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Falun Gong practitioners from Greece, Moldavia, and Cyprus travelled to Lesvos, Greece’s third largest island, to inform people about the practice of Falun Gong and that it is being persecuted in China. They also demonstrated the exercises and, on the 29th of July, held a screening of the documentary film Transcending Fear – The Story …
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Before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s upcoming G20 Submit trip to China next week, a government spokesperson assured Falun Gong practitioners at a media briefing on Friday: “The issue of human rights, you can absolutely expect to be raised as part of the prime minister’s trip, and it is part of the ongoing dialogue that …
Representatives of the UK Falun Dafa Association and Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) submitted more than 11,000 signatures on August 22, 2016, on a petition to the office of Prime Minster Theresa May, calling for the British government to help stop the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) large-scale forced organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa …
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The Chinese state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, became a focus of media attention during the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong from August 19 to 23, something the Chinese government did not expect. The New York Times published four reports on the issue. On August …
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The European Tian Guo Marching Band visited the city of Prague on August 24, 2016, and assembled at Wenceslas Square before leading a parade through the historic city center. Thundering drumbeats that could be heard from a distance drew many spectators. There were graceful lotus flower dancers, along with practitioners carrying banners displaying …
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Washington, DC’s annual Yoga Expo was held in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on August 20, 2016. Local Falun Gong practitioners offered a free introduction and teaching of the exercises. More than 20 people attended the workshop. “This practice is very interesting,” said Isabelle, who works in a bank, “As I followed the hand …
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The president of The Transplantation Society, a global non-governmental transplantation organization based in Montreal, disputed on Friday the Chinese claim that China’s transplant system is supported by the world, according a New York Times article. During the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong, Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times, reported: “Scholars say …
[Editor’s note: Ms. Li Li used to be an associate professor at National Prosecutors College of the P.R.C., but she was fired shortly after the Chinese communist regime launched the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. She was sentenced to a 9-year prison term in 2004 for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. She was …
Drawings Tell of Now-Deceased College Professor’s Sufferings for Her Faith in Falun Gong Read More »
Besides watching the Olympic games, sports fans and tourists may have also come across Falun Gong practitioners in Rio and other Brazilian cities this summer. The Falun Gong group there has been actively holding various events to raise awareness and collect signatures against the persecution in China. At famous tourist spots in Rio, …
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A human rights resolution “Supporting the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin and calling for an immediate end to the persecution of Falun Gong” was recently passed unanimously by the Taipei City Council in Taiwan. This marked the 11th local council in Taiwan to have passed a resolution supporting the lawsuits being filed against former Chinese Communist …
