Tag: religious freedom

‘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…


Infographic: Beijing’s 22-Year-Long Persecution of Falun Gong

For 22 years, the communist regime in China has deployed a comprehensive campaign of repression against adherents of the spiritual group Falun Gong. Millions of Falun Gong practitioners have suffered detention, torture, harassment, forced labor, and organ harvesting. How the persecution started and how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has executed this expansive campaign is…


Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: Two Women Recall Horrors From Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives paralleled each other despite having never met. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained after having just become pregnant and were threatened to have their babies forcibly aborted. And both declined the one thing that…


Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: Two Women Recall Torment of Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives paralleled each other despite them having never met. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained while pregnant and were threatened with forcible abortion. And both declined the one thing the authorities wanted them to…


Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: 2 Women Recall Torment of Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives have run in parallel with each other, despite their never having met before. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained while pregnant and were threatened with forcible abortion. And both declined the one thing…


Communist China’s Repression on Faith Group “Must End,” Irish Lawmakers Demand

DUBLIN, Ireland—Meditation, faith, and self-determination are rights bound to people “from the womb to the tomb,” but those upholding the fundamental freedoms in China suffer persecution, says an Irish politician. Waving hands to people in symbolic yellow T-shirts at a rally, Independent TD (Teachta Dála, member of the lower house of Irish Parliament) Mattie McGrath…


LIVE: Washington Rally to End Persecution of Falun Gong

On July 16, adherents of Falun Gong will gather in Washington to rally and march to call for an end to the Chinese communist regime’s brutal persecution of the spiritual practice. Numerous representatives from organizations advocating for human rights or religious freedom will speak at the event to lend their support. NTD will provide live…


Chinese Communist Party Is ‘Cornered’ as World Awakens to Its Abuses: Religious Freedom Commissioner

WASHINGTON—More than ever, the Chinese Communist Party is finding itself backed into a corner as the world wakes up to its human rights atrocities, according to Nury Turkel, the vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “China has never been this isolated in the recent memory, and the isolation is making…


Livestream Alert: Washington Rally to End Persecution of Falun Gong

On July 16, adherents of Falun Gong will gather in Washington to rally and march to call for an end to the Chinese communist regime’s brutal persecution of the spiritual practice. Numerous representatives from organizations advocating for human rights or religious freedom will speak at the event to lend their support. NTD will provide live…


Art Exhibit Showing Persecution of Spiritual Group in China Moves Viewers in Atlanta

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition opened in Atlanta on July 8 with a warm welcome from local and state government officials. The art exhibit was held at the 20-story James H. “Sloppy” Floyd Building adjacent to the Georgia State Capitol, the central work location for thousands of Georgia’s state employees. Leaders of local…