Category: Falun Gong

The Need for Christian Values in Public Life Has ‘Only Increased’: Retiring State MP

Christian Democratic Party founder and staunch human rights advocate”, Reverend Fred Nile, will be retiring from politics in November. The 40-year veteran of the New South Wales (NSW) Parliament’s upper house has been a firm supporter of Christian and traditional family values over his tenure. “It has been the privilege of my life to represent…


Lawmakers Call for End to CCP’s Influence on US Education

Over 20 lawmakers have called for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) multi-billion-dollar overseas education program, saying it infringes on academic integrity and national security. The program has been carried out through CCP-run Confucius Institutes on U.S. campuses. In a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on April 7, the lawmakers called for an end to the institutes and their replacement with “censorship-free alternatives…


Son Calls for Release of Father Detained in China for His Belief

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has targeted an elderly couple over their belief, according to their son, who told The Epoch Times on April 8 that his father had been arrested and his mother’s home surrounded by police. The reason for the arrest is unclear, but the couple has been under watch by the CCP…


Texas Lawmaker Urges ‘Bold Stance’ Against Organ Harvesting in China

WASHINGTON—The United States should take a “bold stance” against the Chinese communist regime and hold it accountable for illegal organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said on April 9. “The U.S. government has stood idly by for far too long,” Babin said in an interview with The Epoch Times….


Chinese Regime Lowers Age of 80-Year-Old Believer in Order to Jail Her

The Chinese regime recently sentenced an 80-year-old Falun Gong practitioner to 1 and a half years in jail by claiming she was five years younger. In China, the law provides more leniency for minors and the elderly, and the age of 75 sets the bar. The woman, Chen Guifen, received the court verdict at the…


‘Like an Animal’: Mother Describes 700 Days Detained in a Chinese Labor Camp Over Her Faith

Almost two decades ago, Wang Ying was sentenced to two years of forced labor for doing nothing more than carrying two books in her luggage on a train home. “Show me your ticket. … Which is your luggage?” A steward approached Wang on the morning of Oct. 3, 2002, trying to find out her identity….


Opinion: On China’s Memorial Day, Let’s Remember Those Killed for Their Faith

Commentary China’s Qingming festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day or Chinese Memorial Day) falls on April 4 this year. It is the day that Chinese people visit the gravesites of their ancestors and loved ones. To commemorate this special occasion, my son and I drove more than 60 miles to his mother’s grave. She was brutally persecuted 11…


On China’s Memorial Day, Let’s Remember Those Killed for Their Faith

Commentary China’s Qingming festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day or Chinese Memorial Day) fell on April 4 this year. It is the day that Chinese people visit the gravesites of their ancestors and loved ones. To commemorate this special occasion, my son and I drove more than 60 miles to his mother’s grave. She was brutally persecuted 11…


Teen Girl Fears Parents Detained in China Will Be Tortured Over Their Faith

A 16-year-old girl has been left to fend for herself in the United States after her parents were arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for practicing Falun Gong. “She cried often after her parents were arrested. Now and then she would cry her heart out,” said Julia, the girl’s guardian in the United States….


Teen Girl Worries Parents Detained in China Will Be Tortured Over Their Faith

A 16-year-old girl has been left to fend for herself in the United States after her parents were arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for practicing Falun Gong. “She cried often after her parents were arrested. Now and then she would cry her heart out,” said Julia, the girl’s guardian in the United States….