Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners walk through streets of Manhattan, New York on May 16, 2019, to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day and call for the end of the persecution of the practice in China. (Edward Dye/The Epoch Times)
Nearly 10,000-Strong Parade in New York City Highlights Persecution in China
By Cathy He and Eva Fu
Practitioners of spiritual practice Falun Dafa call for end to nearly 20 years of suppression
NEW YORK—Striking traditional costumes, colorful banners bearing messages of hope, and resonant melodies performed by a 500-strong marching band—these were the highlights of a parade held in Manhattan on May 16 to commemorate World Falun Dafa Day.
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual practice introduced to the public in 1992, consisting of meditative exercises and a set of moral teachings centered around the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.
A Falun Dafa practitioner in lotus flower costume waves during a parade celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Manhattan, New York, on May 16, 2019. (Edward Dye/The Epoch Times)
While it is freely practiced in more than 70 countries, the discipline is suppressed in China as a result of a brutal persecution launched by the Chinese communist regime almost two decades ago.
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The Tian Guo Marching Band, consisting of Falun Dafa practitioners, march through Times Square in New York on May 16, 2019. (Edward Dye/The Epoch Times)
Falun Dafa practitioners raise awareness about forced organ harvesting atrocities in China, as they march through Manhattan during World Falun Dafa Day, on May 16, 2019. (Edward Dye/The Epoch Times)
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/8000-march-in-nyc-call-for-end-to-falun-dafa-persecution-in-china_2926195.html
I don't know if they do that organ harvesting still or if they use that as a cudgel in the present day; but I'd think the Chinese did do that at one time at least. 1990s. It's such a closed society, it's hard to know. The most hideous practice, up their with the 3rd Reich.
Falun Gong, kind of like Buddhism, at least, these people aren't into using rare animals for their medicines, probably pretty balanced in that regard.
