Falun Gong Practitioners Spotlight 25 Years of Persecution by CCP in New York Parade

Published on July 20, 2024

NEW YORK—Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners joined a parade through Manhattan’s Chinatown on July 20, calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing, 25-year-long persecution campaign against the spiritual practice. Shortly after midnight on July 20, 1999, the CCP launched a nationwide initiative, raiding the homes of Falun Gong practitioners and making illegal arrests. At the time, an estimated one in 13 people in China were practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that teaches the three principles of truth, compassion, and forbearance, as well as five meditative exercises. The sweeping campaign, which continues today, has led to an untold number of practitioners being detained, tortured, harassed, and subjected to forced organ harvesting....

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