House Passes Bill to Counter Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting From Falun Gong Practitioners

The House has passed a bill with the goal of forcing an end to the Chinese regime’s long-running campaign persecuting the spiritual group Falun Gong. The bipartisan Falun Gong Protection Act (H.R. 4132), introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) with 18 co-sponsors, passed by a voice vote on June 25. It is the first U.S. legislative bill to address Beijing’s brutal suppression of the faith to advance through the chamber. Falun Gong, a meditation discipline based on the values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, has been subject of a relentless campaign in communist China designed to eradicate the faith. For the past 25 years, the 70 million to 100 million adherents of the practice have faced risks of lengthy imprisonment, harsh labor and torture, as well as forced organ harvesting....