54 VA Delegates/Senators Co-Signed the Letter to the Secretary of State (2025)

Dear Mr. Secretary:

This year marks the 26th anniversary of a humanitarian tragedy. In 1999, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) initiated a large-scale effort to eradicate the practice of Falun Gong – a peaceful spiritual practice exercised by millions of people. As you know, the crackdown has been brutal. The practice of Falun Gong has been banned. Books have been destroyed. Fundamental rights have been trampled. Members of the Falun Gong community have been mentally and physically tortured in prisons and re-education/forced labor centers. The immoral practice of nonconsenting organ harvesting by the PRC has also been documented.
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49 VA Delegates/Senators Co-Signed the Letter to the Secretary of State (2020)

Dear Mr. Secretary:

This July marks 21 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched an intensive, nationwide persecution to eradicate the spiritual practice of Falun Gong. In addition to mental and physical torture, the immoral practice of non-consenting organ harvesting by the CCP has also been documented. Today, the undersigned members of the Virginia General Assembly write to request forceful, and sustained action by the United States to protect religious liberty and to bring an end to this inhumane practice.
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