Dozens of Canadian Lawmakers Denounce China’s Oppression of Falun Gong

Canadian lawmakers have united to condemn the Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, marking 25 years of severe human rights violations. “We strongly condemn the 25 years of human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement, urging the unconditional release of all detained Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in China. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice rooted in Buddhist traditions that includes meditative exercises and moral teachings centered on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. Since its public introduction in 1992, millions have adopted the practice, with official estimates suggesting that between 70 million and 100 million people in China alone were practicing by the late 1990s....