![]() ![]() "The United States continues to call on Chinese authorities to end the ban on the Falun Gong, allowing them to worship freely and practice their faith in accordance with international human rights commitments," the spokesperson said. "The government denied the claims, having officially ended the long-standing practice of involuntarily harvesting the organs of executed prisoners for use in transplants in 2015."įalun Gong followers protesting the Chinese government in California in 2017.Ī State Department representative also told INSIDER that it backs freedom of religion in China, and believes that the ban against Falun Gong should be lifted. "As noted in the Department's recently-released Human Rights Report on China, some activists and organizations continue to accuse the government of involuntarily harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience, especially members of Falun Gong," a spokesperson for the US State Department told INSIDER. While research reports by governments and NGOs found that the allegations are true, it's not clear if organ-harvesting continues today. One of the ways China persecutes Falun Gong, members of the organization say, is by imprisoning its members and stealing their organs. And what's this I hear about harvesting organs? China has an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Li, no longer safe in China, lives in the United States as a permanent resident. ![]() South Korean members of Falun Gong practicing a type of meditation in 2012. Those Shen Yun posters everywhere? The ubiquity is the result of hardworking volunteers on the ground, distributing flyers and arranging the shows with venues in exchange for just a couple of tickets to the show. Since Shen Yun is an arm of Falun Gong, it relies on Falun Gong members to help spread the word. We'll explain the organ harvesting thing in a bit. The show includes a "dance with the organ harvesting," according to the New Yorker. Shen Yun also highlights specific examples of China's communist party persecuting Falun Gong. The show is fervently anti-atheist, anti-evolution, anti-Mao Zedong, and anti-Karl Marx. The purpose of Shen Yun is to demonstrate the evils of China's communist party and its beliefs. But yes, the show definitely has a specific ideological bent. It's playing in 94 different American cities this year, and has dozens of other shows in Canada, Mexico, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand - but not, as you can imagine, China. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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