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People in Sydney Offer New Year Greetings and Condemn the CCP’s Organ Harvesting

Australia NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

As the 2021 Lunar New Year is being celebrated in many countries around the world, Falun Dafa practitioners in Sydney continued to hold their usual activities to tell people about the spiritual discipline and raise awareness of the ongoing persecution in China. Falun Dafa Brings Humanity Hope Originally from Poland, Joanne Gramon Barmes is now…

Politicians and Experts Alike Condemn CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting

World NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

The International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) hosted a conference on February 24, 2021, on forced organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Over 100 medical and legal experts, as well as elected officials, attended the online discussion. After forced organ harvesting in China was exposed to the public in 2006, a…

France: Parisians Learn about Falun Dafa and Condemn Persecution by the CCP

World NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

With a gentle hint of spring in the air, people started to gather again on Place de la République. On the afternoon on February 21, 2021, Falun Dafa practitioners did the exercises and set up posters on the square to tell passersby about the practice and the ongoing persecution of practitioners in China. First introduced…

Austria: Signature Collection in Vienna Calls for End to CCP’s Persecution

World NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners in Austria held activities in Vienna's city center on Saturday, February 20, 2021. They demonstrated the exercises, informed the public about the CCP's (Chinese Communist Party) decades-long persecution of Falun Dafa, and collected signatures on a petition calling for an end to the Party’s atrocity of harvesting organs from imprisoned practitioners. People in Vienna…

Canadian Parliament Passes Motion Saying China Commits Genocide

World NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

The Canadian parliament passed a motion on February 22, 2021 designating the persecution of Uyghurs by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as genocide. The motion urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take action against the atrocity. This motion was brought on February 18 by Michael Chong from the opposition Conservative Party. Although Trudeau and his…

Chinese Officials Seize Fake COVID-19 Vaccines

China News, World NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

Chinese authorities announced in early February 2021 arrested more than 80 people for manufacturing and selling fake COVID-19 vaccines recently. Police confiscated over 3,000 fake vaccines made of saline water. The illegal ring has been operating since last September, racking up a huge profit. The effectiveness and safety of Chinese-made vaccines are often questionable. Seventeen…

11 Beijing Falun Gong Practitioners Remain Detained Despite Return of Cases Against Them for Insufficient Evidence Again

China News, World NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

After the Beijing police submitted cases against eleven Falun Gong practitioners a second time, the procuratorate returned them again in January 2021, still citing insufficient evidence. The eleven practitioners remain detained at the time of writing, and they are: Ms. Xu Na (a widowed artist) Mr. Li Zongze Mr. Li Lixin Ms.…

Jilin Teacher Imprisoned Again for Her Faith, Autistic Son and Family in Despair

China News, World NewsFebruary 28, 20210Comments

Only two years after a Changchun, Jilin Province, woman finished serving three years for her faith in Falun Gong, she was sentenced to five more years for raising awareness about the persecution of the practice. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since…

Australian Officials Wish Master Li and Falun Gong Practitioners a Happy Chinese New Year

Australia NewsFebruary 21, 20210Comments

During the recent Chinese New Year, several Australian officials sent greetings to Falun Gong practitioners and Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of the practice. They thanked practitioners for the great contributions that they have made to their communities and wished them well. Sam O’Connor Member of Parliament, Shadow Minister for Environment & Great Barrier Reef,…

Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council: Falun Gong Will Win in the Long Term

Australia NewsFebruary 21, 20210Comments

Dr. Sev Ozdowski, Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council, recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), professor at the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney, and former Australian Human Rights Commissioner, sent Chinese New Year greetings to Master Li Hongzhi and all Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners…

Japan: Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold Activities to Expose the CCP’s Persecution

World NewsFebruary 21, 20210Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners in Kumamoto held a signature-collection activity at Tenjin in Fukuoka on February 11, 2021. The petition called for the public to support lawsuits against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who is responsible for initiating the ongoing, brutal persecution of Falun Dafa. They also held a peaceful demonstration…

Chinese Authorities Holding Brainwashing Sessions for Falun Gong Practitioners

China News, World NewsFebruary 21, 20210Comments

Since the Chinese communist regime launched a nationwide campaign against Falun Gong, a mind-body practice, in 1999, brainwashing centres have been established across the country to persecute practitioners and force them to renounce their belief. The 610 Office, an extra-legal agency dedicated to orchestrate the persecution of Falun Gong, carries out the task of setting…