’s Money-Driven Transplant Industry

In China, state-run media have been promoting a job called “organ donation coordinators,” trumpeting how people in this line of work are making a difference in society. Their role is to convince families of dying patients to agree to donate their loved one’s organs—needed to supply China’s booming transplant industry. The families that agree, in…


US State Department Spotlights Persecution of ‘Countless’ Falun Gong Practitioners in China

The U.S. State Department on May 13 highlighted the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners at the hands of the Chinese communist regime. “On World Falun Dafa Day, we recognize the countless Falun Gong practitioners the PRC [People’s Republic of China] harasses & abuses simply for their beliefs,” the department’s Office of International Religious Freedom…


Irish Lawmakers Send Messages Commemorating World Falun Dafa Day

Irish lawmakers have joined officials from around the world in sending messages to commemorate World Falun Dafa Day. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual discipline with slow meditative exercises and moral teachings centered on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. On May 13, 1992, Li Hongzhi, the founder of the…