Elisheva Diaz, a rabbi and public speaker, left a small gathering at her doctor’s home on Wednesday evening, Feb. 24, with a newfound understanding of a shocking persecution of faith on the other side of the world.
The latest screening of the award winning documentary “Free China: The Courage to Believe” in Wilmington, Delaware, hosted by American Insight’s Free Speech Festival in association with The Delaware Humanities Forum highlights the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and Freedom of Speech.
In today’s China, on the one hand, the state sanctioned large scale live organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners has been going on for years; on the other, “civilian theft” has expanded from stealing wallets to human organs.
Since July 20th 1999, exactly 15 years, Falun Gong practitioners in China have been illegally persecuted for their beliefs. To shed light on the injustices and brutality Falun Gong practitioners across China have been suffering, here are excerpts from 15 documented accounts of persecution.
The 2013 Visual Media Music Awards in Hollywood awarded “The Courage to Believe” (Free China) Best Song for Indie Film or Documentary. The Free China documentary reveals the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
The life of the producer of an award-winning documentary has become more intimately tied with his film, “Free China: The Courage to Believe.” A longtime bachelor, Kean Wong finally met the love of his life. Now, in a situation similar to what is depicted in his film, he is doing everything he can to prevent his wife from being persecuted in China due to her beliefs.
A Manhattan concert on Sunday, May 19 aims to inspire people to care about human rights. The event is the launch for ICONS UNITE, a new venture founded by human rights activist James Houston White, to discover and promote artists who use music to fight oppression.
The Soho International Film Festival is running from April 5 to 12 at the Sunshine Cinema. The festival is in its fourth year, and has expanded its social causes film category this year.