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Drawings Tell of Now-Deceased College Professor’s Sufferings for Her Faith in Falun Gong

China News, World NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

[Editor’s note: Ms. Li Li used to be an associate professor at National Prosecutors College of the P.R.C., but she was fired shortly after the Chinese communist regime launched the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. She was sentenced to a 9-year prison term in 2004 for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. She was…

Informing Spectators of the Rio Olympics About the Persecution in China

World NewsAugust 21, 20160Comments

Besides watching the Olympic games, sports fans and tourists may have also come across Falun Gong practitioners in Rio and other Brazilian cities this summer. The Falun Gong group there has been actively holding various events to raise awareness and collect signatures against the persecution in China. Practitioners re-enact tortures that Falun Gong practitioners face in…

Taipei, Taiwan: City Council Passes Resolution Supporting Lawsuits Against Former Chinese Dictator

World NewsAugust 21, 20160Comments

A human rights resolution “Supporting the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin and calling for an immediate end to the persecution of Falun Gong” was recently passed unanimously by the Taipei City Council in Taiwan. This marked the 11th local council in Taiwan to have passed a resolution supporting the lawsuits being filed against former Chinese Communist…

Northeast India: “May Falun Dafa Continue to Flourish and Make the World a Better Place”

World NewsAugust 21, 20160Comments

“May Falun Dafa continue to flourish and make the world a better place,” wrote a young Catholic nun in a letter to two Falun Dafa practitioners who presented several exercise instruction sessions to her 2,100 students in a remote area in Northeast India in July. Bringing Information to the Hills of Northeast India Two practitioners…

Germany: “I Must Sign Your Petition to Help End These Organ Harvesting Atrocities!”

World NewsAugust 17, 20160Comments

“They have endured too much. It is so painful. I must sign your petition to help end these organ harvesting atrocities,” said a woman visiting the Falun Gong booth setup on Munich’s Marienplatz on August 13. She had just learned how prisoners of conscience, most of whom practice Falun Gong, are custom-killed for their organs…

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,…

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,…

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…