SAN FRANCISCO—Bay Area Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in front of the Ferry Building on April 24 to commemorate an anniversary and to raise awareness that the meditation discipline Falun Gong is still being persecuted in China today. On April 25, 1999, around 10,000 people gathered peacefully at the Chinese communist headquarters at Zhongnanhai…
Are the ANZACs Still Willing to Pay the Price of Freedom?
Commentary Freedom of Speech, freedom to worship, to assemble, and to share ideas openly are the greatest prizes of Western Civilisation, envied by many other nations. These freedoms are the result of centuries of spiritual development and social struggle by people dedicated to push back the dark forces that inhabit the human soul. The spiritual…
Standing up to Communist China: A Peaceful Appeal That Made History
April 24, 2021
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NEW YORK—Beijing’s days were always a bit dusty and gray in Zhang Yijie’s memory. That day was no different. A division-head at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, she had just gotten back home from a month-long business trip in Germany. It was afternoon and there was no time to lose. As she…
‘We Really Salute You’: Sydney Rally Honours April 1999 Beijing Appeal
April 24, 2021
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Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Sydney on Saturday to mark the 22nd anniversary of a significant day for the group—the peaceful April 25 appeal at Chinese Communist Party (CCP) headquarters in Beijing. Out of respect for Anzac Day, the large crowd gathered at Sydney Town Hall a day early to hand out fliers and raise…
Denied Visitation for 18 Months, Retired Colonel Dies Suddenly in Chinese Prison
A retired colonel who was denied visitation for one-and-a-half years passed away suddenly while serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison term for upholding his belief in Falun Gong. The traditional mind-body discipline has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. Gong Piqi’s family was informed on April 12 that he had died shortly after being…
Former Chinese Professor Recalls the Largest Peaceful Appeal by People of Faith That Changed the Lives of Millions
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the April 25 appeal, the largest peaceful appeal in China after the Tiananmen Square Protest in 1989. On April 25, 1999, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Appeals Office of the State Council in Beijing to ask the authorities to release fellow practitioners who had been…
Chinese Regime ‘Thrives on Apathy’: New York Parade Draws Attention to Persecution of Falun Gong
NEW YORK—The “extreme and unthinkable” suffering that the Chinese regime has inflicted on members of faith group Falun Gong typifies Beijing’s totalitarian tactics that, if left unstopped, could eventually come to the free world, cautioned human rights advocates on April 18. “The Chinese Communist Party thrives on the ignorance and apathy of people around the…
‘We Will Never Flinch’: HK Epoch Times Condemns Violent Attack on Printing Press
At 4 a.m. on April 12, four intruders barged into the printing shop for the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times, smashing several computers, printing press equipment, and tossing construction debris onto the machines before fleeing in a white van. Police officers led by two teams conducted an investigation at the scene after receiving…
Deputy Governor of Shanxi Province Sacked, Poor Human Rights Record Exposed
Liu Xinyun, deputy governor of northern China’s Shanxi province and director of the provincial public security department, is under investigation for “suspected serious violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws”—an oft-used euphemism for corruption in China, according to an April 9 notice by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top watch-dog agency. Public data shows that…
Despite Pandemic, Beijing Continues to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners, Leaked Document Shows
Even while trying to contain the pandemic in China, the communist regime continued to persecute adherents of spiritual group Falun Gong, a leaked internal document from 2020 shows. The official document, from a district in eastern China, listed a campaign to suppress Falun Gong practitioners among the key achievements in that area in 2020, alongside…
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