Falun Gong practitioner You Ling meditates near her home in Tampa, Fla., on June 10, 2021. (Courtesy of You Ling) “Every time we went out to talk to people about the persecution of Falun Gong, we didn’t know if we could come back,” You said.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a traditional self-improvement discipline that includes meditation exercises and bases its moral teachings on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a parade marking the 22nd anniversary of the start of the Chinese regime's persecution of Falun Gong, in Washington on July 16, 2021.

Adler is among many Australian leaders who are calling for Beijing to end the persecution of Falun Gong.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a traditional spiritual practice that consists of five gentle, meditative exercises and a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

human rights abuses to the character of Falun Gong,” he told The Epoch Times.

Ironically, Falun Gong has thrived throughout the rest of the world, with currently more than 100 million people from all walks of life practicing it. Thu Hien Ta, 33, practices the fifth exercise of Falun Gong.

He said the award marked a solid recognition of anti-persecution efforts by Falun Gong practitioners in and out of China.

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.

(EMMA MORLEY) Jiang launched his persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999. With 100 million practicing Falun Gong, each of whom has family members, friends, and colleagues, this campaign in effect targeted all of the people of China.

“Police ransacked their home and confiscated their cellphones, Falun Gong books, and other materials about Falun Gong and the persecution,” he said.

Shen Yun is a New York-based classical Chinese dance and music company formed in 2006 by leading Chinese artists who practise Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, a Buddhist-based spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the CCP since 1999.

The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has continued amid the pandemic.

-based website that documents the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong, at least 95 Falun Gong practitioners were illegally sentenced to jail throughout May 2021, covering 41 cities in 21 provinces and other autonomous regions.

Limbrick said he knew many Falun Gong practitioners through his role as an MP.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a parade marking the 22nd anniversary of the start of the Chinese regime's persecution of Falun Gong, in Washington on July 16, 2021.

Canada also sanctioned Chinese officials in December 2024 for persecuting Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Falun Gong practitioners, noting these groups are subject to various forms of suppression by the Chinese regime, including arbitrary detention and forced

Falun Gong on spreading to the world.

He noted that before the Chinese leadership went all in against Falun Gong 27 years ago, even some senior officials’ families were practicing it. The regime "went so hard against Falun Gong. That was a mistake,” he told The Epoch Times.

shocking abuse carried out in China today—the live organ harvesting of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a parade commemorating the anniversary of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, in Washington on July 18, 2019.

and release detained Falun Gong adherents.

All that changed when she was unlawfully detained and tortured as part of the Chinese regime's national campaign to crush Falun Gong.

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

Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a meditation discipline with moral teachings centered on truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

And the persecutory machinery the regime uses on its targets—be it Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, or house Christians—has only expanded as the world turned away, he said.

A coalition of human rights groups urged Anand earlier this week to raise multiple issues in China with Wang, including the persecution of Falun Gong and Uyghurs, and concerns about ongoing transnational repression on Canadian soil.

Marking International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, the United States sanctioned a Chinese official for his role in human rights violations against Falun Gong practitioners, making him the first-ever persecutor of Falun Gong to be punished.

He was referring to “The Steadfast Heart,” which tells of the persecution of believers in Falun Dafa, or Falun Gong.