Rights Groups Rally to Demand End to CCP Persecution During Xi’s Visit to Washington

Faith and human rights leaders, joined by over 300 Falun Gong practitioners, hold a rally at 10 a.m. ET on Sept. 24 to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and its systematic human rights abuses against the Chinese people by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington.

Speakers:

Rep. Pat Ryan, New York congressman

Ambassador Sam Brownback, cochair of the International Religious Freedom Summit

Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute

Jan Jekielek, New York Times bestselling author of “Killed to Order” and host of “American Thought Leaders”

David Trimble, president, Religious Freedom Institute

Dr. Bradley Thayer, director of China policy, the Center for Security Policy

Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

Louisa Greve, International Advisory Board member for the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China

Suzanne Scholte, president, Defense Forum Foundation

Robert Destro, professor of law, Catholic University of America

Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, senior adviser to the World Uyghur Congress

Joseph Bosco, advisory board member, Global Taiwan Institute

Dave Wallace, Republican nominee for Maryland’s Second Congressional District

Rushan Abbas, founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs, Chair of the Executive Committee of World Uyghur Congress

Dr Hai V. Ha, Vietnamese-American human-rights and democracy advocate

Chen Guangcheng, Chinese human-rights activist

Wang Zhiyuan of the Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party

Zhu Xueye of the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong

Falun Gong practitioners