News & Media – Page 233

Residents of Sydney and Auckland Call for End to Forced Organ Harvesting Crimes in China

Australia News, World NewsAugust 12, 20160Comments

Falun Gong practitioners throughout the world have been tirelessly raising awareness about the Chinese regime's brutal 17-year persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Of particular focus has been the regime's crime of forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience, the majority of whom are Falun…

Major Swedish Media Expose Forced Organ Harvesting in China

World NewsAugust 12, 20160Comments

Recent reports from numerous news agencies have spotlighted the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. Following CNN and The Globe and Mail, the second largest Canadian newspaper, both Dagens Nyheter and Sveriges Television (SVT) have also covered this severe human rights violation. Based in Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter is the largest…

Romania: Activities Mark 17th Anniversary of Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsAugust 11, 20160Comments

Romanian Falun Gong practitioners come from all walks of life. They are businessmen, dentists, station ticket sellers, college students, and retirees. They work different jobs during the week, and gather on weekends at parks wearing yellow T-shirts with “Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance,” to let people know about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. They also…

Over 50,000 Petition Canadian Prime Minister to Help Stop Genocide in China

World NewsAugust 11, 20160Comments

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is about to receive more than 50,000 postcards before his visit to China this September. Each card requests the Prime Minister to bring up China's human rights violations with Chinese leaders, in the hope that international pressure will help stop the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. Since July,…

What Australia Can Do To Help End the Chinese Organ Trade

Australia News, China NewsAugust 9, 20160Comments

Here's what Australia can do to help end the Chinese organ trade by Wendy Rogers Exact numbers are unknown, but a Daily Telegraph special feature reports at least some Australians travel each year to China for organ transplants. Many go for kidneys, some of which may come from living donors. For those who travel to China for…

Sweden: Guides Introduce Falun Gong on Tours of Stockholm City Hall

World NewsAugust 8, 20160Comments

Demonstrations of the Falun Gong exercises and informational display boards have become a part of Stockholm City Hall tours. Accompanied by soothing exercise music, guides explain to the tourists what Falun Gong is and the reason practitioners come here each day–to tell the public about the ongoing persecution of the meditation practice in China. Stockholm's City…

Austria: People in Linz Sign Petition Opposing China’s State-Sanctioned Forced Live Organ Harvesting

World NewsAugust 7, 20160Comments

In Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, Falun Gong practitioners held an event to raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, and the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, on August 5, 2016. People signed the petition to call for an end to the atrocities. A passerby pauses to…

France: “Falun Gong Is Not Just China’s Treasure, It’s the World’s Treasure”

World NewsAugust 7, 20160Comments

26-year-old Christian Carpineta from Italy stood in front of some posters near the Eiffel Tower reading about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. He began asking questions to some practitioners who were there raising awareness about this spiritual practice that's been persecuted since 1999. Learning that Falun Gong is rooted in traditional Chinese culture…

Minghui Report: 4,892 Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong in First Half of 2016

China NewsAugust 7, 20160Comments

According to information compiled by Minghui.org, 4,892 people were arrested in China in the first half of 2016 under the communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Direct Triggers for Arrests From January to June, there were 735, 426, 989, 837, 1,022 and 883 practitioners arrested each month, with…

Donating Money to Production Sites Cannot Be Exchanged for Virtue

InsightsAugust 7, 20160Comments

Under the influence of communist indoctrination, which includes atheism, where people value selfishness, and lust and greed are everywhere, even practitioners can inadvertently fall into these traps. Thieves murder for money; Party officials are excessively corrupt; siblings fight for family property; friends deceive each other for money; and relatives lure you into joining pyramid schemes for…

While Passing Difficult Tests We Must Stay Firm in our Belief and Save Sentient Beings

InsightsAugust 7, 20160Comments

I started practicing Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) in the spring of 1996, when I was 21 years old and about to graduate from high school. I studied the Fa diligently and did the exercises every day. Remaining Steadfast in Cultivation at the University I was rather frail before I started practicing Falun Dafa, and had…

Documentary Hard to Believe Premieres in Toronto

World NewsAugust 5, 20160Comments

With the recent release of the updated investigation report into the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, and the unanimously passed U.S. House Resolution 343 in June, the world is paying increasing attention to the CCP's atrocity. An award-winning documentary, Hard to Believe, was premiered in the Galbraith Building…