The U.S. State Department joined international human rights groups in their support of four Chinese lawyers who are being held in custody by Chinese security forces.
Practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice that has been subjected to severe persecution in China for the past 15 years, had to resort to an appeal to the Paris Administrative Court to stage a peaceful protest and rally in front of the Chinese embassy in Paris, France during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit last week.