
Ahead of CCP Leader’s Visit, Serbia Rounds Up, Detains Falun Gong Practitioners
Serbian authorities arrested multiple Falun Gong practitioners ahead of a visit by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping, only to release them after Xi left the country. The move by Serbian authorities occurred just days after Russian authorities raided five homes and arrested four Falun Gong practitioners ahead of a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi. The regime has sought to export its persecution of Falun Gong—a spiritual discipline that consists of meditative exercises and moral principles—beyond its borders since 1999. Serbian authorities arrested six practitioners and two of their relatives on May 7, holding them captive for around 24 hours in several locations, according to Dejan Markovic, one of the detainees. Those arrested included his brother and an 80-year-old woman....
