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Physical assaults targeting overseas Falun Gong practitioners’ public activities escalated over the past week. On June 2, three Chinese men attacked a peaceful Falun Gong protest on Jeju Island, South Korea, with verbal abuse, sabotage, and physical violence, injuring two elderly practitioners. Korean police arrested all three perpetrators and reportedly intend to forward the case…

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Serbia violated fundamental freedoms when it banned a peaceful Falun Gong demonstration to spare Chinese leader Xi Jinping the sight of dissent during his 2016 state visit.

On June 2, 2026, on Jeju Island, South Korea, three Chinese men attacked a Falun Gong information site outside the Shilla Duty Free Store in Yeon-dong district. They destroyed informational display boards, injured at least two practitioners, and threatened others. Korean police arrested all three at the scene.

On May 28, Vancouver officials walked back earlier claims that meetings with Chinese diplomats over a Shen Yun performance were merely “routine diplomacy,” raising fresh concerns about foreign interference and censorship in Canada. Similar concerns were raised in testimony submitted last month by the Falun Dafa Information Center (FDIC) to Canada’s House of Commons Subcommittee…

Ms. Cong Peishan is 87 years old. Ms. Li Xianghong is 63. After years of imprisonment and persecution for practicing Falun Gong, both women have effectively been left without income.

Incidents of transnational repression targeting practitioners of Falun Gong and Shen Yun Performing Arts continued throughout May 2026, with at least 16 documented cases spanning the United States, Canada, and Japan. The pattern escalated in May through a new emphasis on impersonation: senders posed as Falun Gong–related organizations, heads of government, and even the Falun…

Mr. Liu Wansheng, a 71-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, died on April 29, 2026, only eight days after being released from a six-year prison sentence imposed for his faith.

Britain’s Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, has strongly condemned the violent assault of a Falun Gong practitioner outside the British Museum and reaffirmed that the UK “will never tolerate” transnational repression or intimidation targeting individuals on British soil.

Authors of three new books about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) systemic forced organ harvesting testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on May 14, sharing expert insight into the Chinese regime’s human rights abuses. The Falun Dafa Information Center (FDIC) submitted written testimony for the record, including new data from a recent survey…

When May comes each year, there is always a sense of gratitude in my heart, as there is in the hearts of millions of Falun Gong practitioners around the world. May 13, known as World Falun Dafa Day, marks the anniversary of Mr. Li Hongzhi’s introduction of Falun Dafa to the public and Mr. Li’s…

Beneath clear skies and to the sound of drums and music, Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in cities across continents this May to mark a milestone. For followers of Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) worldwide, May 13th is a day of profound celebration. Known as World Falun Dafa Day, it marks both the anniversary of Falun Dafa’s…

In March 1995, Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), traveled to Paris at the invitation of the Chinese Embassy. The visit marked the first formal introduction of the practice outside China and an important milestone in its worldwide spread.

When a bomb threat forced the evacuation of Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on March 29, 2026, and the theater subsequently canceled six Shen Yun performances, it was not an isolated incident. It was one moment in a 114-day campaign of threats, harassment, and psychological operations, all traceable to a single Gmail…

Man Arrested for Assaulting Falun Gong Volunteer in Los Angeles; U.S. Professor Recalls the April 25 Peaceful Appeal Dear Reader,Last Sunday, a man violently assaulted a Falun Gong practitioner in Los Angeles using stones, wire, and a tree branch, leaving her with injuries to her head, wrist, and fingers. He was arrested by local police….

Mr. You Haijun (尤海军), a 55-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Zhongning County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, died on April 13, 2026, while serving a five-year prison sentence at Shizuishan Prison for his faith. His death occurred just weeks before his expected release.

Police in the City of Industry apprehended a suspect on April 19 following a daylight assault on a 70-year-old Falun Gong volunteer.

A blind woman from Kunming City, Yunnan Province, has disappeared under alarming circumstances, raising serious concerns about custodial enforcement against vulnerable Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Last week, a theater in Toronto, Canada canceled all remaining Shen Yun performances in response to threats—believed to be tied to China—that police had determined to be “unfounded.” Anonymous false alarm threats of violence have been an emerging tactic in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) toolbox of transnational repression targeting Falun Gong. Though other threats…