Falun Gong

On May 13, an airplane towing a huge banner with the words “Falun Dafa Is Good” in English and Chinese flew over the Hudson River for hours. May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day, which was first designated on May 13, 2000, to celebrate the Falun Dafa spiritual discipline and its positive impact on the […]

May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day, a day that celebrates the introduction of the spiritual practice to the world on May 13, 1992. Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, says everyone can celebrate this day because Falun Dafa’s teachings of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance are universal.

May 13 this year marks the 32nd anniversary of Falun Dafa’s public introduction. In the capital, practitioners gathered in front of the Washington Monument to celebrate with singing, a dragon dance, a waist drum performance, and many other activities. Some of them told NTD about the benefits that come with the practice. “It’s the first […]

Last weekend, Falun Gong practitioners from several European countries gathered in Munich, Germany for a grand rally and parade. The event was organized to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day on May 13, and the 32nd anniversary of Falun Dafa’s introduction to the public. Falun Gong is a cultivation practice based on the core tenets of […]

Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners participated in a parade in New York City on May 10 to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day. World Falun Dafa Day was first designated on May 13, 2000, to celebrate the Falun Dafa spiritual discipline and its positive impact on the health and spirit of millions around the world. May […]

A parade in New York City on May 10 celebrates the upcoming World Falun Dafa Day, while Russia and Serbia detain Falun Gong practitioners. Katrina Lantos Swett, president of Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, tells NTD that the Chinese regime’s transnational repressions need to be called out, and that Falun Gong practitioners remain […]

NEW YORK—Thousands of people in blue and yellow jackets popped up in the heart of the Big Apple for a parade on May 10 just after a misty rain. It’s an annual tradition. Fairies holding lotus flowers, a float ferrying people in ancient Chinese attire, a Western-style marching band, and Chinese waist drummers. They marched […]

Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners participate in a parade in New York City on May 10 to celebrate World Dafa Day. NTD and EpochTV will livestream the parade from 11 a.m. ET. May 13 this year marks the 32nd anniversary of Falun Dafa being introduced to the public in 1992, and it is also the […]

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 […]

A Moscow court on Saturday ordered a two-month imprisonment of a Falun Gong practitioner on the basis of her beliefs. NTD speaks with a Russian Falun Gong practitioner about the current situation and looks at the Chinese regime’s influence in the decision.

Russia’s jailing of a Falun Gong practitioner amid growing ties with the Chinese regime is stirring alarm in Washington, with the State Department and lawmakers condemning the move. A Moscow court on May 4 placed a Falun Gong practitioner in detention for nearly two months on the basis of her faith, the day after police […]

A Moscow court on May 4 ordered the 2-month detention of a Falun Gong practitioner for her beliefs as an investigation is pending, the first such decision in the country as Russia increasingly leans toward communist China. Natalya Minenkova, 46, will be detained until June 27 under a controversial law against “carrying out the activities […]

Moscow authorities on Friday raided the homes of Falun Gong practitioners—a group heavily persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party—amid Russia’s closer ties with communist China. Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, says targeting Falun Gong allows Russia to “get in the good graces” of the Chinese communist regime.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) singled out communist China as one of the world’s “worst violators” of religious freedom, according to its 2024 annual report released on May 1. “Religious communities are suffering under Chinese Communist oppression,” the report reads. “The government of a world power does not have the right to […]

Imagine waking up every day not knowing if your loved ones are safe. That there’s always the possibility of waking up to a message that they have been taken from their home, again, and are now being tortured for their beliefs. That’s exactly how one college student, who is now in the United States, has […]

A new law went into effect in Utah on May 1, which stops health insurance companies from paying for organ transplants in countries such as China, due to the Chinese regime’s practice of forced organ harvesting. Dr. Torsten Trey, founder and executive director of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, says more doctors should learn about […]

Don’t travel to communist China for organ transplants because these organs could be forcefully carved out from living individuals. That’s the message from the Czech Republic’s deputy minister of health, Václav Pláteník, following a public hearing at the lower house of the Czech parliament, where lawmakers and rights advocates discussed how to end the persecution […]