Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners will participate in a parade in New York City on May 10 to celebrate World Dafa Day. NTD and EpochTV will livestream the parade from 11 a.m. ET. May 13 this year marks the 32nd anniversary of Falun Dafa being introduced to the public in 1992, and it is also […]
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) singled out communist China as one of the world’s “worst violators” of religious freedom, according to its 2024 annual report released on May 1. “Religious communities are suffering under Chinese Communist oppression,” the report reads. “The government of a world power does not have the right to […]
Imagine waking up every day not knowing if your loved ones are safe. That there’s always the possibility of waking up to a message that they have been taken from their home, again, and are now being tortured for their beliefs. That’s exactly how one college student, who is now in the United States, has […]
A new law went into effect in Utah on May 1, which stops health insurance companies from paying for organ transplants in countries such as China, due to the Chinese regime’s practice of forced organ harvesting. Dr. Torsten Trey, founder and executive director of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, says more doctors should learn about […]
Don’t travel to communist China for organ transplants because these organs could be forcefully carved out from living individuals. That’s the message from the Czech Republic’s deputy minister of health, Václav Pláteník, following a public hearing at the lower house of the Czech parliament, where lawmakers and rights advocates discussed how to end the persecution […]
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has demanded that the Chinese communist regime end its decades-long persecution of the peaceful meditation practice Falun Gong as the group marks the 25th anniversary of its appeal to the regime in Beijing for the right to freely practice their faith. “25 years ago today, Falun Gong practitioners gathered peacefully […]
April 25 marks the 25th anniversary of the peaceful mass petition of Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing. Adherents around the world have been holding commemorations of the event since the weekend. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, was introduced to the public in Changchun city of Jilin Province in 1992 by Li Hongzhi. It’s […]
An award-winning film depicting a nationwide persecution in China was screened on Capitol Hill on April 23. Based on true events, “Unsilenced” tells the story of a group of university students who risked their lives to expose a brutal campaign by the Chinese regime. The film follows the footsteps of Wang—a Falun Gong practitioner—and a […]
Falun Gong practitioners in Washington rallied outside the Chinese embassy on April 20, to commemorate the peaceful appeal that took place in Beijing 25 years ago. April 25 will mark the 25th anniversary of a peaceful appeal in Beijing. On that day, tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners lined up outside the Chinese Communist […]
The State Department highlighted the Chinese regime’s extensive operations to silence its targets in the United States and elsewhere, deploying tactics such as stalking, forced disappearances, and projecting police power overseas. The groups the regime goes after include persecuted minority groups, dissidents, Chinese students abroad, and adherents of spiritual faiths, according to the department’s April […]
A speech by China’s ambassador to the United States on Saturday was disrupted by activists and students opposed to the communist regime’s human rights abuses. During the speech at the Harvard Kennedy School’s China Conference, the ambassador, Xie Feng, found his opening remarks repeatedly derailed as protesters stood up to denounce the regime’s repression in […]
NEW YORK—In the years before leaving China, Chen Weijie relished writing one message more than any other. On rocks, trees, and chairs, he left his penmark visible everywhere. “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance is good.” Mr. Chen doesn’t practice Falun Gong, the faith featuring the three aforementioned values, which the Chinese Communist […]
Downing Street said the UK government is “deeply concerned” as the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China has lasted for 25 years. Benedict Rogers, co-founder and deputy chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, said the persecution of the spiritual practice shows the communist regime can not be a reliable business partner, and […]
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed legislation into law aiming to ensure that residents are not unknowingly complicit in China’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience. As of July 1, it will be illegal in Idaho for health insurers to cover an organ transplant or post-transplant care performed in China or any country […]
The Chinese Communist Party and its sinister crime of murdering innocent people to sell their organs took center stage yesterday at a documentary screening and panel discussion. Panelists explained that most of the victims of this crime are practitioners of the Falun Gong cultivation practice. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual […]
NEW YORK—Han Guangzi pried open her eyes when her phone lit up unusually early with a beep. The next moment, she was wide awake, trying to take in the news she most dreaded. On her phone was one line from her mother: “Your dad was arrested again.” “It’s the nightmare all over again,” she told […]
State legislatures in Arizona and Idaho have passed legislation that aims to combat the horrific practice of forced organ harvesting in communist China, where many prisoners of conscience have been killed for their organs to serve a lucrative transplant trade. The Idaho bill (HO670) and the Arizona bill (HB2504) are now waiting to be signed […]
On Jan. 18, Liu Yuying witnessed her adult son being dragged away by the police, along with two other Chinese citizens targeted by the Communist regime in its unprecedented repression of faith. Twenty-six days later, she lost her daughter-in-law, Xie Shuhua, who had been paralyzed for years when over a dozen police raided their home […]
The New York Times has ignored, downplayed, or misrepresented large swaths of human rights abuses in China, a new report says, arguing the paper’s sins against journalistic integrity have likely cost lives by skewing policy debate and propping up the regime’s dehumanizing propaganda. “Not only are the victims’ plights typically treated with silence and indifference, […]
