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 […]
The State Department has called on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to end the “depraved” practice of forced organ harvesting, describing it as “a blatant abuse of human rights.” “Researchers, activists, and organizations continue to compile information that could implicate PRC authorities in harvesting organs from nonvoluntary donors, including prisoners of conscience and members of […]
The ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China and the associated forced organ harvesting was highlighted in the Department of State’s annual International Religious Freedom Report, released June 26. During the announcement of the report’s release, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain mentioned the plight of a practitioner in attendance, Yuhua Zhang, […]
The House on Tuesday passed the bipartisan Falun Gong Protection Act, the first federal bill to target the Chinese Communist Party’s decades-long persecution against the spiritual practice. NTD caught up with Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa), who wrote the bill at the Capitol.
The House has passed a bill with the goal of forcing an end to the Chinese regime’s long-running campaign of persecution against the spiritual group Falun Gong. The bipartisan Falun Gong Protection Act (H.R. 4132), introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) with 18 co-sponsors, passed by a voice vote on June 25. It is the […]
DOVER, Del.—On June 20, the Delaware House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Chinese regime’s lucrative industry of forced organ harvesting. The resolution aims to raise awareness about the risks associated with traveling to China for expedited organ transplants. House Concurrent Resolution 143 (HCR143), calls on lawmakers to encourage the Delaware medical community […]
PHILADELPHIA—A rally was held on June 2 outside the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2024 in Philadelphia, calling for an end to forced organ harvesting. The demonstration featured representatives from Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), elected officials, academics, and local Falun Dafa practitioners, serving as a powerful reminder of the ongoing struggle against forced organ […]
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 […]
Dr. G. Weldon Gilcrease, the deputy director of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, offers insights into a modern-day atrocity, as Utah moves to restrict its citizens from partaking unknowingly in the harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience in China.
This special will air on Saturday, April 27, at 9:30 p.m. ET. The world first heard of Falun Gong 25 years ago. On April 25, 1999, around 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of Zhongnanhai—the home and office compound of the Chinese leader. The spiritual meditation practice teaches the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and […]
