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Canada: Elected Officials Offer Congratulations on World Falun Dafa Day

World NewsMay 17, 20200Comments

As of May 4, 2020, proclamations have been received from 35 elected Canadian officials in recognition of the 21st World Falun Dafa Day, as well as the 28th anniversary of the practice’s introduction to the world. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a meditation and self-cultivation practice based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Introduced to…

Italy: Introducing Ancient Meditation Practice in High School

World NewsMay 17, 20200Comments

European Falun Dafa practitioners went to several high schools during the past several weeks. They introduced to students and teachers a meditation whose practitioners follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. One such high school was Liceo Statale T. L.Caro - Liceo Linguistico, one of the best language high schools in Salerno, Southern Italy. It's renowned academic…

USCIRF Report: Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners Continues in China

World NewsMay 10, 20200Comments

“In 2019 religious freedom conditions in China continued to deteriorate,” wrote the 2020 Annual Report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published on April 28, 2020. The report again recommended designating China as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) like the past 21 consecutive years. The 2020 report highlighted China’s massive surveillance…

Canadian MP: The Chinese Communist Party and WHO Should be Held Accountable for the Pandemic

World NewsMay 10, 20200Comments

Michael Cooper, member of parliament in Canada, recently said in an interview that an independent investigation should be conducted into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and WHO for their liabilities related to the coronavirus pandemic. Irwin Cotler, former Liberal justice minister, urged Canada to impose Magnitsky-style sanctions on Chinese officials who mistreated or silenced whistle…

German Human Rights Organisation: The CCP Must Stop Persecuting Falun Gong

World NewsMay 10, 20200Comments

“The Chinese government should end its fight against Falun Gong and respect the right to freedom of religion, as guaranteed by the constitution,” said Hanno Schedler, in a statement released by the “Society of Threatened People (STP),” a German human rights organisation, commemorating the historic appeal by 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners 21 years ago. Schedler…

Guizhou Province Launches New Campaign against Falun Gong Practitioners

China News, World NewsMay 10, 20200Comments

The authorities in Guizhou Province rolled out a “zero out plan” in March 2020, in another attempt to force Falun Gong practitioners in the province to renounce their faith. It was reported that the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) in Guizhou issued an order to completely “transform” all practitioners between 2020 and 2023. …

Ancient Rome and Modern China: Religious Persecution and Plagues

InsightsMay 10, 20200Comments

A seventeen-year-old girl with incurable cancer in her hip turned to hypnotherapy when nothing else helped. Her life was then traced back to a previous life in a noble family during the ancient Roman Empire. Under the reign of Emperor Nero, Christians were ruthlessly persecuted, including being thrown into an arena to fight lions. The girl…

Falun Dafa Dissolved In-Laws’ Misunderstanding and Brought Our Family Together

InsightsMay 10, 20200Comments

I survived a medical accident while giving birth to my daughter. I never fully recovered and I was always tired, my joints hurt, and I had frequent headaches and fevers. I tried both Chinese and western medical treatments but nothing helped. I divorced when I was forty-two because my husband was having an affair. I…

I Improved Dramatically after I Began Practicing Falun Dafa

InsightsMay 10, 20200Comments

In 2001, the best local hospital refused to admit me. The doctor said, “Go home. Eat whatever you want. You're already resistant to whatever drugs we could offer you.” I knew that he was telling me I was beyond medical help and that I should just go home and wait to die. The place where…

Commemorating April 25: Contrasting Attitudes Toward Falun Gong on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait

China News, World NewsApril 26, 20200Comments

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, was first publicly taught in China in May 1992. Many who took up the practice became much healthier, their moral values improved and Falun Gong quickly spread all over China by word of mouth. On April 25, 1999, tens of thousands of practitioners rushed to the…

Missouri Becomes First State to Sue the Chinese Communist Party for Its “Deceit and Inaction” that Unleashed the Pandemic

World NewsApril 26, 20200Comments

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit on April 21, 2020, against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its “appalling campaign of deceit, concealment, misfeasance, and inaction” that “unleashed this pandemic.” It is the first state in the US to take legal action to hold the CCP accountable for the pandemic. …

Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness of the Persecution Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

World NewsApril 26, 20200Comments

Falun Gong practitioners held activities at Mynttorget Square next to the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) in central Stockholm on April 4, 2020, to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution in China. Sweden has not yet implemented a mandatory lockdown to deal with the coronavirus, but the Swedish government is considering some emergency measures, including travel restrictions…