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Well Known Professor from Wuhan Taken to Brainwashing Center

China NewsMarch 13, 20160Comments

Ms. Gong Yuqun, 73, a retired college professor from the City of Wuhan was arrested on February 22, 2016, for distributing informational material about Falun Gong. She was taken to a remote brainwashing center that night. Arrested During Chinese Lantern Festival Someone reported Ms. Gong to the police because she was talking to people about the persecution…

A College Professor’s Journey

InsightsMarch 13, 20160Comments

My wife and I are in our early 80s. We started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. Prior to becoming Falun Dafa practitioners, we were like two withering trees struggling to survive. We are now certain that our lives were prolonged because we cultivate in Dafa. There is so much we could tell people, but we will limit…

Police Officers Came to Harass and Left with a Change of Heart

InsightsMarch 13, 20160Comments

Police officers play a critical role in the suppression of Falun Gong practitioners. Once they hear the facts about Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) and the persecution, however, many change their minds or even began to support practitioners. Below is an example that took place in Tai'an City, Shandong Province. Six police officers, from…

Australian Audience Touched and Uplifted by Shen Yun’s Spiritual Journey

Australia NewsMarch 11, 20160Comments

Shen Yun Performing Arts began its Asia-Pacific tour on January 30, 2016, and has since performed over thirty shows in eight cities across Australia and New Zealand. Many theatregoers walked away feeling touched and uplifted by the positive spirituality presented in the performance. “I was moved by the charm, delicacy, soft colours...,” said artist David Saunders.…

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Canada Concerned About Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsMarch 10, 20160Comments

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion recently emailed Li Xun, the president of the Canadian Falun Dafa Association, affirming the government's support of Falun Gong. “Canada is concerned about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, including those with family ties to Canadians,” Dion wrote. “The promotion and protection of human rights is an…

An Undergraduate Student from India: The Most Precious Gift of My Life

InsightsMarch 10, 20160Comments

“Falun Dafa is the most precious gift of my life.” said Aishwarya Sai, a nineteen-year-old undergraduate student from Hyderabad, India. She has practiced Falun Gong for 13 years. Aishwarya is the sole child in her family. She started practicing Falun Gong with her father when she was young. She said, “When I was in the first…

Tibetan Falun Gong Practitioner Sues Former Chinese Leader

China NewsMarch 10, 20160Comments

Ms. Xu Fengqiong, a former employee of the Tibet Military Printing Shop, filed a criminal complaint against former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin with the Supreme People's Procuratorate on August 12, 2015. She holds Jiang accountable for the mental and financial suffering she and her family have endured under the communist regime's violent persecution campaign against…

Brazil: Raising Awareness and Exposing the Persecution in China

World NewsMarch 6, 20160Comments

For about four years, Falun Dafa practitioners have gathered once a month on Paulista Avenue, the busiest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to raise awareness of Falun Gong and the ongoing persecution of the meditation practice in China. Practitioners demonstrate the meditation exercise in Sao Paulo and reach out to the public to increase awareness of the…

German TV Network 3SAT Airs “Human Harvest” Documentary

World NewsMarch 6, 20160Comments

“Human Harvest,” an award-winning documentary exposing organ harvesting from imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners in China, aired on 3SAT in Germany, Switzerland and Austria on Feb. 18, 2016 during prime time. Documentary “Human Harvest,” award winner at the 74th Annual Peabody Award ceremony in April 2015 and at AIB in November 2015 for best international investigative documentary. Documentary…

Elderly Woman Sues Jiang for Death of Husband

China NewsMarch 6, 20160Comments

An 82-year-old woman filed a lawsuit against former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Jiang Zemin, for her husband's death and the mental torture that she suffered, all caused by Jiang's policy of persecuting Falun Gong. Both Ms. Wu Xiuzhen and her husband in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, practiced Falun Gong and enjoyed a happy life. It…

Former Communist Party Official: Falun Gong Revived Me, Body and Soul

InsightsMarch 6, 20160Comments

I am 74 years old. I was once the secretary of a municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). After many years in that position, my mental health deteriorated, and I suffered repeated episodes of emotional instability. As a result, I was suicidal, had tendencies of self-mutilation, and would shout with my hands shaking. It…

More People Around Me are Realizing That Falun Dafa is Good

China News, InsightsMarch 6, 20160Comments

I recently bought dinner using bills that were marked with messages about Falun Dafa and the persecution. When the restaurant owner read the messages on the bills, he said, “Jiang Zemin is a rotten man!” I agreed, and told him there were now 200,000 people suing Jiang for the role he played in the persecution of…