Among them was “Zhuan Falun,” the main text of Falun Gong, and a DVD teaching the practice's meditative exercises.

But you publicly denied that Falun Gong is a cult, and kept on supporting Falun Gong,” the Beijing Judicial Bureau wrote on the revocation decision.

Lawyers Targeted for Defending Falun Gong Falun Gong practitioners have not been the only victims of Jiang's dedicated persecution.

The Party once thought it would wipe out Falun Gong in a matter of months. Decades later, Falun Gong is still standing.

In 2013, a woman was convicted of assaulting a Falun Gong practitioner in Flushing.

Falun Gong practitioner Xu Na in an undated photo.

Falun Gong adherents commemorate the 30th anniversary of the practice's introduction with a parade at Toronto City Hall https://t.co/EQbnDgaTcB — Andrew Chen (@AndrewChen55) May 7, 2022 Falun Gong adherents commemorate the 30th anniversary

The complaint (pdf) describes around 40 incidents of threats or physical assault against them for participating in parades representing Falun Gong, handing out flyers about Falun Gong, or managing a booth with Falun Gong-related literature.

Falun Gong practitioners do exercises at an event marking the 22nd anniversary of the start of the Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong, in Washington on July 16, 2021.

At the rally, Falun Gong adherents called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Practitioners of Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa) practice the sitting meditation of the spiritual discipline in Central Park in Manhattan, on May 10, 2014.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a candlelight vigil commemorating the 20th anniversary of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, on the West Lawn of Capitol Hill on July 18, 2019.

Zheng Buqiu attacks a Falun Gong information booth in Flushing, New York, on Feb. 10, 2022.

-based website that tracks the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

The attacks on Falun Gong are an example of the CCP’s transnational repression and power projection.

Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, at a Falun Gong rally at City Hall in New York on May 11, 2016.

Zheng Buqiu attacks a Falun Gong information booth in Flushing, New York, on Feb. 10, 2022.

Practitioners of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, gathered in London on Sunday to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day.

According to the Falun Dafa Information Center report, the Chinese regime had previously detained Fang for more than four years, where he was “egregiously tortured for his faith in Falun Gong.”

Falun Gong practitioner Matthew Kang does one of the Falun Gong exercises at Ortega Park in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Oct. 3, 2021.

Although the pandemic has cut down travel, about 4,000 Falun Gong adherents from New York and elsewhere gathered on May 13 in the Big Apple to mark World Falun Dafa Day.

Falun Gong.

Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline also known as Falun Dafa, was introduced to the public in China on May 13, 1992.

Falun Gong practitioners participate in a parade to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the April 25th peaceful appeal of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing, in Flushing, N.Y., on April 23, 2022.

Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners rally to express their gratitude to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, and wish him a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, on Sept. 12, 2021.

A prior version of the legislative proposal, the Falun Gong Protection Act, passed in the House in May 2025.

Though not a Falun Gong practitioner, her husband Niu Jiancheng was arrested, too, for transporting print material in connection with Falun Gong.

Two decades ago, Beijing banned Falun Gong as an “evil cult” and set out to eliminate it.

Practitioners who speak with neighbors or strangers about Falun Gong run the risk of being detained—or worse, sentenced to prison. Teachers are required to indoctrinate their students with anti-Falun Gong propaganda.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a traditional self-improvement discipline that includes meditation exercises and is based on the principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.”