US_ Vigil Attendees Mourn Persecution Victims, Seek End to China’s Export of Repression to US

THE EPOCH TIMES 

Vigil Attendees Mourn Persecution Victims, Seek End to China’s Export of Repression to US 

The Chinese communist regime’s transnational repression on U.S. soil is of particular concern to attendees this year.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a candlelight vigil commemorating Falun Gong practitioners who were persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party in China, in Washington on July 17, 2025. Larry Dye/The Epoch Times 

By Terri Wu 
7/18/2025 Updated: 7/18/2025 


WASHINGTON—The soft, ambient glow of candlelight flickered in the evening breeze at the National Mall on July 17 during an annual vigil dedicated to practitioners of Falun Gong killed in China. 

This year, attendees also called for an end to China’s export of repression to the United States. 

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a belief system based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance, along with a set of meditative exercises. 

Before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began arresting Falun Gong practitioners across China on July 20, 1999, authorities had praised the practice for its positive health benefits and for improving society by guiding practitioners to be better people. Since its introduction in the early 1990s, the practice grew rapidly in the country, with an estimated 70 million to 100 million people learning it by 1999. But its popularity was deemed a threat to the Party, which unleashed a sweeping campaign to eliminate the faith group—a persecution that continues to this day. 

The first-ever candlelight vigil in Washington was held in front of the Chinese embassy in October 1999, shortly after the news of the first confirmed death of the persecution reached the United States. Her name was Cheng Ying, a student in northeastern China. She was 17 when she died in police custody in August 1999, according to Minghui.org, a website dedicated to tracking the persecution of Falun Gong in China. 

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