Worldwide News
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United States: West Canada Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Successfully Held
2006-01-20On January 15th, the West Canada Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Calgary, an important industrial city. Falun Gong practitioners from Calgary, Edmond, Vancouver, Victoria, Regina, and Seattle and Montana from the US attended, and shared their experiences in Fa-rectification cultivation. -
Contrary to Propaganda about CCP "Gala," Taiwanese Performer's Manager Expresses No Confirmation of a New York Engagement
2006-01-20"'The Same Song' is a tool used by the CCP to brainwash and "transform" Falun Gong practitioners [who have been illegally held in forced labour camps and prisons]. The song is stained with blood. We hope that Wang Lee Hom won't participate in this concert, which could negatively affect his performance career..." -
Huang Guohua and His Daughter Leave Thailand for New Zealand
2006-01-19Falun Gong practitioners held a farewell ceremony for Huang Guohua and his four-year-old daughter, Huang Ying. Huang Guohua said in his short speech, "I hope that the Thai government can stand on the side of righteousness and bravely release the four Falun Gong practitioners still detained. Thailand should repent of its unethical actions." -
Taiwan: Houbi High School in Tainan City Welcomes "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" Photo Exhibition
2006-01-19The "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" Photo Exhibit was recently held at Houbi High School in Tainan City from January 9 to 13. The exhibit included nearly 100 photographic works, which caused quite a sensation among students and schoolteachers. -
United States: Practitioners in New York Protest CCP "Same Song" Performance
2006-01-18The "Same Song" is well-known in forced labour camps in China. In recent years, it has become a tool for the CCP to kill people by subtle means, and has been used to destroy Falun Gong practitioners psychologically. In forced labour camps, whenever there is any important activity slandering Falun Gong, the song would be sung. -
New Zealand: Falun Dafa Practitioners Clarify the Truth in Cities on the North Island
2006-01-18On a Saturday morning in Palmerston North City, after practitioners introduced the beauty of Falun Dafa and the truth of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, eight Chinese people expressed a desire to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organisations. -
Canada: Practitioners in Toronto Protest Export of "The Same Song" - A Song Closely Linked to the CCP's Brutal Human Rights Violations
2006-01-17On January 14th, nearly 100 practitioners rallied to protest the use of "The Same Song". The song has been used by the CCP to mentally break and "transform" practitioners. As practitioner Zhaojin Zhang said, "What's behind the song is the bloody violence of the persecution; it is the torture theme song." -
United States: European Falun Gong practitioners participate in truth clarification activities in Manhattan
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The Epoch Times: U.N. to Secure Release of Thailand Falun Gong Detainees, Say Supporters
2006-01-16"Based on recent discussions [with the U.N.] we are hopeful that the practitioners will be released within a week. This, however, depends on the Thai government. We've heard talk of [the detainees'] release but no concrete action as of yet," said a Thai supporter, who spoke on condition of anonymity. -
Australia: Stories from Sydney Minghui School Summer Vacation Activities
2006-01-16On the first day of 2006, with the New Year just having arrived in Sydney, Australia, the Sydney Minghui School arranged an all-day study session for young practitioners during their summer break. Unexpectedly, 36 children from 3 to 16 years of age showed up for the study. -
Email Virus Attack on Falun Dafa Practitioners Outside of China
2006-01-15The virus, which takes advantage of the Windows image file vulnerability, has already been directed at Dafa contact persons in the US. The problem was announced by Microsoft on Dec. 27th, and by Dec. 30th, Dafa contact persons began to recieve a new round of email viruses with infected images as attachments. There was no alert system in place to warn practitioners of this threat. This virus is not detected by anti-virus software. -
FDI: Open Letter to the U.S. Government: Please Ensure Charles Lee's Health and Timely Return
2006-01-15Police beat him when he landed in southern China on January 22nd, 2003. Prison guards later deprived him of sleep for days and tied him to a wooden plank with his limbs stretched out in painful positions for nine hours. They put him through a show trial in which he could not even defend himself, and sent him away to Nanjing Prison for three years. -
Japan: Lawsuit Against Jiang Appealed in Osaka High Court
2006-01-15Five Falun Gong practitioners and the Falun Dafa Association in Japan officially filed a lawsuit with the Osaka Local Court against Jiang Zemin, former Chinese President, Li Lanqing, first vice premier of China's State Council, Luo Gan, Head of the 610 Office, and Xia Deren, Deputy Governor of Liaoning Province and the Chinese Embassy in Japan. -
New Zealand: "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" Photo Exhibition Comes to Garden City
2006-01-14After talking to many visitors, practitioners found out that many people had already heard about Falun Dafa or had received truth-clarification materials before, and they had some knowledge of the persecution in China. Many of their questions therefore turned to the theory of Falun Dafa and the exercises. -
RFA (Radio Free Asia): Falun Gong Practitioner Taken Away by Police in China, Her Daughter Protests in US
2006-01-14Ms. Zhou said that the CCP persecution of Falun Gong caused her family's sorrow. She spoke out to protest. Ms. Zhou said, "All of the sorrow is because evil persecution of kind people. I call on kind-hearted people to help. I call for the immediate release of my mother and all Falun Gong practitioners unlawfully imprisoned."