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Taiwan: "We Hope that They Will Be As Happy As We Are"
2005-08-26
On August 20th, 2005, students of two Minghui School in Taiwan started their regular Saturday Fa-study, exercise practice, sending forth righteous thoughts and practising waist drums. The only thing different this time was that they also had a "Global Mission to Rescue Orphans of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners" signature drive. -
Minnesota Newspaper Publishes Practitioners' Response to Defamatory Article
2005-08-26
The rebuttal article, written by Minnesota Falun Gong practitioners, "clarifies the facts" about Falun Gong, the "self-immolation," the CCP, the international community's stance on these issues, and the current situation regarding overseas persecution and the fate of the CCP. This response article is unprecedented, and the The Star Tribune is the first newspaper to publish an article which refutes the propaganda and clarifies the truth about what happened and the current situation. -
Korea: Second Annual Minghui School Summer Camp Concludes Successfully
2005-08-25
Korean Minghui school students, parents, and teachers gathered at a Youth Hostel in Daejeon City for the second annual Minghui School Summer Camp. During the summer camp, little practitioners studied the Fa, practised the exercises and learned how to clarify the truth by phone and mail. -
Lone Star Iconoclast (United States): "Rescue Falun Gong Orphans" Van Visits Crawford Sunday
2005-08-25
A group of Chinese children, teens, and adults stopped in Crawford Sunday in front of the Amsler Building. Their demonstration was part of an American tour, begun last Friday...They are hoping to raise American awareness to the persecution of Chinese people who practice the ancient meditative process known as Falun Gong. -
European Practitioner Interviewed by U.S. Television News
2005-08-24
On May 27th 2005, a Falun Gong practitioner was invited to CBS2’s morning news to talk about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). A two-minute segment was scheduled for the interview, but the producers changed their minds and decided to also invite the practitioner to continue later in the morning. -
Taiwan: Falun Gong Children's Summer Camp in Tainan Ends Joyfully
2005-08-23From August 12th to August 14th, Tainan Minghui School held a summer camp for little Falun Dafa practitioners. Schoolteacher Ms. Wang, the organiser of the camp, said that the goal of the summer camp was to help children to discipline themselves according to Falun Dafa's "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" principles and learn a sense of independence and mutual care within a large group. -
India: Practising the Exercises in Front of the Famous "Ashoka Iron Pillar"
2005-08-22"There is an iron pillar in India whose iron content is over ninety-nine percent. Even modern smelting technology cannot produce iron with such high purity; it had already surpassed the level of modern technology. Who created those civilizations? How could human beings--who would have been microorganisms in those times--have created these things? These discoveries have caught the attention of scientists worldwide." Excerpt from the book Falun Gong by Mr. Li Hongzhi. -
United States: Falun Gong Well Received in Kansas
2005-08-21
Falun Gong practitioners in Kansas participated in the annual Johnson County parade in Gardner, a small town in the southern suburb of Kansas City. The practitioners' performance was well received by the locals. -
Australia: "Uncompromising Courage" Art Exhibit Comes to Bendigo
2005-08-20From the exhibition, the local residents saw that ordinary people became magnificent while justice, freedom, dignity and humanity were being trampled. It shows the uncompromising courage of Falun Gong practitioners while the evil challenges the principle of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance." -
Taiwan: Taizhong County Chongguang Elementary School Teachers Hold 2005 "Education through Studying Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance"
2005-08-20
Between the 2nd and the 10th of July, 2005, the Chongguang Elementary School in Taizhong County held a nine-day educational seminar for all the teachers in Taizhong. The seminar focused on studying "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." Not surprisingly, teachers were not the only participants who attended. Many people from the community came as well. -
Canada: Former Chinese Official Han Guangsheng Exposes the Chinese Communist Party's Persecution of Falun Gong
2005-08-19
Han Guangsheng, former Director of Shenyang Judicial Bureau, made his first public appearance. According to Mr. Han, "Since 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persecuting Falun Gong. It is another catastrophe. Many practitioners have been tortured to death and many families torn apart." -
South Africa: Truth of Falun Dafa Awakens Durban University
2005-08-19
After viewing the photo exhibition, many students said that this is the first time that they learned about China committing such severe human rights violations, under the cover of a prosperous economy. They couldn't understand how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could torture such a group of people who simply persist in practising "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." -
Canada: Falun Gong Group is Warmly Received While Participating in Public Events
2005-08-18
On the afternoon of August 13th, 2005, Health and Long-Term Care Minister of Ontario George Smitherman held activities in his district in Toronto to meet local residents. The Toronto Falun Dafa Association was invited to take part in the activity and to give music and dance performances. The weather was cool and several hundred local residents attended the activities. -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Win Award in the Montana Sweet Pea Parade
2005-08-17
This was our third year participating in this well attended parade. Spectators were very happy when our float went by and there was lots of clapping. They had expressions of awe on their faces, and seemed to appreciate the beauty and sacredness of the float, along with its beautiful music. A young lady stopped by our float after the parade and told us, "Your entry is my favorite every year." -
United States: Practitioners Participate Railroad Days Parade in Washington State
2005-08-16
As soon as the Falun Gong procession stepped off on the parade route, spectators applauded. Many people waved to the practitioner dressed as a heavenly maiden on the float and exclaimed, "Beautiful!" The waist drum team played and viewers applauded warmly.
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