‘The widespread, systematic, state-sponsored persecution of the Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party ... may constitute genocide,’ the legislation reads.
An urgent plea has been addressed to Australian leaders to end the human rights abuses against prisoners of conscience, including forced organ harvesting.
U.S. governors and lawmakers across the aisle paid tribune to Falun Gong’s contribution to their communities while recognizing May 13 as Falun Dafa Day.
‘We are concerned about this whether it happens in China or Russia or elsewhere in the world,' a White House National Security Council spokesperson said.
About 10,000 people congregated in Beijing on a spring day in 1999, in one of the largest protests in China’s recent history—known as the April 25 appeal.