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Shanghai Brainwashing Centre, 610 Office’s Secret Detention Facility for Persecuting Falun Gong Practitioners

China News, World NewsSeptember 11, 20170Comments

The Shanghai Brainwashing Centre, also known as “Shanghai Legal Education School,” has been the 610 Office's secret detention facility, where practitioners are pressured to give up their belief through the use of coercive brainwashing. According to information collected by the Minghui website, at least 279 practitioners have been detained in the Shanghai Brainwashing Centre since…

California Lawmakers Speak Out Against Forced Organ Harvesting in China

World NewsSeptember 11, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners from the San Francisco Bay Area held a rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento, calling for the Chinese regime to end its state-sanctioned killing of Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. State Senator Joel Anderson and Assembly Members Randy Voepel and Tom Lackey spoke at the rally. One of the goals of…

Australia: Falun Dafa lifts the spirit of many at Redcliffe Kitefest in Brisbane, Queensland

Australia News, News & MediaSeptember 8, 20170Comments

By Australian Dafa disciples Many people who attended the Redcliffe Kitefest from 26 to 27 August 2017 in Brisbane, Queensland found seeing Falun Dafa to be an uplifting experience. Falun Dafa practitioners were one of the many community groups invited to hold a stall at the annual event, which attracts more than 40,000 people and features world-renowned…

Peru’s Ministry of Health Invites Practitioners to Demonstrate Falun Gong Exercises

World NewsSeptember 4, 20170Comments

The Ministry of Health of Peru invited local Falun Gong practitioners to teach the five exercises to the citizens in Comas, a district on the north side of Lima. It is one of the most populous districts in Peru's capital. The community event was organised by the Ministry and the Comas District Council on August 25, 2017,…

Introducing Falun Dafa in Toowoomba at Annual Cultural Festival

Australia NewsSeptember 4, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Queensland, Australia, participated in the 12th Toowoomba Languages and Cultures Festival on August 20, 2017. This popular multi-cultural festival attracts 70 to 80,000 people every year. Falun Gong practitioners have been invited to share their traditional Chinese cultivation practice at this festival since its inauguration in 2006. They explained the benefits…

Bern, Switzerland: Introducing Falun Gong at the Asian Festival

World NewsSeptember 4, 20170Comments

The annual Asian Festival was held in Bern, Switzerland over the last weekend of August. Many people attended the three-day event. The local Falun Gong group joined the festivities with a booth, affording many people the opportunity to learn more about the practice and the persecution in China. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises on stage,…

Government of Denmark Addresses Suppression in China

World NewsSeptember 4, 20170Comments

Danish Falun Gong practitioner Wei Zaiqun and her husband Jan Eckhausen recently received a letter from the Danish government expressing condolences regarding Zaiqun's brother-in-law, Chen Guangzhong, who died while in police custody, on July 28, 2017. At a rally in downtown Copenhagen, Wei Zaiqun called for the release of her two sisters, who are detained…

A Program Manager Who Doesn’t Accept Kickbacks

InsightsSeptember 4, 20170Comments

Because I practice Falun Dafa, I lost my job and found another one at a new company. Over the past eight years, I moved up the ranks, from operator to administrator, to manager and finally a program manager. I've used this opportunity to let people around me know the truth about Falun Dafa. Humble…

US Secretary of State Tillerson Raises the Persecution of Falun Gong at Press Conference for International Religious Freedom Report

World NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

The US 2016 Report on International Religious Freedom was released at a press conference in Washington on August 15, 2017. China is among the ten “Countries of Particular Concern” for its severe religious persecution. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson specifically mentioned the persecution of Falun Gong, noting that in 2016, “dozens of Falun Gong members…

Introducing Falun Gong at City To Surf Fun Run in Sydney

Australia NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

In recent years, Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney have visited the annual City To Surf Fun Run to introduce the ancient Chinese self-improvement practice to the 80,000 attendees from all over the world. The practitioners set up a booth on the route and demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, passed out materials introducing the practice, and…

Gold Coast, Australia: Queensland’s Premier and Health Minister Meet  with Practitioners

Australia NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

On August 1, Falun Dafa practitioners had the rare opportunity to meet in person with Queensland’s Premier and the Health Minister. Practitioners were invited to attend a Town Hall meeting in the Currumbin RSL Club on the Gold Coast, at which Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and members of her Cabinet addressed hundreds of local constituents about…

Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Held in Brisbane, Australia

Australia NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners from Queensland, Australia held a Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference in Brisbane on Sunday August 7, 2017. Thirteen speakers shared their stories of improving themselves in cultivation. Louise shared her experiences of telling the public about what Falun Dafa is about. She talked about how she overcame her fears and laziness, looked…