While handing out Falun Gong flyers in 2003, Yao was arrested and later sentenced to four years in prison.

-based website that documents the persecution of Falun Gong, I saw that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is still relentlessly persecuting Falun Gong practitioners for their faith, continuing to perpetuate untold human suffering.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind and body cultivation that's welcomed by hundreds of millions of people around the world. It's rooted in the 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture.

They held banners with messages such as, “Support Falun Dafa,” “Thank You Falun Gong for Helping Us Bypass Internet Censorship,”  and “Greetings Falun Gong.”

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a self-cultivation practice that was first introduced to the public in China by founder Mr. Li Hongzhi in 1992.

The event marked the 22nd anniversary of the day the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong practitioners: July 20, 1999. Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, was first introduced to the public in China in 1992.

Falun Gong adherents march in downtown Toronto on July 17, 2021.

(Andrew Chen/The Epoch Times) "The persecution of Falun Gong has been going on for 22 years.

Since March 6, an array of unattended poster displays that slandered Falun Gong and its founder were found near Falun Gong information booths in Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay, and Wan Chai, according to a local female Falun Gong practitioner surnamed

All of them are practitioners of a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline called Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa.

Falun Gong practitioners perform the exercises at an event celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 1, 2021.

Today, the enlarged “donor” class includes the practitioners of Falun Gong—mostly virtuous contemplatives—but also Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Christians. Rep.

Adherents of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, have been victims of a sweeping campaign of repression by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for more than two decades.

A Falun Gong information booth is vandalized in Mong Kok in Hong Kong on Dec. 20, 2020.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a practice centered around meditation exercises and moral teachings based on truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

"The tragedy here is that the Falun Gong were essentially the canaries in the Chinese Communist Party concentration camp coal mine.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a grand march calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China, in Washington on June 20, 2018.

Falun Gong is now practiced in more than 90 countries worldwide, while its main text, “Zhuan Falun,” has been translated into 40 languages.

Several million Falun Gong adherents have been detained in the years since, with an estimated 1.5–2.5 million held in labour camps in 2010 alone, according to the Falun Dafa Information Center.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a parade marking the 22nd year of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 18, 2021.

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

About 450 adherents of Falun Gong adherents pose for a group photo to wish Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong, a happy Lunar Chinese New Year, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 24, 2021.

Falun Gong practitioners hold a vigil to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the persecution of Falun Gong in China in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 18, 2020.

This all happened because of the Chinese regime's persecution of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, a mind-body cultivation system that involves meditative exercises and moral teachings.

Practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong hold a parade in New York City on May 13, 2021.

His family, who knew little of Falun Gong, initially didn’t approve of Cordova taking up the practice. He thus tried to hide his faith by only reading pocket-sized versions of Falun Gong books while he was outside walking the dog.

What is Falun Gong? Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline rooted with gentle, slow-moving exercises, and moral values based on truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, was first introduced in China in 1992.

Wu called the articles a “signal for the persecution” of Falun Gong in Hong Kong.

a threat to its power and began targeting Falun Gong believers.

What are the implications for Falun Gong? Mr.