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  2. Persecution of Falun Gong - Wikipedia

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    The persecution of Falun Gong is the campaign initiated in 1999 by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to eliminate the spiritual practice of Falun Gong in China, ...

  3. Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China

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    In 2024, after multiple hearings, the "Falun Gong Protection Act" (H.R. 4132) was unanimously passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 25. The Act focuses on addressing forced organ harvesting in the People's Republic of China, specifically targeting the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

  4. Falun Gong - Wikipedia

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    Li Hongzhi authored the first book of Falun Gong teachings in April 1993; titled China Falun Gong, or simply Falun Gong, it is an introductory text that discusses qigong, Falun Gong's relationship to Buddhism, the principles of cultivation practice, and the improvement of moral character (xinxing). The book also provides illustrations and ...

  5. Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong

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    The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) is an international non-governmental organization established in the United States on April 5, 2006, by the Falun Dafa Association. [1] [2] The organization also has offices in Canada. [2]

  6. Antireligious campaigns in China - Wikipedia

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    The Cemetery of Confucius was attacked by Red Guards in November 1966. [1] [2] Falun Gong books are destroyed following announcement of the ban in 1999.Antireligious campaigns in China are a series of policies and practices taken as part of the Chinese Communist Party's official promotion of state atheism, coupled with its persecution of people with spiritual or religious beliefs, in the ...

  7. Kilgour–Matas report - Wikipedia

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    In 2006 and 2008, United Nations Special Rapporteurs raised questions about the sources of organs, the short waiting times for finding perfectly matched organs, and the correlation between the sudden increase in organ transplants in China and the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

  8. History of Falun Gong - Wikipedia

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    2002 – Falun Gong practitioners in New York establish New Tang Dynasty Television, a Chinese-language station created to present an alternative to state-run Chinese media. [59] 2002 – On 24 July, U.S. House of Representatives passes a unanimous resolution (House Concurrent Resolution 188) condemning the persecution of Falun Gong in China. [60]

  9. 2001 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident - Wikipedia

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    Soon thereafter, a nationwide persecution of the practice began. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a form of spiritual qigong practice that involves meditative exercises, and a philosophy drawing on Buddhist and Taoist tradition introduced by Li Hongzhi in Northeast China in the spring of 1992. By the late 1990s, it had attracted tens of ...