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Canada: Hyack Festival Honours Falun Gong with President's Award
2005-06-05
On May 28, 141 groups consisting of nearly 4,000 people from Vancouver and other cities in British Columbia, and Oregon and Washington State in the US participated in a grand parade. Falun Gong was invited as the only Chinese group and won the highest prize again: the President's Award. -
South Africa: Promoting Falun Dafa at the Durban Health Expo
2005-06-05
On May 29th, Falun Dafa practitioners in South Africa participated in the Durban Seasonal Health Expo. On this occasion, practitioners also held a seminar to introduce Falun Dafa to the public and give people a chance to learn more deeply about the practice. -
Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners Again Appeal for Freedom of Speech to Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs
2005-06-04
On May 25, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from Sydney went to the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Canberra to peacefully appeal to Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and other officials. They asked Mr.Downer to stop signing the certificate banning Falun Gong practitioners from appealing outside the Chinese embassy. The practitioners included Ms. Lisa Liang, younger sister of Falun Gong practitioner Tang Yiwen from China, who was forced into homelessness to escape persecution, and Ms. Esther Wang, an Australian citizen who, with her mother, was just rescued from China. -
United States: Proclamation of Falun Dafa Month, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana
2005-06-04
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The Epoch Times: Chinese Consulate Denies Doctor's Passport
2005-06-04NEW YORK -- Standing on the corner of 42nd Street and 12th Avenue, Dr. Wenyi Wang refused to eat all day in protest. Wang said that when her father died from heart problems on May 3, she knew she had to go back to her hometown in northeast China for the funeral. The problem was getting there. The Chinese Consulate of New York, which Wang stood outside of, refused to renew her Chinese passport, making it impossible for her to return home or visit any other country besides Canada. "The reason is simple. I have very actively criticized the Chinese regime for their persecution of Falun Gong practitioners," said Wang, a permanent U.S. resident and physician at Mount Sinai Hospital, in an open letter to the public. -
Japan: Falun Gong Practitioners in Tokyo Hold Peaceful Appeal as Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi Visits Japan
2005-06-03On May 17, 2005, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi arrived in Japan for an eight-day visit in Japan that included a trip to the World Expo. She went to Tokyo on May 22. Falun Gong practitioners in Japan held a peaceful appeal in front of the hotel where the Chinese delegation stayed. They wanted to inform the Chinese officials of the popularity of Falun Gong in foreign countries, and to urge the CCP to immediately stop persecuting Falun Gong. -
AP: Nine Falun Gong Organization Directors Plead Not Guilty in a Malaysian Court Case
2005-06-03[Coordinators] of the Malaysian chapter of the Falun Gong spiritual movement were charged Tuesday with breaching corporate laws in what the group claims is an effort to stop it from highlighting the abuse of fellow practitioners in China. The seven men and two women, all Malaysians from the nonprofit Falun Dafa Research Center Berhad, registered as a private company in 2003, pleaded not guilty to six charges filed against them by Malaysia's Companies Commission for technical breaches including failure to submit minutes and annual returns or to keep a members' register. -
United States: Falun Gong Procession Shines at the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade
2005-06-02
The Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade sponsors a selected 80 organisations from across the U.S. to participate in the performance. The Mid-U.S. Falun Dafa Association's "Flag and Drum Troupe", which shone in the 2004 Chicago Thanksgiving Parade, was invited to take part in the event and served as the only oriental representative. -
Taiwanese Practitioners: Reflections On Our 2005 Trip to Hong Kong
2005-06-02
In order to let more people know that Falun Dafa is good, practitioners from Taiwan travelled to Hong Kong. Regardless of rain or shine, we strove hard to let people know about the brutal persecution. Though it was the same as in Taiwan, we could clearly witness people from Mainland China awakening and casting off the shackle of lies. -
Korea: Telling People in Korea's "Manhattan Street" About Falun Gong
2005-06-01
Many Korean people call the area around Seoul City Hall "Korea's Manhattan". In order to let staff members of organisations and institutions of different countries know about Falun Gong and the persecution, Korean Falun Gong practitioners have conducted various activities in this area. -
United States: Practitioners in St. Louis Participate in Chinese Culture Days at the Missouri Botanical Garden
2005-05-31
On May 21st and 22nd, drumming and music resounded in Missouri Botanical Garden to celebrate the annual Chinese Culture Days event. Local Chinese organisations and a Chinese newspaper cooperated to hold a large activity. This year, practitioners in St. Louis were also among the event's organisers. -
Malaysia: Practitioners Hold an Anti-Torture Exhibition at an Evening Market
2005-05-31
Malaysia is a tropical country and people there like to take a walk after sunset. The evening market is a feature often seen in tropical countries. These photos show Malaysian Falun Gong practitioners holding an anti-torture exhibition and revealing the facts of the persecution to people at an evening market. -
U.S. Federal Court in Illinois Accepts Motion of Lawsuit Against Wang Xudong, Former CCP Secretary of Hebei Province
2005-05-30On the morning of May 26, 2005, the U.S. Federal Court in Illinois accepted a motion of a lawsuit filed against former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary of Hebei Province, Mr. Wang Xudong, currently the Minister of the Information Industry Department. This is an important victory for the plaintiffs, Falun Dafa practitioners, and indicates that the U.S. Court is concerned about the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China. -
Taiwan: "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" International Art Exhibition Held at National University
2005-05-30
After its success at National Chung Cheng University, from May 9 to May 13, the "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" International Art Exhibition jointly sponsored by Falun Dafa Clubs from the various universities in Taiwan was held at National Chung Shan University (NCSU). -
Irish Times Reports on Councillors Joining Rights Protest as Cork is Twinned with Shanghai
2005-05-29... Among those protesting outside the ceremony was Falun Gong practitioner Zhao Ming (30), a native of Beijing who was imprisoned for almost two years and tortured with electric shocks by the Chinese authorities when he returned to Beijing in 2000 for a holiday after studying in Dublin. "Of course for two countries to show friendship for each other is good but they are coming here as if nothing is happening. That is not the case - more than 2,000 death cases have been recorded among Falun Gong practitioners in the labour camps and prisons in recent years."
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