{"id":2039125,"date":"2023-09-20T17:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/falun-gong-adherents-stand-up-for-human-rights-outside-un-general-assembly\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:18:34","slug":"falun-gong-adherents-stand-up-for-human-rights-outside-un-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/falun-gong-adherents-stand-up-for-human-rights-outside-un-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Falun Gong supporters advocate for human rights outside UN Assembly."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffalun-gong-adherents-stand-up-for-human-rights-outside-un-general-assembly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2039125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>The United Nations\u2062 General Assembly convened on\u200c Sept. 19 in New York, where protesters at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza called on heads of state to condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>China had been elected to sit on the U.N. Human\u200c Rights\u200b Council in 2020 despite its record of human rights abuses against ethnic minorities and religious believers.<\/p>\n<p>A crowd of Falun Gong adherents held up banners condemning the CCP&#8217;s practice of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/falun-gong-adherents-stand-up-for-human-rights-outside-un-general-assembly\/\" title=\"Falun Gong supporters advocate for human rights outside UN Assembly.\">live organ harvesting\u2014killing prisoners<\/a> of conscience to forcibly harvest their organs and sell them for profit\u2014as well \u200cas signs \u200cnoting the global &#8220;quit the party&#8221; or &#8220;tuidang&#8221; movement that has seen more than 419 \u200dmillion people withdraw their \u200cmembership from the CCP, and passing out brochures that \u2063clarify the truth\u200c about Falun\u200c Gong and the persecution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/human-rights-groups-demand-united-nations-sanction-china-for-uyghur-repression-5494797?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Human Rights\u200b Groups Demand United\u2064 Nations Sanction China for Uyghur Repression<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/human-rights-groups-demand-united-nations-sanction-china-for-uyghur-repression-5494797?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/ccps-persecution-forced-labor-of-uyghurs-in-xinjiang-demands-attention-action-human-rights-leaders-5494568?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>CCP&#8217;s Persecution, Forced Labor of Uyghurs in Xinjiang\u2062 Demands Attention, Action: Human Rights Leaders<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/ccps-persecution-forced-labor-of-uyghurs-in-xinjiang-demands-attention-action-human-rights-leaders-5494568?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Introduced to the public in the early 1990s, Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, spread quickly through word of mouth. The spiritual practice\u2062 teaches its adherents to follow the \u200cprinciples of truth,\u200b compassion, and tolerance, as well as five meditative exercises. Official estimates put the number of adherents between 70 million and 100 million\u2064 before the CCP, led by then-party head Jiang Zemin, launched a persecution campaign \u200cto &#8220;eradicate&#8221; Falun Gong in 1999. The CCP had initially supported the practice but\u200b eventually deemed its popularity intolerable, viewing it as a threat to \u2062the regime&#8217;s control over \u200bsociety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>&#8216;Stand on the Side of Justice&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>One \u200csuch practitioner, You Ling, told The Epoch Times that her husband was sentenced to eight years in prison after being illegally arrested on\u2063 April 23, 2021.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I came to the United Nations to expose the persecution of my husband to the world,&#8221; said Ms.\u200d You, who has been protesting \u2062outside the Chinese Consulate. &#8220;My husband practices Falun Gong \u2063and believes in truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. Nothing is wrong with \u200dit, but he was sentenced to eight years in prison.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I will always keep fighting. I hope that people attending the United Nations meeting will see the truth and stand on the side of justice and conscience, \u200csupport Falun Gong, and support Falun Gong\u200d practitioners in their fight against the\u200c persecution,&#8221; she said. \u200c&#8221;This is not only for my husband but\u200d also for justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>According to Minghui, \u2063a U.S.-based\u200b website tracking the persecution of Falun Gong, citizens as young as 14 and as old\u2064 as 88 have been illegally detained. The prisoners of conscience are then regularly subject to forced labor, torture, and forced medical testing to determine if they are\u200b a match for organ transplant patients, according to reports by\u200b human rights organizations.<\/p>\n<h2>Entire Family Persecuted<\/h2>\n<p>Qi Meiying, a Falun Gong practitioner from China, said she \u2063hadn&#8217;t understood what freedom meant until she recently\u200b came to the United States.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Before 1999, 11 members of my family practiced Falun Dafa. We learned what it meant to be a good person. Our physical and mental \u200bhealth improved, and we were happy. But after the persecution began in 1999, our entire family was targeted. One\u2064 relative would be arrested today, another tomorrow\u2014they&#8217;ve all been illegally detained. \u200bIn 2000, my mother, my grandmother, and my husband were all jailed for \u200dthree years,&#8221; said Ms. Qi,\u2064 who was detained for three years, \u2064starting from when her\u200b daughter was only 2 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in \u200csolitary confinement with no light for seven days straight,&#8221; she told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>After enduring the stress of the living situation in China \u200dfor many years, Ms. Qi&#8217;s grandmother passed away, she said. Her older sister, after being detained, also passed away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want the international governments to be aware of what the CCP is doing to Falun Gong practitioners,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be able to come to America and stand here today, I implore the governments of the world to understand what the\u200b Chinese Communist\u2062 Party is doing to people who follow \u2062Falun\u200b Gong, the persecution they continue, and what the citizens of China \u2062endure, all those who are still being detained, persecuted, and separated from their families,&#8221; \u200bshe said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve done nothing wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zhang Mingyu said\u2063 he hasn&#8217;t seen his father since he was detained by Chinese authorities four years\u200c ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope the heads of state convening for the U.N. General Assembly \u2063can pay \u200bmore attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">human rights issues<\/a> in China and the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>24 Years of Persecution<\/h2>\n<p>Ren \u200cSoroush, a New York resident, said he started practicing Falun Gong in 2010, and it &#8220;completely changed my mind, changed my life,&#8221; and \u200bhe became healthy and happy.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But years into his\u2064 practice, Mr. Soroush, originally from Iran, learned that the Iranian government had caved to CCP demands by banning Falun\u2064 Gong and arresting adherents for not giving up their faith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are here\u2063 to tell people all around the\u200b world how cruel this persecution is,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Innocent \u2063people who believe truthfulness, compassion, tolerance are under this severe persecution for\u200b many years, since 1999 until now\u201424 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In China and Iran, he\u2064 said people\u2062 cannot speak openly \u2062about this persecution, so people outside, in free societies, have to speak up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to &#8230; tell the people [so they] can \u2063understand the persecution, they can understand \u200cFalun Gong, they can sign a petition, share all \u2064around the world with family members, with friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<em>NTD \u200ccontributed to this report.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Blind eye to these atrocities and must take concrete\u200c actions to hold China accountable. It is time for \u2064governments, organizations, and \u2064individuals to come together and\u2063 demand an end to the persecution \u200cof religious\u2064 and \u2062ethnic minorities in China<\/h2>\n<p><span>  R \u200bsister\u200c was\u2062 forced \u2064to\u2064 leave her home\u200d and move to another city to escape\u200c the persecution. Ms. Qi herself was constantly monitored and harassed by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t even go to the market without being \u2064followed or having my home searched,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>International Pressure Needed<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The United Nations&#8217; Human\u2063\u200b Rights\u200b Council \u200dis meant to protect and \u200dpromote human\u2063 rights around the world.\u200c However, the election of China to the council\u200c despite \u2063its appalling human rights record sends a clear message that the international community is not holding\u200c China accountable for its actions.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c protests \u200dat the United Nations General Assembly serve as a reminder that human rights abuses cannot go\u2062 unaddressed. The voices \u2064of those who have been persecuted, such as the Falun Gong practitioners, need to be heard and supported.<\/p>\n<p>Governments and individuals must put \u2062pressure on China to end its persecution of Falun Gong and other religious and ethnic minorities. Sanctions, diplomatic\u2063 pressure, and public awareness campaigns \u200bare all essential\u200d in holding China accountable for its\u200c human\u200b rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b United \u2063Nations \u200chas a responsibility to condemn \u2063the Chinese \u2063Communist Party&#8217;s human \u2063rights abuses and to take action against it. By doing so,\u200d the U.N. can\u200c send a clear message that the\u200c international community\u2062 will not \u200dtolerate such violations \u200cand will stand up for justice and human dignity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The protests at the United Nations General Assembly \u2063highlight the urgent \u200dneed to address \u2062China&#8217;s human rights\u2062 abuses, including the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The international community must not turn a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN General Assembly met in New York on Sept. 19. At Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, protesters urged world leaders to denounce the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its human rights violations. 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