Worldwide News
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New Zealand: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Christmas Parade in Rotorua
2005-11-25 -
Canada: Canadians Welcome Falun Gong at Calgary Santa Claus Parade
2005-11-25Because of their outstanding performance in last year's Santa Claus Parade, Calgary parade organisers invited Falun Gong practitioners to join this year's parade again. Practitioners from Calgary and Edmonton City participated in the annual grand parade for the second time and received a warm welcome from the local residents. -
Japan: Displaying the Beauty of Falun Gong at the Inazawa "International Night"
2005-11-24Practitioners performed the dances "Predestined Relationship", "Master Guides Me Home", and a fan dance. Many people offered praise, saying, "Your performances were beautiful!" When practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, a number of people in the audience followed them to do the exercises. -
New Zealand: Falun Dafa Practitioners Take Part in Christmas Parade in Christchurch
2005-11-24 -
Korea: Bo Xilai Charged With Genocide
2005-11-23The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting/forum (APEC) was held from November 12th to November 19th in Busan. Bo Xilai, China's Minister of Commerce, entered Korea via Kimhae on November 15th to attend the forum. Falun Gong practitioners in Korea filed a lawsuit against him with the local prosecutor's office in Seoul, charging him with genocide, engaging in illegal arrests, unjustifiable imprisonment, torture and other charges. -
Canada: Practitioners Display the Beauty of Falun Dafa to Millions of Canadian People
2005-11-23Shortly after the parade set off, people saw Falun Dafa practitioners' procession, the eye-catching banner that read, "Falun Dafa is good", and a drum troupe in golden suits playing traditional drum music. Many people watched them with a pleasant surprise. Some moved with the drum music. -
Japan: Falun Gong Practitioners Attend Local Industry Expo
2005-11-22The practitioners' booth, decorated with hand-made lotus flowers, was very attractive and drew many people's attention. On the morning of November 12th, the Mayor of Yamato came to attend the first anniversary celebration of the YCAC. A Western practitioner presented lotus flowers and some documents introducing the Falun Gong Club. -
Korea: Face-to-face Call to Hu Jintao
2005-11-21The Korean authorities brought in more than ten huge trucks to block the protest groups so that Hu wouldn't see them. One officer told this reporter, We are very sorry. We know you are right and we know the truth of the persecution. However, we are pressured by the Chinese Communist regime to take these actions." -
New Zealand: Snapshots from the Touring Photo Exhibition, "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa"
2005-11-21After having looked at all the photos, an elderly Chinese couple had a souvenir photo of themselves taken in front of a "Falun Dafa is Good" banner. The practitioners invited them to sit down to have a brief break. They said that they came from Henan Province and were more than 80 years old. They know that Falun Dafa is good. -
United States: Falun Gong at Indianapolis's International Festival for 2005
2005-11-20 -
Japan: Clarifying Truth at an International Peace Education Conference
2005-11-20A young teacher from the UK heard about the persecution for the first time. She raised her voice and said, "It is another Holocaust, isn't it?" She asked the practitioner what she could do to help end the persecution. The practitioner simply wanted her to help more people know the facts. She said that she would tell all of her students about it and thanked the practitioner for letting her know about such an important matter. -
Japan: Practitioners Call for Support During Attorney Convention on Human Rights
2005-11-19Falun Gong practitioner Yoko Kaneko participated in the torture reenactment during the exhibit. Having experienced torture in China, she knows the suffering of practitioners in China and wants to take every opportunity to call on the public to pay attention to this unprecedented persecution. -
Taiwan: Photo Exhibition "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" Comes to National Chung Cheng University
2005-11-19From the 1st to the 5th of November, "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa," came to the National Chung Cheng University. The purpose of the exhibition is to let the public know more about Falun Dafa and to help them learn the truth about the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong. -
United States: Practitioners Participate in the New York City Veterans Day Parade
2005-11-18This is the second time that Falun Gong practitioners have taken part in the Veterans Day Parade. New Yorkers were curious whether Falun Gong would join this parade. A man asked practitioners, "Did you apply for participation in the Veterans Day Parade? I saw your group last year and it was great." -
Canada: Falun Gong Participates in Pickering Santa Claus Parade
2005-11-18An annual Santa Claus Parade was held in Pickering, a city east of Toronto, on November 12th, 2005. Sixty groups participated in the parade to send holiday greetings to spectators. Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to show the beauty of Falun Dafa and to give a traditional China performance.