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Feb. 28, 2022 | By a Minghui correspondent in France
(Minghui.org) Marie-Charlotte Nouhaud, Mayor of the city of Avon in the greater Paris region, recently wrote to the French Falun Dafa Association. She said that the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, which has gone on for more than 20 years, has caught her attention. Mayor Nouhaud expressed her support for practitioners’ efforts to end the persecution and thanked local practitioners for their contribution to the community.
Marie-Charlotte Nouhaud, Mayor of Avon, Seine et Marne, recently wrote a letter of support to the French Falun Dafa Association (Minghui composite image)
Mayor Marie-Charlotte Nouhaud referenced a letter that she received from a Falun Gong practitioner in 2021, which caught her attention.
The mayor wrote, “Ms. Nguyen, who lives in our province Avon told me that she and some other Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) practitioners have been practicing in a park in my city for more than 20 years. Over the years, this kind of group practice and meditation has continuously attracted passers-by to join in, and in this way, they have contributed to the local peace and harmony.”
Mayor Nouhaud said, “After reading Ms. Nguyen’s letter I wish to support you. I support your compatriots in China who have been subjected to the most severe abuses and atrocities unbearable by human beings for twenty-two years.
“For more than two decades, Falun Gong was unjustly accused by the ruling government at the time. The practice was designated a public enemy, and then at the cost of bullying, ill-treatment and torture on a daily basis, the false reasons for eradicating the movement were made real every day. Each time is more abhorrent than the last.
“That is why I have pledged to join you in signing one or more petitions for your association related to defending human rights.”
Background
Ms. Nguyen, a Vietnamese Falun Gong practitioner who lives in Avon, Paris, France, sent a letter to the mayor of her city last year. She mentioned that after practicing Falun Gong, she gained better health and became a moral and compassionate person.
She also mentioned in the letter that since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in July 1999, according to verifiable data, 4,650 practitioners were persecuted to death, but the actual number of deaths may be much higher. Millions of people are held in forced labor and re-education camps.
These atrocities have been well documented by human rights organizations, government agencies, and the United Nations. The 2007 U.S. State Department Human Rights Report pointed out that Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, “reported that Falun Gong practitioners accounted for 66 percent of victims of alleged torture while in government custody.”
Amnesty International’s 2017/18 annual report stated, “Falun Gong practitioners continued to be subjected to persecution, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and torture and other ill-treatment.” In China, the persecution of Falun Gong has always been one of the most brutal persecutions against a religious group in modern times.
What Is Falun Dafa and Why Is the CCP Persecuting It?
Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The spiritual discipline is now practiced in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Millions of people who have embraced the teachings, which are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and learned the five exercises have experienced improved health and well-being.
Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, issued an order to ban the practice.
Under Jiang’s personal direction, the CCP established the 610 Office, an extralegal security organization with the power to override the police and judicial systems and whose sole function is to carry out the persecution of Falun Dafa.
Minghui.org has confirmed the deaths of thousands of practitioners as a result of the persecution over the past 22 years, though due to the difficulty in getting information out of China, the actual number is believed to be much higher. Many more have been imprisoned and tortured for their faith.
There is concrete evidence that the CCP sanctions the harvesting of organs from detained practitioners, who are murdered to supply the organ transplant industry.
Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.
To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.
For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.
(Minghui.org) Because of his repeated violence against Falun Gong booths in Flushing, New York, Buqiu Zheng was recently arrested by police and charged with two Class E felonies: Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree and a hate crime.
Police arrested Buqiu Zheng on February 15 for violently attacking Falun Gong booths in Flushing, New York.
Guo Jinfu, a Falun Gong practitioner who volunteered at the booths, testified at the New York Police Department (NYPD) 109th Precinct that 32-year-old Zheng had damaged posters, banners, and other materials at three Falun Gong booths, located at Golden Shopping Mall, Flushing library, and a subway station, respectively. In addition to swearing at practitioners, Zheng also punched Guo in the chest.
These violent events have caused serious concerns from human rights lawyers and advocates. Numerous pieces of evidence show the violent acts are part of the systematic suppression of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
David Matas: Hate Crimes Stem from the CCP’s Incitement of Hatred
David Matas, a human rights lawyer from Canada, said in a recent interview that inciting hatred is a crime triggered by hatred. He pointed out that while the hate crimes targeting Falun Gong practitioners that happened outside of China were usually done by individuals, the CCP incited hatred in the first place that resulted in the hate crimes. As such, the CCP should be held responsible for inciting hatred.
Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas said the CCP has incited hatred against Falun Gong in China, which is the same as inciting genocide.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), also known as the Genocide Convention, is an international treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It forbids incitement to commit genocide, explained Matas. Inciting genocide is an extreme form of inciting hatred. China is a State Party of the Genocide Convention. The CCP’s instigation of hatred against Falun Gong is so extreme that it is equivalent to inciting genocide.
In addition, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1966. Article 20 of the treaty specifies that “Any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law.” As of 2019, this treaty has 173 state parties, plus 6 signatories without ratification including China.
On February 15, the New York police and Queens District Attorney’s Office charged Zheng with two Class E felony crimes, Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree (New York law) and a hate crime. After a hearing at the Queens Criminal Court on February 16, he was released on his own recognizance with the next hearing scheduled for March 30. The judge also issued a protection order for two Falun Gong practitioners related to this case.
On February 17, Falun Gong practitioner volunteer Guo Jinfu went to NYPD 109th Precinct to present more details of the case. He said Zheng had punched him when attacking the Falun Gong booth in front of the Golden Shopping Mall on February 10. With this new information, a new case was filed at the NYPD 109th Precinct and the hate crime squad of the city police has started investigating this.
Expert Calls for “thorough investigation and airing of any links between the CCP and criminals in New York City”
“Acts of torture, generally, reveal an overall consistent attitude and approach of the Chinese state towards practitioners of Falun Gong, which is systematic in nature and designed to punish, ostracize, humiliate, dehumanize, demean and demonize practitioners of Falun Gong into renouncing and abandoning their practice of it,” wrote Dr. Anders Corr, an expert on international politics, in an August 2021 article titled “U.S. Should Get Tougher on China’s Attacks Against Falun Gong.”
“In accord with America’s freedom of speech and religion, we must do more to protect the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners, who are working to save America from the CCP’s hegemonic and totalitarian ambitions. That should start with a thorough investigation and airing of any links between the CCP and criminals in New York City,” he wrote on February 18, 2022, in an article with the title of “Thug Charged With Hate Crime Against Falun Gong Allegedly Linked to Beijing.”
Wong Man-yee, city councilor of Flushing, said in an interview on February 25 that such an incident should not have happened. More effort is needed to protect the community. As a city councilor, she considers this an important issue.
Yi Rong from the New York Falun Dafa Association thanked the police for their prompt action which resulted in the successful apprehension of the suspect. “This is a big help to protect the safety of our community and safeguard the freedom of belief. This will provide a safe environment for volunteers and the rest of the local residents,” she explained, “We at the Falun Gong booths will continue contributing toward a better community.”
Pro-CCP Agent Present During the Attack
Xu Weiguo is a Falun Gong practitioner volunteer who worked at the Falun Gong booth on February 10 when the attack occurred. She did not know the suspect and they had no conflicts previously. But Zheng seemed to be prepared. Strangely enough, another CCP agent, Li Huahong, also showed up.
According to media reports, Li has participated in numerous activities defaming Falun Gong since 2008. She also repeatedly attacked Falun Gong practitioners violently. Because of this, she had been arrested by police numerous times.
Li Huahong (second from the left, wearing a white cap), was arrested by police for harassing Falun Gong activities on May 13, 2016. (Picture from the Epoch Times)
According to information from the public domain, Li is the president of the Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, an overseas agency of the China Anti-Cult Association. In fact, the Alliance is directly controlled by the CCP. According to an article in the New York Post, the CCP’s Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) official Zhu Yibiao specifically went to New York and gave Li an “Award for Daring to Fight.”
When Li grabbed a Falun Gong practitioner’s clothing on the street on August 26, 2011, pedestrian Cheng Changhe tried to stop her but was attacked by over 20 onlookers who came with Li. Cheng then called the police and Li was arrested. After 17 hearings, she was convicted by Queens Criminal Court on January 8, 2013.
Not an Isolated Incident
Li Xun from the Falun Dafa Association in Canada said the hate crime instigated by the CCP in New York was only one of several cases Falun Gong practitioners have experienced so far. Similar cases also happened in Canada.
Together with Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China, Amnesty International Canada published a report in March 2020 titled “Harassment & Intimidation of Individuals in Canada working on China-Related Human Rights Concerns.”
“Falun Gong practitioners have continued to face incidents of harassment across major Canadian cities over the past three years. In August 2017, two men disrupted Falun Gong practitioners rallying in front of the Chinese Consulate in Calgary, ripping off their event banner and swearing at them,” wrote the report, “Witnesses claimed that after the confrontation had subsided, two individuals came out of the Chinese consulate to talk to one of the disrupters, inciting suspicion that they had directed them to interrupt the demonstration.”
Jeff Yang, a Falun Gong practitioner coordinator in Calgary, also described repeated harassment and insults over the past few years against Falun Gong practitioners by a man of Chinese origin.
There have been a number of incidents in Ottawa, Calgary, and Winnipeg involving threats, bullying, and harassment of Falun Gong practitioners, as well as false correspondence, a hallmark of the Chinese government, allegedly sent out in the name of Falun Gong practitioners in an attempt to discredit them, according to the report.
Attacks also happened in Hong Kong. According to the Epoch Times, at least six Falun Gong booths were attacked more than ten times in total by pro-CCP agents between April 2 and 9, 2021.
For example, four masked men with knives damaged five Falun Gong booths a total of 7 times within two days. They included the booths at Mong Kok, Wong Tai Sin, Wan Chai, and Hung Hom. In addition, two booths at Mong Kok were damaged on two consecutive days. A large number of posters and banners were destroyed. In particular, one elderly practitioner from Soy Street in Mong Kok was pushed to the ground by the CCP agents. Both passersby and practitioners had taken pictures of the scene.
At about 4 p.m. on September 24, 2019, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liao Qiulan was attacked by two mobsters in the Lai Chi Kok neighborhood of Hong Kong. After being hit numerous times with expandable batons, Ms. Liao’s head bled profusely. The incident was reported to the police.
Falun Gong practitioner Liao Qiulan was attacked by CCP agents on September 24, 2019.
The West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong announced a verdict on January 26 for a crime committed in 2019, when a Falun Gong practitioner was brutally beaten by two men in a coordinated attack. Ke Yanzhan was sentenced to two years and nine months for acting as a lookout. The two assailants remain at large.
National Review: Genocide by the CCP
“American policy-makers should clearly condemn this persecution against Falun Gong and declare it a genocide,” wrote Nina Shea, Director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, in an article titled “The CCP Wages a Second Genocide – against Falun Gong” published in National Review on February 4, 2022.
This genocide “is signaled by several rigorous reports establishing that large numbers of its detained practitioners have been forcibly subject to medical procedures that inevitably kill them,” She explained. These reports indicated that after declaring a government intent to eliminate Falun Gong 20 years ago, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “has targeted Falun Gong detainees for involuntary organ harvesting, in addition to mass internment, disappearance, and torture.”
“This means that victims are either killed while or shortly before their hearts, livers, lungs, and kidneys are surgically excised to be sold in what Beijing boasts is the world’s largest organ-transplant market,” Shea continued.
She added that critical new findings from U.N. experts have strengthened the case for genocide.
“American policy-makers show new willingness to recognize CCP repression. They should clearly condemn this persecution against Falun Gong and declare it a genocide,” She concluded.
Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.
To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.
For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.
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One of the most beautiful things about Seon Byeong-guk House, is one of the owners – Hong Yongchee. (Image: Jarrod Hall via Screenshot/Vimeo)
At the base of Songnisan Mountain, about a 3.5-hour journey from Seoul, South Korea, lies a very unique, traditional Korean tea house. It was built in the 1920s during the Joseon Dynasty by Seon Byeongguk.
The building lies in the middle of Sanmgacheon Stream, which flows from Songnisan Mountain, and is surrounded by farmlands and the peaceful Songnisan National Park.
The layout of the building resembles a lotus flower floating on water, and is known to have incredible feng shui. It is perfect for a day trip, but you also have the option of spending the night there too. If you are looking to escape technology and experience a taste of what traditional life was like in the past — this place is for you.
The layout is a lotus flower floating on water, which, according to Korean geomancy, symbolizes fertility, prosperity, and longevity for the occupants of the house. (Image:Jarrod Hall via Screenshot / Vimeo)
The Korean government has registered this Korean tea house as “Important Folklore Material No. 134,” and it was also considered, at one point, as a potential house of parliament.
The most famous tea served at the tea house is jujube tea — a tea made out of dates. And on special occasions, lotus tea is served — a tea made from real lotus flowers soaked overnight.
Inside the main house, a pair of massive horizontal tree trunks support the roof. The twisting tree trunks are polished to show the beauty of the wood and are said to resemble two oriental dragons.
Cat resting inside the 1920’s Joseon Dynasty Tea House. (Image: Jarrod Hall via Screenshot / Vimeo)
Yongchee runs the Korean tea house — which is her husband’s ancestral home — and has never lived in a modern house.
She dresses in Hanbok (traditional Korean clothes), keeps a vegetable garden that feeds everyone, and practices Falun Gong — an ancient Chinese qigong practice that follows the three principles of truth, compassion, and tolerance. She practices the gentle exercises every morning.
Every morning Yonghee practices the Falun Gong exercises. (Image: Jarrod Hall via Screenshot / Vimeo)
This Korean tea house has a conscience
The featured video, by filmmaker and photographer Jarrod Hall, is about her life caring for this traditional building, and how she is an advocate for human rights issues in China. She reaches hundreds of travelers from all over the world each day, letting them know about Falun Gong and the human rights abuses against its practitioners in China.
One hundred million people used to practice Falun Gong in China, until 1999 when the Chinese Communist Party became fearful of the number of people practicing. This is when they started the brutal persecution of the practice.
Some Chinese tourists try to avoid her when they see the flyers about Falun Gong, as some of them think that they will get into trouble for reading one. But Hong Yongchee approaches them individually to let them know about the truth of the situation happening in China.
Choi Heesu, a visitor to the Tea House. (Image: Jarrod Hall via Screenshot / Vimeo)
Choi Heesu, a tea house visitor, said after learning the truth from her visit to the tea house:
“It’s so terrible, it reminds me of awful atrocities committed in the past. We never hear about this persecution on the TV news, or in the newspapers. Why isn’t it being reported more widely? When I heard about the persecution of Falun Gong, that was my first thought — I just couldn’t believe it.”
Hong Yonghee working in her garden. (Image: Jarrod Hall via Screenshot / Vimeo)
The video ends with some final words from the tea house owner, Hong Yongchee:
“I want everybody in the world to know the truth, I want everyone to join the campaign to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. If a person is not allowed to practice truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance — what is left?”
Seon Byeong-guk House with Yongshee’s garden in the foreground. (Image: Jarrod Hall via Screenshot / Vimeo)
Seon Byeong-guk House with Yongshee’s garden in the foreground. (Image: Jarrod Hall via Scr
Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.
To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.
For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.
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