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Australia: Gold Coast Community Leaders Mourn 18th Anniversary of Persecution in China

Australia News, World NewsJuly 30, 20170Comments

By an Australian Dafa disciples On July 21, 2017 Gold Coast community leaders joined in remembering the brutal persecution Falun Dafa practitioners have endured in Mainland China for the past 18 years. Labor Party Queensland election candidate Rowan Holzberger is supporting Falun Dafa practitioners' activity . Australian Dafa practitioners held an information stall, displayed banners and collected petition…

U.S. Lawmakers, NGO Leaders Support Falun Gong’s 18-Year-Long Peaceful Resistance

World NewsJuly 23, 20170Comments

Several hundred Falun Gong practitioners from across the U.S. held a rally on Capitol Hill Thursday, calling for help in stopping the persecution of Falun Gong that began 18 years ago, on July 20, 1999. Several members of Congress, the chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and several speakers from religious and…

Happy Memories of Attending the Last Class Taught by Master Li in Changchun

Insights, World NewsJuly 23, 20170Comments

Before I retired I was an accountant. I'm now 63 years old. I often think about my happy experience of attending the last Falun Gong class taught by Master Li Hongzhi in Changchun City, 23 years ago. Beginning a New Life It was in April 1994. Master Li gave two classes, one was during…

Torture of Practitioners in Jinan Prison Leaves Some Unable to Care for Themselves

China News, World NewsJuly 23, 20170Comments

Jinan Prison in Shandong Province has employed numerous torture methods to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief, including beatings, being subjected to freezing and sweltering conditions, sleep deprivation, injection of unknown drugs, and solitary confinement. Some practitioners have lost the ability to care for themselves as a result of such mistreatment. Practitioners…

New York: Rally, Candlelight Vigil Call for End to Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsJuly 23, 20170Comments

Nearly 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese consulate in New York on Sunday, marking their 18th year of peaceful resistance against the persecution of Falun Gong by the communist regime in China. Several survivors of the persecution told attendees about their own experiences of being…

Belgium: Practitioners in Antwerp Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsJuly 16, 20170Comments

The attention of shoppers on Meir Street in Antwerp was drawn by the seemingly quiet activities of Falun Gong practitioners, who put up posters exposing the 18-year-long persecution of the practice in China, which has largely been hidden from the public there. They also gave out fliers containing information about the persecution of the ancient…

Lisbon, Portugal: Practitioners Protest Visiting Chinese Official for Persecuting Falun Gong

World NewsJuly 16, 20170Comments

Portuguese Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Belém Palace in Lisbon on the morning on July 12, 2017, to protest visiting Chinese official Zhang Dejiang. With banners reading “Bring Zhang Dejiang to Justice” and “Stop Forced Organ Harvesting in China,” practitioners explained how Zhang had been heavily involved in the suppression of Falun…

Ireland: Forced Organ Harvesting Discussed by Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

World NewsJuly 16, 20170Comments

The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence of the Irish Parliament discussed the issue of forced organ harvesting in China on July 6, 2017. The committee recommended that the legislature do what it can to stop this brutality and urged the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to bring this up at…

Introducing Falun Gong on the Island of Gotland during Almedalsveckan

World NewsJuly 16, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden held activities to introduce Falun Gong and expose the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during Almedalsveckan on the island of Gotland from July 2nd to July 9th, 2017. Almedalsveckan is the most important and largest forum in Swedish politics, with 50 years of history. During…

Hamburg, Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness of Persecution During 2017 G20 Summit

World NewsJuly 16, 20170Comments

During the recent 2017 G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7 and 8, Falun Gong practitioners took the opportunity to reach out to international leaders, visitors, and local residents to draw attention to the ongoing suppression of Falun Gong in China. In front of the Grand Elysee Hotel in the center of Hamburg and…

Mexico City: Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition Opens for One Month

World NewsJuly 3, 20170Comments

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition opened in Mexico City on June 17 and will continue for one month. Ana Lilia Robledo Rodriguez, Director of the Exhibition Center, cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony. She said many students came to view the paintings. The paintings show the humanity and persecution of Falun…

Hong Kong: Falun Gong Calls on China’s Visiting President to End the Persecution

China News, World NewsJuly 3, 20170Comments

July 1, 2017 is the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule and to mark the occasion, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been in Hong Kong for a three-day visit. During the president's visit, Falun Gong practitioners have called on Xi to end the persecution of Falun Gong in China and to bring Jiang Zemin, the…