Worldwide News
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Canada: Chinese Embassy Evades and Dodges Visa Application for the Team to Investigate the CCP's Organ Harvesting Crimes
2006-06-28Kilgour told the Edmonton Sun that they were investigating allegations that an underground network of Chinese surgeons, nurses, and hospital administration staff are harvesting organs for sale. "Falun Gong members are (allegedly) being held in pens, waiting to be butchered for the highest bidder in need of a cornea, a kidney, or a heart." Mr. Kilgour said. -
Taiwan: Yunlin County Council Passes Resolution to Condemn CCP Atrocities
2006-06-28Ever since the news of the CCP's organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners was revealed, many organisations have, in succession, condemned these inhuman crimes. On June 23rd, co-sponsored by 16 county council members, the Yunlin County Council unanimously passed a resolution to condemn the CCP for its crimes. -
United States: Human Rights Commission in California Calls for State Leaders to pay attention to the Investigation of Organ Harvesting and the charges brought against CCP Authorities
2006-06-28On June 15th, 2006, Robert Bailey, Chair of Human Rights Commission of the City of San Jose, California, wrote a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, urging California State leaders to pay attention to the investigation of organ harvesting and the charges brought against CCP authorities in relation to these atrocities. -
United States: Mid-US Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Held in Chicago, Revered Master Sends Congratulatory Message
2006-06-27After holding a series of large-scale activities, Falun Gong practitioners gathered on June 25th at the Symphony Centre on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago to hold the annual Mid-US Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference. A congratulatory message from revered Master was received and read aloud in the late morning. -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Theme Parade Entitled "Falun Dafa is Good"
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Central News Agency (Taiwan): Tainan City Council Passes A Resolution Denouncing the CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-06-27The Central News Agency reported on June 22nd, 2006 that Tainan City Council passed a resolution denouncing the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and decided to contact all county and city councils to write letters to the UN and the CCP State Department. -
United States: Rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago Calls for Action to End CCP Atrocities
2006-06-26Practitioners held a rally at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago at mid-day on June 23rd. The theme was to call on the international community to pay close attention to the Chinese Communist regime’s (CCP) brutal persecution of the practice and to investigate the atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners. -
Taiwan: Tainan City Council Passes a Resolution Condemning the CCP’s Brutality
2006-06-26The Tainan City Council held the first scheduled conference of the 16th council on June 20th and passed the resolution. It was proposed by council members Li Wen-cheng, Chiang Ts’ang-yuan, Chen Ting-fei, and Wang Ting-yu and co-sponsored by 29 city council members. -
United States: Agreement Reached to Drop Charges Against Dr. Wenyi Wang
2006-06-25On June 21st, 2006, Dr. Wenyi Wang made an appearance at the United States Court of Appeals. The judge approved the following agreement between Dr. Wang and prosecutors: the charges against Dr. Wang will be postponed until April 2007. As long as she commits no crimes between then and now, the charges will be dropped. -
Canada: Mayor Sharon Shepherd of the City of Kelowna Proclaims May 2006 as Falun Dafa Month
2006-06-25On May 24th, 2006, Sharon Shepherd, Mayor of the City of Kelowna, proclaimed the month of May 2006 as Falun Dafa Month Honoring Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance in the City of Kelowna, Province of British Columbia. -
Australia: Rally Held in Brisbane Chinatown to Support Ten Million Withdrawals from CCP
2006-06-24On June 17th Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in Chinatown again to support eleven million withdrawals from the CCP and call on all circles to pay attention to and stop the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. On the venue were banners in both English and Chinese, and posters exposing the CCP's crimes. -
Canada: Team Seeks Unrestricted Fact-Finding Trip to China for Investigation into Organ Seizing from Falun Gong Prisoners
2006-06-24Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., former Secretary of State (Asia Pacific) of Canada, and David Matas, international human rights lawyer, have been pushing for a fact-finding trip to China after they launched an investigation into organ seizing from Falun Gong prisoners in China. One of the team is to discuss a possible visit and terms and conditions of the trip with a Chinese Embassy representative in Ottawa, Canada this Friday. -
Taiwan: Interview with a Falun Gong practitioner who clarifies the facts by phone to China
2006-06-24For seven years, Falun Gong practitioners have been standing up against the persecution by clarifying the truth about the situation to the world's people. Falun Gong practitioners in China have been distributing leaflets to clarifying the facts about Falun Gong face to face but also telling Chinese people about the persecution via all sorts of methods. Out of all the methods, the most direct way is making phone calls to China to directly tell people there the facts about Falun Gong. The following is an interview with a Falun Gong practitioner who often uses phonecalls to clarify the facts -
United States: Charges Against Dr. Wenyi Wang Dropped
2006-06-23When talking about why the American government made the present decision, Wang said, "It may be due to a concern for morality and justice. The First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees people's freedom of speech, freedom of belief and freedom of expression. This is the fundamental difference between this country and other countries, especially totalitarian countries like China." -
KUSI TV (United States): Report on the CCP's Crimes of Live Organ Removal
2006-06-23The report stated that one case was disclosed by the wife of a surgeon who was involved in the organ removal operations. The corneas of practitioners were taken when they were alive. Other doctors took other organs. Once they got what they needed, those practitioners would die, and their remains were cremated.