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Shen Yun Performs in the U.S., France, Italy, the U.K., and Japan: “It Brings You Joy”

Feb. 8, 2024 | By Minghui correspondents Li Jingfei, Li Ruoyun, and Ming Yue (Minghui.org) During the week of January 29–February 4, Shen Yun’s eight touring companies shared China’s pre-communist culture with cities in the United States, Japan, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.   “I Enjoyed it Thoroughly” U.S. Representative Ken Buck from Colorado saw …

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Shen Yun Impresses Audiences in New Zealand, Italy, France, United Kingdom, and United States: “It’s a Masterpiece”

April 30, 2023 | By Minghui correspondent Gao Siyu (Minghui.org) During mid-to-late April 2023, Shen Yun Performing Arts continued to tour globally with performances in New Zealand, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with frequent sold-out performances.   Italian Local Officials Welcome Shen Yun With Special Reception Stefano Allasia, president of the Piedmont …

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Shen Yun Inspires Audiences in Denmark, Spain, Czech Republic, Canada, and United States: “Leads the Audience to Seek the Truth”

March 17, 2023 | By Minghui correspondents Xue Li and Li Ruoyun (Minghui.org) During the week of March 6–13, 2023, Shen Yun Performing Arts presented 31 performances in Aarhus, Denmark; Sevilla, Spain; Prague, Czech Republic; Calgary, Canada; and the American states of California, Colorado, and Florida.   “An Incredible Performance, Truly Artistic” Bernadette Geronazzo, the executive …

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Audiences in Poland, Spain, and the U.S. Captivated by Shen Yun: “Beautiful Like a Myth”

March 11, 2023 | By Minghui correspondents Ji Zhenyan and Jing Ruyu (Minghui.org) Shen Yun Performing Arts continued to tour Europe and North America from February 27 to March 5, 2023 with performances in Bydgoszcz and Lublin, Poland; Logroño, Spain; and the American states of South Dakota, California, Illinois, North Carolina, Montana, and Indiana. The company …

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French, German, and American Theatergoers Find Deep Spirituality in Shen Yun: “Return to Who We Are”

Feb. 25, 2023 | By Minghui correspondent Xue Li (Minghui.org) During the week of February 14–19, 2023, Shen Yun Performing Arts presented 34 performances in Paris, France; Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; and Texas, California, Arizona, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Idaho in the U.S.   “A Performance That Truly Displayed Deep Divinity” Stefan Gaßmann, the spokesperson of …

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Italian, German, and American Audiences Cherish Shen Yun: “Truly Heavenly Beings Who Danced”

June 8, 2022 | By Minghui correspondent Xue Li _________________________________ (Minghui.org) Shen Yun Performing Arts presented fourteen performances on May 31 through June 5, 2022, in five cities in Italy, Germany, and the United States. A number of audience members spoke about feeling impressed by Shen Yun’s artistic talents as well as its messages of …

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U.S. CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 marked the 10th anniversary of the government’s formal ban on Falun Gong, a spiritual movement based on the teachings of its founder, Li Hongzhi,and Chinese meditative exercises called qigong. Viewing the 10th anniversary as sensitive, the central government held fast in 2009
with its 2008 pre-Olympics efforts to ferret out and punish Falun Gong practitioners. Authorities conducted propaganda campaigns that deride Falun Gong, carried out strict surveillance of practitioners, detained and imprisoned large numbers of practitioners, and subjected some who refuse to disavow Falun Gong to torture and other abuses in reeducation through labor facilities.

Organ Transplants in China:Developments and Controversies

In the past year, allegations of organ harvesting from nonconsenting Falun Gong prisoners have emerged again, further raising concerns about possible abuses in China’s organ transplant industry. In December 2008, the UN Committee against Torture (UNCAT) indicated in its report on China that the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, had noted ‘‘an increase in
organ transplant operations coincides with the ‘beginning of the persecution of [Falun Gong practitioners],’ ’’ and had urged the Chinese government to provide ‘‘a full explanation of the source of organ transplants.’’

US Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report 2006: China [Excerpt]

Falun Gong practitioners continued to face arrest, detention, and imprisonment, and there have been credible reports of deaths due to torture and abuse. Practitioners who refuse to recant their beliefs are sometimes subjected to harsh treatment in prisons, reeducation through labor camps, and extra-judicial “legal education” centers, while some who recanted returned from detention.