Li Hongzhi, the founder of FalunGong.
FalunGong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual and meditation practice that was first introduced to the public in China in 1992 by Mr. Li.
FalunGong, also known as Falun Dafa, includes five slow-moving and gentle exercises and moral teachings based on truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.
Matas said he disagrees with the arguments that the mass killing of FalunGong practitioners is not genocide, because the killings had a profit motive or because people may renounce FalunGong to avoid being killed.
Jiang began the campaign with so much force that he didn’t expect FalunGong to last more than three days. Yet, FalunGong didn't disappear in China, not even by the time he died, 20-plus years later, in November 2022.
FalunGong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline involving meditative exercises and moral teachings based on three core principles: truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.
"The CCP's persecution of FalunGong has been the most evil," he said, noting the regime has forcibly harvested organs from living FalunGong practitioners on a large scale.
The vigil, two days prior to the July 20 persecution commemoration, marked 24 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its nationwide persecution of FalunGong, also known as Falun Dafa.
FalunGong practitioners during a re-enactment of the Chinese Communist Party's practice of forced organ harvesting from FalunGong practitioners, during a rally in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 23, 2006.
FalunGong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice that was made public in China in 1992. Before the end of the decade, an estimated 70 million to 100 million people in China were practicing FalunGong.
“FalunGong was denied maybe for one reason. It is because of the pressure from communist China," he said. "A lot of people know now FalunGong is under persecution in China.
House Passes Bill to Counter Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting From FalunGong Practitioners
The bipartisan bill, called the FalunGong Protection Act, requires that the U.S. government impose sanctions on those involved in Beijing’s state-sponsored forced
However, at present, authorities make it difficult for lawyers to take on cases involving FalunGong adherents.
"When law firms refuse to accept a case involving FalunGong, lawyers can’t do anything about it," he said.
According to Mr.
Genocide of FalunGong Adherents
Meanwhile, FalunGong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline with meditative exercises and moral teachings.
"The demonization of FalunGong was, in part, responsible for the mass killing of FalunGong for their organs," Mr. Matas said, noting this as the third element to remember on July 20.
Posters Exposed 'Lies of the CCP' About FalunGong
Tsang's posters, pictured in the courtroom, showed how the former CCP regime head Jiang Zemin staged the "Tiananmen self-immolation" incident in 2001 to smear FalunGong.