RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian Falun Gong practitioners, who were peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses during the G20 summit on Nov. 17, were harassed by counterprotesters upon the arrival of the Chinese delegation, according to video footage and witnesses who spoke to The Epoch Times. The Falun Gong practitioners were demonstrating on […]
A documentary exposing details of an unprecedented crime against humanity, China’s forced organ harvesting, is showing in New York, Nov. 15–21. The award-winning film “State Organs” made its debut on Nov. 9 in a Manhattan theater, sparking audience discussions. Where to Watch Cinema Village Address: 22 E. 12th St., New York, NY 10003 Tickets are […]
The British government must take a strong stand against the Chinese Communist Party’s forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners, says British politician Lord David Alton. He spoke at a human rights panel in Britain’s parliament last week, raising awareness of how Western medical organizations could be inadvertently complicit in the Chinese regime’s practice of […]
NEW YORK—Audience members who attended a weekend screening of a documentary about forced organ harvesting said more people should learn about the sinister state crime that’s happening in China. Nabil Hamati, a Brooklyn resident working in the medical field, told The Epoch Times that the film, which played on Nov. 9 at Village East by […]
Luo Shuaiyu, a medical graduate in China, died in May of this year after falling from a building. His parents said his death was not suicide, and are demanding an investigation. They say it happened just after their son discovered evidence of a horrifying clandestine industry: China’s live organ harvesting and transplant trade.
HOCKESSIN, Del.—A viewing of the film “State Organs” was held at the Hockessin Public Library in Delaware on Oct. 21. The 76-minute documentary details the Chinese regime’s transplant industry fueled by forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience. It tells the harrowing tale of two families who embark on […]
Jewish Canadian lawyer David Matas has spent a large part of his life advocating for those facing human rights violations around the world. A documentary was shown recently in Toronto to honor him and his work—and especially his cooperation with former MP David Kilgour, which aimed to bring the crime of forced organ harvesting in […]
On Oct. 3, dozens gathered at Lewes Public Library in Lewes, Delaware, for the screening of “State Organs,” a documentary exposing one of the darkest human rights abuses of our time—forced organ harvesting in China. The screening, co-sponsored by advocacy groups including Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) and Delaware Medical Freedom Alliance (DMFA), also […]
The world’s first known survivor of China’s state-sponsored forced organ removal spoke out on Wednesday. His testimony comes in response to claims from the Chinese Communist Party, questioning his account. In his previous testimonies, 59-year-old Cheng Peiming recalled being forcibly injected by prison guards, and waking up shackled to a hospital bed. Medical exams suggest […]
A rally was held in Philadelphia’s Chinatown on Aug. 31 to condemn the crime of forced organ harvesting in China. The event, which attracted both local supporters and curious passersby, sought to raise awareness about the atrocities committed against practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline rooted in the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. […]
WASHINGTON—A man who had part of his liver forcibly removed in communist China has stepped forward after escaping the country, drawing attention to Beijing’s mass killing-for-profit scheme known as forced organ harvesting. Cheng Peiming, a Falun Gong practitioner turning 59 this month, in an Aug. 9 press event recalled six prison guards pinning him down […]
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a bill on July 31 aimed at deterring the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned killing of Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. The Falun Gong Protection Act would make it U.S. policy to avoid cooperation with China in the organ transplantation field and compel Beijing to end “any state-sponsored organ harvesting campaign.” […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Two men have pleaded guilty to acting as illegal Chinese agents in helping Beijing to further its suppression of the faith group Falun Gong in the United States. The pair, John Chen and Lin Feng from California, worked for months in 2023 with a Chinese official in a scheme to bribe the IRS […]
Two medical ethics groups have launched a petition calling on the G7 and several other countries to take action against the Chinese communist regime’s crimes of forced organ harvesting from living prisoners of conscience, particularly Falun Gong practitioners. Washington-based Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) and the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China […]
This past Saturday, the U.S. State Department called on the Chinese Communist Party to end its persecution of Falun Gong and to release practitioners who have been detained for their beliefs. The statement was made exactly 25 years to the day since the persecution of Falun Gong began in China. On July 20, 1999, the […]
LONDON—The son of a Falun Gong practitioner currently imprisoned in China for his faith has called on the UK Prime Minister to help secure his immediate release. Ding Lebin’s father, Ding Yuande, was taken away by plainclothes Chinese police from his tea farm in May 2023 without a warrant. He was handed a three-year prison […]
The Chinese regime’s forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners is “barbaric” and “horrific,” says former congresswoman and current member U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Vicky Hartzler. She says U.S. officials should be more vocal with the Chinese regime and impose more economic sanctions to get them to stop the persecution of Falun Gong […]
A senior lawmaker on the House Foreign Affairs Committee welcomed the decision by the State Department to add the issue of communist China’s practice of forced organ harvesting in its annual report. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who also is the chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), chaired a congressional hearing on July 9 […]
