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Radio Free Asia Reports North Korean Crackdown on Falun Gong

Media Reports, World NewsJune 16, 20190Comments

Radio Free Asia (RFA) carried a report titled “North Korea Begins Crackdown on Falun Gong,” by Jieun Kim for RFA’s Korean Service on May 17, 2019. It was translated by Leejin Jun and written in English by Eugene Whong. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, was made public first in Changchun, Jilin…

U.S. Report on International Religious Freedom for 2015: Persecution of Falun Gong Continues in China

Media Reports, World NewsAugust 17, 20160Comments

The “International Religious Freedom Report for 2015,” published by the U.S. Department of State on August 10, 2016, said China still exercising state control over religion and restricting freedom of religious belief. In particular, Falun Gong, Catholics, human rights lawyers, and some other groups are among the main targets. The report also mentioned Wang Zhiwen,…

The Epochtimes: Chinese Tycoon’s trip to New York was about adding fuel to a hoax

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media Reports, ScrollingJanuary 19, 20140Comments

Chinese recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao has been drawing mass attention with his quixotic attempt to buy the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, or another major U.S. media entity.

Australian Senate Unanimously Passes Motion on Organ Harvesting

Australia News, Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media Reports, ScrollingMarch 31, 20130Comments

The Australian Senate unanimously passed a motion on March 21 urging the government to oppose the practice of organ harvesting in China. The motion was introduced before the 76-member Upper House of the Australian Parliament by Senator John Madigan from the Democratic Labor Party.

Wikileaks: Internal Frustrations Over China’s Persecution of Falun Gong (Video)

China News, Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsMarch 16, 20130Comments

For 13 years, the Chinese Communist Party has carried out an extensive persecution campaign against the Falun Gong spiritual practice. Now, a US Consulate cable leaked by Wikileaks, suggests that campaign has fuelled frustration within the regime.

The Epoch Times: Chinese Asylum Seekers to Stay in Australia

Australia News, Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsApril 12, 20120Comments

In an unusual Australian refugee case, eight Falun Gong practitioners and two other Chinese asylum seekers had a closed-door meeting in Darwin with immigration officials today, as they tossed up whether to continue on a dangerous voyage by boat to New Zealand or stay in Australia.

An Aussie Response to Persecution in China

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsOctober 5, 20110Comments

On Saturday, whilst watching the demonstration put on by practitioners in Brisbane Square, Brisbane City, it was brought to my attention that the Communist Party China is persecuting the peaceful adherents of this passive, healing art form. I, of course, signed the proffered petition immediately and made the attempt to gather more insight as to…

The Chronicle: Followers Gather for Big Parade

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsOctober 5, 20110Comments

Toowoomba resident Yan Zhao says she has become a much more relaxed and worry-free person ever since she took up the Chinese spiritual discipline Falun Dafa in 1996. But when you’ve been given the difficult task of gathering more than 100 Falun Dafa members from around Australia to march in the Carnival of Flowers Grand…

China’s Policies Toward Spiritual Movements

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsJuly 26, 20100Comments

I estimate that Falun Gong comprises between 15 to 20% of the Laogai system. That’s about half a million to a million Falun Gong in detention on average, representing the largest Chinese Security action since the Maoist period.

The Journey of Clarifying the Truth While Being Persecuted

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media Reports, Top ArticleOctober 18, 20090Comments

On July 20, 1999, the then leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Jiang Zemin, banned the Falun Gong spiritual practice. At the beginning of the suppression, Jiang intended to eradicate Falun Gong in “three months.” Intelligence agents locked onto Falun Gong practitioners whom they thought to be “leaders,” and its propaganda machinery prepared potent…

China’s gruesome organ harvest. The whole world isn’t watching. Why not?

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsSeptember 7, 20090Comments

Practitioners of Falun Gong were forbidden to communicate openly. Yet as the guards motioned for them to begin walking, Wang felt the group fall into step like a gentle migrating herd. He looked down at the red earth, streaked with straw and human waste, to the barren mountains on the horizon. Whatever lay ahead, Wang…

The Falun Gong factor

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsSeptember 1, 20090Comments

I am not a Falun Gong practitioner. However, any difference in opinion over spiritual matters is, I feel, of little import when it comes to human rights.