When an old school friend, Martine Monksfield, shared a video online about being unexpectedly visited by Jehovah’s Witnesses, she received a flurry of inbox messages from deaf people who had experienced the same and were not happy about it. In Martine’s video, she is visited by Jehovah’s Witnesse...
Caption: The Chinese Embassy accuses the Shen Yun show of being a political tool of the Falun Gong sect - Fundación Andrés Bello | China Latinoamerica Editor’s note: The Canada Files is the country’s only news outlet focused on Canadian foreign policy. We’ve provided critical investigations hard...
“Falun Gong” has also peddled deception around the world through its so-called “Shen Yun” performances, falsely claiming to represent the Chinese culture. “Falun Gong” also known as “Falun Dafa”, is a cult organization that has long been active in Israel and inflicted grave harm upon the Chinese ...
On 13 May, a 59-year-old man was fined S$1,000 after pleading guilty to an unauthorised public assembly in Jurong. He had meditated while displaying a placard promoting the Falun Gong movement in July 2023. SINGAPORE: A 59-year-old bus driver was fined S$1,000 on 13 May 2025 for taking part in a ...
A Nigerian man, Chris Adams, has taken to Facebook to mourn the tragic loss of his pregnant wife, Victoria Paris, who reportedly died during childbirth after a doctor allegedly refused to perform a life-saving blood transfusion due to religious beliefs. In a heart-wrenching post, Adams recounted ...
In 1988, my mother converted to a Jehovah’s Witness, and for a while, I found myself drawn in as well. What began as a simple curiosity and a Bible study soon led to me knocking on doors and distributing copies of The Watchtower. Here’s what happened when I tried to leave… There’ s no easy exit f...
A photo of Natalia Minenkova Sergey Bulkin, TASS Editor's Note: Natalia Minenkova, head of a local Falun Gong branch, was recently sentenced by a Moscow court to four years in a general-regime penal colony. Falun Gong, banned in both Russia and China, is notorious for its mass protests and ritual...
On July 23, a Moscow court sentenced Natalia Minenkova, 47, an informal leader of Falun Dafa — a spiritual group banned in both Russia and China — to four years in a penal colony for organizing the activities of an “undesirable” foreign organization. The verdict was announced by the Moscow Prosecuto...
Thirty-two years ago, a 51-day standoff between federal law enforcement and a religious cult ended in a massive blaze. This 1998 file photo shows Branch Davidian leader David Koresh in a police line-up following a gun battle with former Davidians ; The Branch Davidians' Mount Carmel compound b...
My name is Yu Chao. I am the whistle blower who exposes the dark operations of Falun Gong, especially within Shen Yun, a performing company affiliated with the group, where human trafficking, child abuse, and child labor exploitation are possibly taking place. I exposed their actions to the public...
The Presbyterian Church of South Korea issues official notice to all presbyteries on May 14. On May 14, the Presbyterian Church of South Korea PCK, led by Moderator Rev. Younggul Kim, issued an official advisory letter to all regional presbyteries, warning them about the Shen Yun Performing Arts ...
On May 7, Anne Sohn, a former dance instructor at the California branch of Fei Tian Academy of the Arts — an institution closely tied to Falun Gong and its performance troupe Shen Yun — passed away from cancer at the age of 33. Her death has renewed scrutiny over Falun Gong's long-standing claims th...
Falun Gong, an outlawed cult in China, has turned into a propaganda tool wielded by certain Western political forces. Weaving a web of lies and money-driven schemes, the group has become a toxic presence that threatens the integrity of global information systems. On the one hand, Falun Gong fabrica...
The Shen Yun show is a relentless, ubiquitous, and unavoidable marketing force, especially in any city where one of their eight companies are performing. I love many kinds of live shows, and have long been c...
Shen Yun claims to showcase Chinese culture. But behind the ancient-looking costumes & dance… is something much darker.