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Hong Kong: Falun Gong Practitioners and Supporters Commemorate April 25 Appeal
Falun Gong practitioners from Hong Kong and other areas in Asia held a rally and a march together with supporters on April 23, 2017, commemorating the 18th anniversary of the April 25 demonstration. On April 25, 1999, 10,000 practitioners gathered peacefully in Beijing to appeal to the central government for the release of 50 arrested…
Read MoreMacau: Event at St. Dominic’s Church Commemorates 18th Anniversary of Falun Gong’s April 25 Protest in Beijing
Display boards and banners were set up in the pedestrian area in front of St. Dominics Church. The displays showed the brutality of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, talked about the more than 200,000 criminal complaints that have been filed against Jiang Zemin for his role in the persecution, and offered people a…
Read More80 Falun Gong Practitioners Confirmed to Have Died in 2016 As a Result of Arrests and Torture
According to information compiled by Minghui.org, 80 Chinese citizens, 44 of whom are female, are confirmed to have died in 2016 for refusing to renounce Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline being persecuted by the Chinese communist regime. Some of the deceased Falun Gong practitioners lost their lives within hours, days, or months of their arrest,…
Read MoreRefusing Bribes
As a Falun Dafa practitioner, I follow the principles of our cultivation practice. I work in the customer service department of a coal mining company and have been assigned to bookkeeping, checking deliveries, and account management. Although in China bribes are common, as a practitioner, I cannot take any, my honesty has been rewarded. The…
Read More525 Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Harassed for Their Faith in January 2017
According to data compiled by Minghui.org, the month of January 2017 recorded 525 cases of Falun Gong practitioners arrested and harassed by police under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Among them, 412 practitioners were arrested, and 113 were harassed. Out of the 412 arrested, the eldest were in their eighties, and the youngest was 25…
Read MoreMinghui Report: 129 Cases of Chinese Judges Receiving Karmic Retribution for Their Roles in the Persecution of Falun Gong
In July 1999, former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin ordered the persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline based on the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. In his desperate attempt to eradicate Falun Gong, he issued a series of secret orders: “Ruin their reputations, bankrupt them financially, and destroy them physically;” “Beating them to death counts as suicide;”…
Read MoreLawyers Moved by Practitioners’ Words and Actions
When the Chinese communist regime launched the persecution of Falun Gong and vowed to eradicate this cultivation practice 18 years ago, few people dared to speak out for Falun Gong. Now, 18 years later, given Falun Gong practitioners’ persistent and peaceful efforts to expose and counteract the ongoing persecution, more and more people have come…
Read More137 Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith Reported in January 2017
According to information compiled by Minghui.org, the month of January 2017 recorded 137 new cases of Falun Gong practitioners sentenced to prison by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) court system. Among the 137 new cases, 79 practitioners were sentenced in 2017, and 58 practitioners were sentenced in 2016. There were 240 practitioners sentenced during the…
Read MorePractitioners Hang Falun Gong Posters and Banners in Shijiazhuang for Lantern Festival
It was sunny in Shijiazhuang for the Lantern Festival on February 11 and 12, 2017. Several Falun Gong practitioners helped each other to put up more than 100 banners and posters on the city’s main streets, fences, and trees. The banners and posters remind people that Falun Gong is good, that the Chinese Communist Party…
Read MorePosters in Public Places Across China Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
Over the Chinese New Year season, many banners and posters were put up to inform people of the ongoing suppression against innocent practitioners. Below are but a few of them. After nearly 18 years of suppression in China, a large number of Falun Dafa practitioners continue to be persecuted for their beliefs. To inform the…
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