July 20 marks a horrific event: the beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) nationwide repression campaign of the spiritual practice Falun Gong.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, teaches the principles of truth, compassion, and forbearance, and five meditative exercises. For seeking to abide by these principles, the estimated 70 million to 100 million practitioners in China are subjected to illegal arrests and detention, brainwashing and torture, and even live organ harvesting. The grisly practice was first revealed by whistleblowers who shared their stories with The Epoch Times in 2006, including a woman who testified that her former husband, a transplant doctor, removed the corneas of healthy, living Falun Gong practitioners. Organs harvested from living prisoners of conscience fuel the country’s billion-dollar transplant market.
