Hundratals Shen Yun-artister marscherar i New York och varnar för KKP:s förtryck i Amerika | NTD NYHETER

In the heart of New York's Chinatown, thousands march to mark 26 years since the Chinese Communist Party launched a violent campaign to eradicate Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, a peaceful spiritual discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. What makes this year unique is that artists from Shen Yun Performing Arts also took part. Mission to revive traditional Chinese culture for me as a Chinese person I think it's very meaningful and at the same time you know I'm a Falun Gong practitioner and the persecution that has been going on for almost 26 years right it's 26 years today I think it is my duty you know to let people know about this persecution through my art and I think this is the this is meaning of life and I find it really really worthwhile. At this time of year Shen Yun is usually busy preparing for its upcoming world tour but recently the Chinese regime's attacks on the group here in America have been severe so it's been forced to come out and let the world's people know. Ever since Shen Yun was founded in 2006 the Chinese Communist Party has always tried to stop us try to stop us from performing try to cancel our theater contracts try to pressure government officials and theaters to cancel our shows try to stop media sponsors but the last couple of years in the last year in particular we've seen an escalation of this we point directly to leaked documents that we got from China the last couple of years talking about an escalation in an attempt to crush Shen Yun and crush Falun Gong more broadly internationally and in America in particular. Shen Yun is a performing arts company based in New York it was founded by Falun Gong practitioners and presents China's human rights abuses on stage. To try and sabotage the group's performances Beijing has begun a campaign to send bomb threats to U.S. theaters target the group's buses launch propaganda campaigns and weaponize social media and American media outlets against Shen Yun. Last year Shen Yun received more than 100 bomb threats and I think it's very concerning it this persecution is not just going on in China it's spreading to the U.S. as well and that's very scary because it's it's attacking America and its very core values it's a freedom of speech of religion of expression and I think that's very concerning so that's why we're here today too. It's part of a larger campaign known as transnational repression the Chinese Communist Party's attempts to control and intimidate Falun Gong practitioners and others even outside of China. The U.S. State Department has condemned the regime's persecution of the peaceful practice the U.S. House of Representatives has also passed two bipartisan bills the Falun Gong Protection Act and the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act now awaiting action in the Senate. Since 1999 the CCP has tortured and killed thousands for practicing Falun Gong and used state-sanctioned organ harvesting to profit from their bodies. Oh man I hope best for them you know I just uh you know Chinese people are beautiful so you know I just hope that they have a good life here. It's an evil regime we should do everything to act against it well this is the center of freedom in the world and I'm glad that we agree on that we're anti-CCP. For many Falun Gong practitioners this parade is more than a tradition it's a stand for the values they believe can heal the world truthfulness compassion and tolerance and this year with Shen Yun dancers stepping out of the theaters and into the streets the message is clear the Chinese Communist Party's repression is more than history it's here it's global and it's time to face it. From dance stages to city streets Falun Gong practitioners and the artists who represent their spirit are standing up not just for freedom in China but for freedom everywhere because without truth compassion and tolerance where would the world be?