July 20 in Pictures: Spiritual Believers Refuse to Be Silenced in the Face of Bloody Murder

Almost two decades of relentless persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, who are subject to extreme vilification, harassment, torture, and forced organ harvesting at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, is once again brought to the public’s attention. The bloody persecution has continued unabated for its 19th year straight. How many lives are to be lost before the world’s nations unite to say “no more” to the Chinese dictatorship?

Rally in New York City, July 16, 2018 (Credit: Minghui)

The communist regime began its persecution of Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) on July 20, 1999, for the reason that the peaceful meditation practice, with its three principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance,” was too popular.

Candlelight vigil in New York City, July 16, 2018 (Credit: Minghui)

Candlelight vigil in New York City, July 16, 2018 (Credit: Minghui)

Falun Gong adherents from various cities come together to once again peacefully demonstrate against the atrocities their fellow practitioners are subject to in China, and to mourn the loss of the unascertainable amount of innocent lives killed by the communist Party.

This solemn vigil is held opposite the Chinese consulate in New York

Candlelight vigil in New York City, July 16, 2018 (Credit: Minghui)

Ms. Zhang Hongyu (below), holds a placard calling for the release of her father, also a Falun Gong practitioner, in a rally in New York

Rally in New York City, July 16, 2018 (Credit: Minghui)

A march in San Francisco informs the public of the persecution

Grand march in San Francisco on July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

“Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance,” the three main tenets of Falun Gong, is a highly censored three-word combination in China

Grand march in San Francisco on July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

A 680-page report provides irrefutable evidence of the Communist Party’s state-sanctioned heinous and ongoing crime against humanity—forced organ harvesting 

Grand march in San Francisco on July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

Despite the Communist regime’s denial of the abhorrent practice of forced organ harvesting, the United States has confirmed that innocent people are getting their bodies ripped open, and pillaged for their vital organs

Grand march in San Francisco on July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

The Tianguo Marching Band is a prominent part of the parade, drawing attention to the communist Party’s mass murder of innocents

Grand march in San Francisco on July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

Parade in Vancouver, Canada, features another Tianguo Marching Band contingent

March and rally in Vancouver, Canada on July 14, 2018. (Credit. Minghui)

These messages are displayed to people all around the world

March and rally in Vancouver, Canada on July 14, 2018. (Credit. Minghui)

“Humanity’s only hope is to improve morality,” reads a banner in Los Angeles

Rally in Los Angeles, La Santa Monica beach, July 15, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

Strong, direct messages highlight the destructive nature of communism

Rally in Los Angeles, La Santa Monica beach, July 15, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

Falun Gong practitioners meditate beside La Santa Monica beach

Rally in Los Angeles, La Santa Monica beach, July 15, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

A rally in Melbourne, Australia, makes clear that the persecution “MUST END NOW”

Rally in Melbourne, Australia, July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

Organ harvesting re-enactment a shocking site for any passerby

Rally in Melbourne, Australia, July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

“Communism’s Ultimate Goal: Destroy the Human Race.” For more on this, read: “How The Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World“

Parade in Melbourne, Australia, July 14, 2018. (Credit: Chen Ming, The Epoch Times)

A candlelight vigil in Taizhong, Taiwan, shows practitioners holding the memorial wreaths of practitioners who were killed in the persecution

Candlelight vigil held in Taizhong, Taiwan. July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

The two Chinese characters displayed at the front refer to the mourning of all those innocent lives lost

Candlelight vigil held in Taizhong, Taiwan. July 14, 2018. (Credit: Minghui)

Falun Gong practitioners’ persistent efforts to expose the persecution in such a peaceful manner is admirable. Some may wonder what’s the use of signing petitions and demonstrating on the streets, especially if the persecution has not ceased in all these 19 years. Perhaps the following quote from Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, may speak volumes of their noble cause.

“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”

To sign an online petition to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong, and forced organ harvesting, click here.