å—法轮功团体邀请的美国神韵艺术团原订星期三开始，连ç»äº”天在香港演出七场，但其ä¸å…å主è¦æŠ€æœ¯äººå‘˜è¢«æ¸¯åºœæ‹’å‘ç¾è¯ï¼Œå¯¼è‡´æ¼”出被迫全部å–消。香港法轮功å‘言人对æ¤æ出谴责，立法会议员何俊ä»ä¹Ÿè¡¨ç¤ºæ¸¯åºœæ¤ä¸¾ä¸æŽ’除出于政治决定。 Continue reading
记者: 任敬扬 | 香港 2010年 1月 23日
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一个美国的表演艺术团体星期å…ä¸åˆåœ¨é¦™æ¸¯å®£å¸ƒï¼Œç”±äºŽé¦™æ¸¯å…¥å¢ƒå½“局拒ç»å‘七å主è¦çš„表演工作人员ç¾å‘工作ç¾è¯ï¼Œå› æ¤è¢«è¿«å–消原定这个月底在香港举行的演出。这个团体是å—到香港法轮功团体的邀请，到香港表演。 Continue reading
STATEMENT FROM SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS
RE: SHEN YUN FORCED TO CANCEL HONG KONG SHOWS
NEW YORK, January 24, 2010 – Shen Yun Performing Arts regrets to inform that seven sold out shows in Hong Kong have been cancelled due to Hong Kong authorities’ last-minute denial of entry visas to several of our key production staff. Continue reading
Introduction
“Which is the world’s largest group of prisoners of conscience – that is, peopled jailed for their beliefs or views?†Few educated media consumers in the West know the correct answer. It is Falun Gong adherents jailed in China; and it’s not even close. Continue reading
ESCONDIDO, California–What’s an Israeli doing in a Chinese show? I’m asked this almost as often as I’m asked, when checking in at the airport alongside a hundred Chinese dancers and musicians – “Are you part of this group?â€
The answer to the latter question is: “No, and yes.†
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The Olympics are over, but don’t look away from China just yet. The fates of thousands of ordinary Chinese arrested ahead of the Games hinge on what we do this autumn.
For people like my Chinese-American friend Si Yang, these roundups have struck too close to home. In April, Si called his parents in Hebei province only to discover that 20 officers had shown up and taken away his father and sister. Continue reading
Posted by Leeshai Lemish – 18 August 2008 10:16
Often in the news but rarely understood, Falun Gong is regularly associated with Chinese human rights issues. Leeshai Lemish gives his understanding of what Falun Gong practitioners actually believe
I would have laughed if ten years ago you told me that my search for a meditation practice would land me on Beijing’s blacklist. Continue reading
Leeshai Lemish looks at the history and causes of the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign against Falun Gong
‘If Falun Gong is benign, why is the Chinese government afraid of it?’ After nine years of persecution this basic question remains common. I’ll try answering it here. Continue reading
Posted by Leeshai Lemish – 20 August 2008 10:11
Leeshai Lemish tells of his and Ethan Gutmann’s journey into the persecution of Falun Gong
It was 2:00 am and we were sitting on the floor of a Bangkok slum. We had a flight to catch the next morning, but after interviewing Falun Gong refugees for a week we still couldn’t pull away from what they were telling us.
‘At first I thought it was just me. But then, one after another, more Falun Gong practitioners were brought into our cell’, Chen Jie said. ‘Their bellies, chest and backs were also covered with black bubbles from Continue reading