Ottawa, Dec. 18 -- Canadian lawmakers are insisting that the repression of Falun Gong practitioners by Beijing must cease and that the communist government must also put an end to its human rights violations in China, as reported by The Epoch Times (TET).

The statement comes as 12 lawmakers recently joined more than 50 colleagues in endorsing a joint declaration denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong practitioners within China and its growing repression of the meditation group abroad, including in Canada.

With these signatures, the total number of parliamentarians denouncing the CCP's transnational repression has reached 65. The initiative began earlier this summer as the campaign against the spiritual ...