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Chinese Students Overseas Speak Out Against the Persecution
2003-04-12"I saw that the last few days, Falun Gong simply posted an announcement...I'd like to express my compliments to the behaviour of Falun Gong practitioners. Facing your unreasonable accusations, they have displayed patience and self-control. Even when we discuss a controversial topic, we must not forget to maintain our kind and understanding ways. Sometimes, kind intent and friendly attitude can achieve our objective, while impatience and roughness cannot." -
Germany: Falun Dafa Practitioners Held a News Conference Regarding the Lawsuit Against German Police's Manhandling During Jiangs State Visit
2003-04-10When Jiang visited Germany in April 2002, practitioners attempted to appeal to stop the persecution and their constitutional rights were infringed upon by German Federal agents and police. Falun Gong practitioners and other Asian ethnic groups were forced to vacate their booked rooms in the Hotel Adlon where Jiang was staying. A 40-year-old woman was almost suffocated in public by a Chinese agent and was manhandled by police as she shouted the name of Falun Gong outside a Hotel. -
Fawanghuihui.org has Gathered Over 10,000 Names of the Persecutors of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2003-04-06Many people involved in the persecution of Falun Gong feel that they will never be held responsible. In their opinion, even if Falun Gongs miscarriage of justice could be reversed in the future, they still could go overseas with their stolen money. Therefore, many Chinese officials are trying to organise their future by buying real estate in other countries and sending their children overseas. We are also investigating their real estate overseas. In the USA there are also secret agents associated with the persecution of Falun Gong. We welcome people to report them to us. -
Kind and Upright Villagers Step Forward to Protect a Falun Dafa Practitioner
2003-04-06Policemen barged into my home and dragged me outside before I even had time to put on enough clothes. I thought I shouldn't be taken away by these evil persecutors so I shouted, "Help! The police are arresting innocent people!" Upon hearing the shouting, villagers came rushing out from their homes and formed a barricade in front of the police van. -
Two Short Stories: A Kind-Hearted Party Secretary; An Elderly Father's Righteousness
2003-04-02In one instance, when a practitioner who had been forced to leave home to avoid arrest returned to the village during the New Year, police officers went to the secretary to ask for the practitioner's information so they could arrest him. The secretary said that he didn't know it. But as soon as the police left, he telephoned the practitioner to tell him that the police were on their way. The practitioner immediately left, so the police were unable to arrest him. -
Excerpts Relating to Falun Gong from the US Department of States Human Rights Report
2003-04-02"Since the Government banned the FLG in 1999, mere belief in the discipline, without any outward manifestation of its tenets, has been sufficient grounds for practitioners to receive punishments ranging from loss of employment to imprisonment, and in many cases, to suffer torture and death...Various sources reported that thousands of FLG adherents have been arrested, detained, and imprisoned, and that several hundred or more FLG adherents have died in detention since 1999." -
Short Stories of Righteous Thoughts and Actions
2003-04-01A practitioner gave his colleague a truth-clarifying VCD. His colleague brought it to a friend's home to watch with him. His friend was a policeman. After they finished watching this VCD, both of them shouted with a surprise, "So the TV report on the Tiananmen Square Immolation was fake. Somebody obviously killed Liu Chunling. Falun Gong has been put in an unjust situation, even worse than the June 4th event." The policeman said that such a precious VCD should be kept. -
Germany: Overseas Chinese Come to Know the Truth
2003-03-29I picked out two articles from Essentials for Further Advancement by Master Li which I had with me and read them to him. He listened very carefully, and became more and more excited, and then he took the book and read it by himself, saying: My Goodness, I didnt know it before. This book is so great that it should be translated into every language in the world, to let people all over the world know it. Have you started to do the translation? -
Neighbours and Relatives Protect Falun Dafa Practitioners in Wuhan City, China
2003-03-28On February 20, 2003, local police and government officials broke into Falun Dafa practitioners Zhang's and Zhu's houses to force them to attend a brainwashing session. Both practitioners and their families resisted the illegal arrests. After finding out about the situation, neighbours and relatives came over to support the practitioners. They told the police, "Why on earth do you want to reform these good people?" The police had to retreat because of the righteous thoughts and actions from the neighbours and relatives. -
A Party Secretary and a Veteran Policeman Learn the Truth About Falun Gong
2003-03-28A veteran police officer at my work unit received a truth clarifying CD about the Tiananmen Self-Immolation. He watched it attentively from start to finish. After he had finished watching it, he thought the analysis contained in the CD was reasonable and had grounds. He said to the other people: "In the CD there is truth and evidence. The Falun Gong practitioners truly 'solved the case' -
Non-Practitioners Treasure and Defend Falun Dafa
2003-03-27"Even though I do not practise Falun Gong, I do know to tell people the truth about it. In fact, I often argue with people at work when we chat about Falun Gong. At first some of them are extremely against Falun Gong because they've accepted the lies on TV. So I ask them, 'How many Falun Gong practitioners do you know? Which one is like the ones that are depicted on TV? Don't accept those media stories without seeing with your own eyes. I have several old classmates who are practising Falun Gong and none of them are like what's on TV." -
People from all Walks of Life Come to Understand the True Facts
2003-03-26A Falun Dafa practitioner in Longkou City explained the facts of Falun Dafa to the people around him. One person with a sense of justice said, "Falun Gong teaches people to be good. Don't pay attention to the nonsense heard on TV. No one believes that. Falun Gong practitioners are in front of us. No matter how the government attacks them, they still try to be good people. All of this we can see." -
People See Through Jiang's Lies
2003-03-23My sister and I went to buy some clothes. When we were paying, the storeowner said that our 50-Yuan bill looked counterfeit and that he wanted us to give him a different one. I said to him, "I wouldn't cheat you with fake bills." The storeowner replied, "I don't even know you, how would I know?" My sister and I said at the same time, "We both practise Falun Gong." The storeowner replied happily, "Great, I'll take your money. I believe Falun Gong practitioners don't tell lies." -
Factory Owner: "Give me some materials and I can help you distribute them"
2003-03-23A Falun Dafa practitioner was posting some leaflets that clarified the truth about Falun Gong. Someone ran to him and said, "I am the owner of the processing factory. Give me some materials and I can help you distribute them. A lot of people come to my factory; I'll give each one of them a leaflet." When the practitioner finished posting the leaflets and passed by the factory, he saw a few people holding the leaflets in their hands and reading them. -
During the 59th United Nations Commission on Human Rights Meeting in Geneva, Swiss Lawyer Announces Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2003-03-22A Switzerland-based international non-governmental organisation and the Swiss Falun Dafa Association jointly conducted a press conference in downtown Geneva to announce that they will file a lawsuit in Switzerland against the former President of China, Jiang Zemin. Jiang Zemin will be sued for torture, genocide, and other crimes against humanity.