Falun Gong

Lu Yuanfeng fell into a coma and died just three weeks after he’d been released from a prison in China’s northeast. Lu had managed to survive three years in Benxi Prison, Liaoning province, but what he was forced to endure had already taken its toll. When the 63-year-old’s family picked him up from the prison […]

When Chinese leader Xi Jinping took over as the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Nov. 2012, he began a relentless anti-corruption campaign to root out his political enemies in the opposition faction. It is still going strong. Recently, the high-profile investigation of former internet censorship czar, Lu Wei, proved that Xi hasn’t […]

The increasing suppression and surveillance faced by the Uyghur minority in China may include a deadly element: systematic, forced organ harvesting. Speaking before the UK Parliament on Dec. 13, Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, raised concerns that the Chinese regime may be targeting Uyghurs for organ harvesting and trafficking.  “We are also […]

The Chinese Communist Party has persecuted the spiritual practice of Falun Gong for over 18 years, and the torture and killing of its practitioners continue to be carried out in secrecy in black jails, prisons, and detention centers. As of Dec. 17, 29 Falun Gong practitioners are confirmed to have died in 2017 due to […]

The Taiwanese government took a big step forward in protecting human rights when it recently denied entry to at least three human rights violators from China who were planning to visit Taiwan. On Dec. 10, the Taiwanese newspaper the Liberty Times reported on its website that a joint task force consisting of different Taiwanese government […]

One of the largest civil rights movements is currently taking place around the world, with the goal of putting former Chinese regime head Jiang Zemin on trial for his brutal crimes against humanity. As of Dec. 8, over 2.6 million people from 31 countries have signed a petition calling on China’s judicial bodies to prosecute […]

China’s human rights lawyers, despite suppression, are continuing to take on the toughest cases, defending Falun Gong practitioners. In China in July 2015, hundreds of human rights lawyers were swept up by an unprecedented crackdown, and many of those lawyers are still in prison and facing torture. Yet, in 2017, lawyers have defended hundreds of […]

A provincial official responsible for persecuting the spiritual practice of Falun Gong was taken down last week. On Dec. 1, the Hubei Province anti-corruption watchdog agency announced that Cheng Ying, deputy director of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee within Hubei’s Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was given “shuanggui,” an abusive interrogation of Party […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan—The National Taiwan University Sports Center was packed on Nov. 26, with more than 7,500 people from all walks of life, hailing from a dozen countries and regions. They had gathered together not because of a sporting event, but rather to learn from each other how to be a better person, and how to […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Clad in black, yellow, blue, and white clothing, thousands of people assembled in Taipei’s iconic Liberty Square to form a massive image—measuring 158 feet by 184 feet—of a serene-looking woman sitting in meditation with her right palm lifted. Over three days of intensive labor, more than 100 local residents first laid down color-coordinated mats that […]

Since the 19th National Congress concluded, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been placing his allies in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top posts in different departments and ministries. However, one official who has been loyal to the faction headed by former Party boss Jiang Zemin unexpectedly joined the regime’s most powerful figures when he was […]

For years the Chinese regime has claimed it will respect and enforce the rule of law with legal reforms. But because there is no true independent judiciary, the relationship between lawyers and judges, who are appointed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is often contentious. Human rights lawyer Wang Lie was recently denied the right […]

China’s 19th National Congress came to an end on Oct. 24, concluding a week of political horse-trading to determine the new generation of Party leadership. 204 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members were chosen to sit in the high-ranking Central Committee. Those high-profile party members who were conspicuously left out had one thing in common—their political […]

Oct. 4 is the Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival) in China, a joyful tradition and time for family reunions. Across the nation people are celebrating their good fortune and sharing appreciation for their family members. Some people are also considering the plight of fellow Chinese who cannot find so much to celebrate. In China, every […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—During the last, hectic week of the California legislature’s session, from Sept. 11 to 15, practitioners of Falun Gong sat in the Senate gallery as silent witnesses to the proceedings below. They wanted with their presence to challenge the consciences of the senators, to remind them that on the other side of the world […]

NEW YORK—They had just arrived in the United States a little more than a week before, but they were ready to tell the world about what they had endured. Ahead of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, two sisters from China joined a group of about 80 meditating protesters outside U.N. headquarters. Rui and Xing […]

“Split by the State”   As millions of Australian families prepare to celebrate Father’s Day to honour their paternal bonds, for Sydney refugee Eric Jia, his version of Father’s Day is a lonely affair. The last time he saw his father Ye Jia was 15 years-ago when he was 3-years-old. This father and son were […]

This week across Canada and around the world, thousands are gathering in front of Chinese embassies and consulates to mark 18 years since the Chinese Communist Party launched a campaign of violence and hatred to “eradicate” the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa. “The Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong is […]

Starting June 25 and continuing for the next few days, rallies appealing for the rescue of a Canadian citizen detained in China are being held in several cities across the country. Falun Gong practitioners and supporters are staging protests in front of the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa and the Chinese consulates in Vancouver and other […]

  Chinese Communist Party official Zhang Yijie had been completely free to teach the spiritual practice Falun Gong to her co-workers in the company basement and share the practice’s books in her co-workers’ mailboxes in 1998. A year later, the communist regime declared that Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, and all of its books, […]