Tag: religious freedom

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…


‘I Told Myself That I Wouldn’t Die’: Chinese Woman’s Resilience in the Face of Brutal Torture Over Her Faith

A Chinese woman braved through hellish abuse and physical assault to honor her spiritual belief rooted in the universal principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. Li Erying, of Qiqihar city, in Heilongjiang province, China, was incarcerated for four years without her family’s knowledge in a trial that she herself knew nothing about until she was…


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…


Engineer Who Intercepted Chinese TV Broadcast Arrested Again After 13 Years in Prison

In 2018, Lu Kaili was released from a 13-year prison sentence a changed man. An accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, while years of torture at the hands of prison guards had weakened his entire body. All this because in 2005, the former construction engineer helped hijack a Chinese cable television broadcast to…


‘Communism Is a Cult,’ Says Music Producer Upon New Song Release

A new soul-stirring song dedicated to the victims of unprecedented persecution of faith under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) honors the perseverance of these spiritual believers and highlights the regime’s crimes against humanity. “Voices” is the debut solo album by Jankovsky, a daring music producer fresh out of Abbey Road Institute in London and former…


‘Come Back to China, I’ll Put You in Jail Too’: Chinese Judge Threatens NY Resident Appealing Her Husband’s Detention

While browsing online, a New York resident made a startling discovery: her husband in China is due to stand trial in days, over nothing more than refusing to give up his faith. Ren Haifei, 45, is a Falun Gong practitioner in China’s northeastern port city of Dalian. The spiritual practice has been brutally suppressed by…


‘Come Back to China, I’ll Put You in Jail Too’: Judge Threatens NY Resident

While browsing online, a New York resident made a startling discovery: her husband in China is due to stand trial in days, over nothing more than refusing to give up his faith. Ren Haifei, 45, is a Falun Gong practitioner in China’s northeastern port city of Dalian. The spiritual practice has been brutally suppressed by…


Sen. Menendez Calls for an End to Beijing’s 22-Year-Long Persecution of Falun Gong

Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) has called on Beijing to “respect the religious beliefs and practices of all its citizens,” and release jailed spiritual adherents of Falun Gong in China immediately. “China should immediately release all Falun Gong practitioners it has detained, and allow them to practice their faith…


‘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…