Worldwide News
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United States: Philadelphia Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in the 18th Annual Neighbourhood to Neighbourhood Street Festival and Parade
2007-09-09On Saturday afternoon, September 1st, 2007, the 18th annual Neighborhood to Neighborhood Street Festival and Parade was held in west Philadelphia. The event was initiated by Pennsylvania State Senator Anthony H. Williams. As in the past few years, Falun Gong practitioners from the greater Philadelphia area were invited to participate in the parade. They performed dances and demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. -
Australia: Practitioners Deliver Letters to Consulates of APEC Member Countries to Call for An End to the Persecution
2007-09-08The activities included group practise, an anti-torture exhibit, a Great Wall of Truth, photo exhibit, candlelight vigil and other activities. The purpose of the activities is to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners over the past eight years in China. -
Taiwan Central Radio Station: As APEC Summit Goes on Stage, Falun Gong Protests the CCP's Atrocities Outside Meeting Sites
2007-09-08Over the past few days, Falun Gong practitioners, who have been suffering persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for 8 years, have been holding banners in Hyde Park opposite the Sheraton Hotel, where leaders from New Zealand, Chile and other countries are staying. Falun Gong practitioners said that when American President Bush and Chinese leader Hu have a meeting on Thursday, they will take to the streets to allow more people to see their peaceful protests. -
Malaysia: Divine Land Marching Band Performance Welcomed in Malaysia
2007-09-07The Divine Land Marching Band went to Kota Kinbalu, the capital city of Sabah, Malaysia, to participate in their local celebration. Besides playing "Falun Dafa Is Good" and "Delivering Treasure," the band also performed the Malaysian national anthem. The public welcomed them wherever they went. -
Australia: Practitioners Raise Awareness of the Persecution in Perth Ahead of Hu Visit
2007-09-07Two days prior to Hu Jintao's visit to Perth, the capital of Western Australia, two of the largest local newspapers, the Sunday Times and The West Australian, published stories stating that the Western Australian practitioners would ask Hu Jintao to end the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Canada: Falun Gong Practitioners Clarify the Truth Prior to the APEC meeting in September
2007-09-06The practitioners reported that the anti-torture exhibition and the organ harvesting re-enactment touched people's hearts. Many tourists were willing to sign the petition. Practitioners collected several hundred signatures every day. -
United States: Supporting 25 Million Withdrawals from the CCP in Atlanta
2007-09-06During the long Labor Day weekend, Falun Gong practitioners from Atlanta held a series of activities in front of CNN headquarters to support 25 million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party. Practitioners displayed truth-clarifying photos and passed out materials. -
Sydney Morning Herald: Falun Gong Mark Hu's Visit with Vigil
2007-09-06Members of the spiritual movement Falun Gong will hold a candlelight vigil outside the Chinese embassy in Canberra to coincide with the visit of China's president Hu Jintao. -
Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners in Sydney Call upon the Australian Prime Minister Howard to Help Stop the Persecution
2007-09-05In his speech, Mr. John Deller pointed out that 21 countries who are going to attend APEC, have kept silent on the issue of Falun Gong due to Chinese Communist Party pressure. Mr. Deller called upon all the prime ministers to recognise the evil nature of the CCP and support Western values of human rights. -
Korea Times: Chinese-Korean Woman Battles For Son's Freedom in China
2007-09-05To people who endure oppression, torture or suffer any other inhumane actions, "live according to your conscience," says Quan Qing Zi, who has embarked upon a crusade to free her son from prison in China, where she says he is subjected to torture. -
Australia: Rally and Parade in Melbourne to Celebrate Twenty-Five Million Chinese People Quitting CCP
2007-09-04On September 1st, the Melbourne Service Center for Quitting the CCP held a rally and parade in downtown Melbourne during the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) meeting. The rally called on people to appeal to delegations from participating countries to join together to stop the CCP's abuse of human rights. -
Trip to Central and South America to Expose the CCP's Atrocities by Author of "Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China"
2007-09-04Invited by the Epoch Times in South America, Mr. David Matas, a renowned international human rights lawyer and one of the authors of the Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China, made a trip in August 2007 to tour Central and South America, including Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mexico. He spoke on the topic of concern; met with political leaders, representatives of human rights organisations, people in law circles, doctors, religious groups, and students; and exposed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) atrocities. -
Australia: Udumbara Flowers Found in Sydney
2007-09-03According to Buddhist sutras: "Udumbara is the product of ominous and supernatural phenomena; it is a celestial flower and does not exist in the mundane world. If a Tathagata or King of the Golden Wheel appears in the human world, this flower will manifest due to their great virtue and blessings." -
Korea: Dafa Group Study and Experience Sharing Promote Further Advancement in Cultivation
2007-09-03Falun Gong practitioners in Daejeon held a two-day Fa study and experience sharing activity on August 25th and 26th, 2007. They studied and shared their experience in a big group and then in small groups. During experience sharing in a big group, Falun Gong practitioners talked about how they concentrated on studying the Fa despite interference, and shared several moving stories of clarifying the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong to people in various ways and under various circumstances. -
Taiwan: Falun Gong Practitioners Perform at Keelung Chungyuan Folk Festival
2007-09-02When the Divine Land Marching Band marched by, the spectators chanted "Ha, it was grand and solemn." The parade ended at 10:20 p.m., after performing for over four hours. But the spectators were still not willing to leave.