Peru: Falun Dafa Practitioners Call to End 23-year-long Persecution

(Minghui.org) On July 20, 1999 the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) initiated a nationwide persecution in China to eradicate Falun Dafa. Every year, Falun Dafa practitioners around the world hold events to tell people about the persecution and call for it to end. Practitioners in Peru held activities in the San Isidro District of Lima on July 20, 2022, to expose the CCP’s 23-year-long persecution. They also told people about the benefits of practicing Falun Dafa, an ancient cultivation practice which follows the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

Practitioners in Peru hold an event in Lima to expose the CCP’s atrocities.

Practitioners distributed printed information and handmade lotus flowers. Pedestrians and drivers stopped to learn about Falun Dafa and the persecution. Many expressed their support and encouraged practitioners to continue their efforts to end the CCP’s atrocities.

Background: 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 have 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, he issued an order to eradicate 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 23 years, though due to the difficulty in getting information out of China, the actual number is believed to be much higher. Countless practitioners 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 China’s organ transplant industry.