Global Coalition of Lawmakers Denounces CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong on 22nd Anniversary
July 21, 2021 | International
An international group of lawmakers has issued a statement to denounce the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) human rights atrocities on the eve of the 22nd year of the persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong in China.
“Twenty-two years ago, the Chinese Communist Party began a campaign of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners,” the cross-party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) stated on July 19. “We take this solemn anniversary to remember all ethnic and religious minorities persecuted by the Chinese government, including Tibetan Buddhists, Christians and the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim Turkic groups.”
IPAC is a coalition of legislators focused on reforming the approaches that democratic countries take to deal with the CCP’s illiberal and growing global influence. Established in June 2020, the coalition is comprised of over 100 politicians from 20 nations….
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
