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Greece: Falun Gong Activities Welcomed on the Island of Lesvos

World NewsSeptember 4, 20160Comments

Falun Gong practitioners from Greece, Moldavia, and Cyprus travelled to Lesvos, Greece’s third largest island, to inform people about the practice of Falun Gong and that it is being persecuted in China. They also demonstrated the exercises and, on the 29th of July, held a screening of the documentary film Transcending Fear - The Story…

Fairy Tale: Compassionate and Immortal Beggar was God from Kunlun Mountain

InsightsSeptember 4, 20160Comments

Many gods descended to the human world to save people since ancient time. When they met some people with predestined relationships, they would save them. Otherwise, they would just wander and stayed wheresoever they pleased. If they met people who had difficulties, sometimes they would help. This is the status of a wandering god or…

Australia: Car Tour Calls for an End to the Ongoing Persecution in China

Australia NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

Australian Falun Dafa practitioners in Sydney began a 100-city car tour on August 29, 2016. The tour aims at raise awareness of the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa in China, especially the state-sanctioned large-scale forced organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa practitioners in China. They also call upon the Australian government of various levels, along…

Canadian Prime Minister Hears the Voice of the People Urging Help for Falun Gong During China Visit

World NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

Before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's upcoming G20 Submit trip to China next week, a government spokesperson assured Falun Gong practitioners at a media briefing on Friday: “The issue of human rights, you can absolutely expect to be raised as part of the prime minister’s trip, and it is part of the ongoing dialogue that…

UK Falun Dafa Association and DAFOH Submit 11,000 Signatures to Prime Minister

World NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

Representatives of the UK Falun Dafa Association and Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) submitted more than 11,000 signatures on August 22, 2016, on a petition to the office of Prime Minster Theresa May, calling for the British government to help stop the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) large-scale forced organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa…

What’s Behind China’s Denial of Forced Organ Harvesting?

China News, World NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

The Chinese state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, became a focus of media attention during the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong from August 19 to 23, something the Chinese government did not expect. The New York Times published four reports on the issue. On August…

European Tian Guo Marching Band Warmly Welcomed in Prague

World NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

The European Tian Guo Marching Band visited the city of Prague on August 24, 2016, and assembled at Wenceslas Square before leading a parade through the historic city center. Thundering drumbeats that could be heard from a distance drew many spectators. The European Tian Guo Marching Band visited the city of Prague. There were graceful lotus…

Australia: “Hard to Believe” Premiere Inspires  Social Action on the Gold Coast, Queensland

Australia NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

Many in the audience were deeply moved when they saw the multi-award winning documentary Hard to Believe on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The documentary, which covers the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs, was screened for the first time on the Gold Coast on August 12, 2016…

Washington, DC: Trying Falun Gong at Yoga Expo a “Marvelous Experience”

World NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

Washington, DC’s annual Yoga Expo was held in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on August 20, 2016. Local Falun Gong practitioners offered a free introduction and teaching of the exercises. More than 20 people attended the workshop. “This practice is very interesting,” said Isabelle, who works in a bank, “As I followed the hand…

President of The Transplantation Society: “China’s Transplant System Has Horrified the World”

China News, World NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

The president of The Transplantation Society, a global non-governmental transplantation organization based in Montreal, disputed on Friday the Chinese claim that China's transplant system is supported by the world, according a New York Times article. During the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong, Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times, reported: “Scholars say…

Drawings Tell of Now-Deceased College Professor’s Sufferings for Her Faith in Falun Gong

China News, World NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

[Editor’s note: Ms. Li Li used to be an associate professor at National Prosecutors College of the P.R.C., but she was fired shortly after the Chinese communist regime launched the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. She was sentenced to a 9-year prison term in 2004 for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. She was…

Informing Spectators of the Rio Olympics About the Persecution in China

World NewsAugust 21, 20160Comments

Besides watching the Olympic games, sports fans and tourists may have also come across Falun Gong practitioners in Rio and other Brazilian cities this summer. The Falun Gong group there has been actively holding various events to raise awareness and collect signatures against the persecution in China. Practitioners re-enact tortures that Falun Gong practitioners face in…