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Australia: Independent Member for Bligh Clover Moore Requests Government to Protect Falun Gong Practitioners in Australia
2004-09-09
On August the 23rd 2004, State Independent Member for Bligh (including the east part of the City of Sydney) Clover Moore wrote to the Minister Alexander Downer of the Foreign Affairs to request government's protection for Falun Dafa practitioners in Australia, on behalf of David Liang, a Australian Falun Dafa practitioner who was recently shot through both feet while travelling in South Africa. -
Hong Kong: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Peaceful Appeal during Liu Qi's Visit to Hong Kong
2004-09-08
During Liu Qi's stay in Hong Kong peaceful appeals were held at Chater Gardens and the Government House condemning Liu Qi for his part in making Beijing one of the areas where Falun Gong is most severely persecuted during his post as Mayor of Beijing and Secretary of Beijing's Municipal Committee of China's Polit Bureau. -
Africa: Introducing Falun Dafa in Adis Ababa of Ethiopia
2004-09-08
The owner of a fitness centre in Adis Ababa, Ethiopia was interested in Falun Gong and wished to learn it. He invited Falun Gong practitioners to give a demonstration of the five-sets of Falun Gong exercises in the fitness centre and to answer any questions. In addition, practitioners were invited to participate in an annual exhibition by a martial arts school. The activity was held in a well-known concert hall. -
United States: Media Reports on Falun Gong Activities in New York
2004-09-07
During the US Republican National Convention, there were 15,000 reporters gathered in New York City to cover all the events taking place there. Media outlets reported on stories of nearly a thousand Falun Gong practitioners who had come to Manhattan. -
United States: Telling People About Falun Gong on New York's Wall Street
2004-09-07
Several tourists from Paris were very happy to see Falun Gong on Wall Street. They said that there are also many Falun Gong practitioners in France. A New Yorker suggested that practitioners to go to the United Nations to call for an end to the persecution. -
United States: A Journey to New York
2004-09-06
Manhattan is the world's financial centre, and the pedestrians rarely stop in their busy lives. The ups and downs in the stock market fill their thoughts, but they don't know of the wide spread of Falun Dafa, and don't know of Chinese dictator and former President Jiang Zemin and his regime's persecution of Falun Gong. Falun Gong came to awaken their hearts. -
United States: Falun Dafa Practitioners from Northern California Participate in the Mid-Autumn Street Fair
2004-09-06
To introduce Falun Gong to more people, Falun Gong practitioners from the bay area participated in this street fair for the third consecutive year. We displayed materials and posters, and demonstrated the exercises at our booth. Many Chinese people also learnt the truth about Falun Gong at this fair. -
United States: Young Falun Gong Practitioners Introducing Falun Gong on the Streets of Manhattan
2004-09-05
On the last weekend of August 2004 more than 1000 Falun Gong practitioners came to New York City to show people the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong on the bustling Manhattan streets. Many young practitioners also came with their parents to introduce Falun Gong to the people and to demonstrate the five sets exercises of Falun Gong. -
Japan: Tokyo Formally Recognises the Japanese Falun Dafa Association as a Non-Profit Organisation
2004-09-05According to reports from several media outlets in Japan, including Kyodo News, Yomiuri Shimbun and Mainichi Newspaper, Falun Gong, which is regarded as an illegal group and suppressed in China, has now being officially and formally recognised by Tokyo as of the 27th of August, 2004, as a "Non-Profit Organisation" and registered under the title "Falun Dafa Association of Japan." -
United States: The World is Awakening - Anti-Torture Exhibition Held on the Edge of New York City's Central Park
2004-09-04
During the US Republican National Convention, Falun Gong practitioners held week-long anti-torture exhibitions in several places in New York City. In front of the exhibition on the edge of Central Park, streams of people passed by and many of them were shocked and signed a petition to condemn the persecution. -
Epoch Times: Shocking Photographic Evidence of The Persecution in China
2004-09-04
It is not the kind of publicity that China wants or needs at the tail-end of the 2004 Olympics in which they placed third overall, and leading into the 2008 Olympics in which Beijing will be host: shocking photographs of emaciated and seriously injured Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured while being illegally held in police custody in China. -
Islands of Serenity in the Clamour - Calling for an End to the Persecution at New York's "Corners of Courage"
2004-09-03
On August 29, New York City was extremely crowded because of the Republican National Convention (RNC). To let more people know the truth about Falun Dafa and the evil nature of the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China, more than 1000 practitioners from all over the world came to the Big Apple. -
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Expresses Government's Concern over Reports of Human Rights Abuses against Falun Dafa Practitioners
2004-09-03On August the 23rd 2004, New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hon Phil Goff, expressed in a letter to Falun Gong practitioner that the New Zealand Government remains concerned at reports of human rights abuses against Falun Dafa practitioners, and that they continue to urge the Chinese Government to allow Falun Gong practitioners to follow their beliefs and practise their movements without restriction. -
United States:: Candlelight Vigil Held in Midtown Manhattan in New York to Call for Justice, Conscience and Courage
2004-09-02
Nearly 1000 Falun Gong practitioners participated in the candlelight vigils. Thousands of dots of candlelight twinkled in the darkness of the night. The atmosphere was solemn but warm. Most practitioners wore yellow T-shirts and stood in orderly fashion. They looked peaceful and resolute. -
Taiwan: "Rescue Those Children Who Are Being Persecuted" -- A Report on the Childrens Bicycle Tour in Taiwan
2004-09-02
On the morning of August the 6th, 2004, twelve young men and women ranging from twelve to twenty years old set off from Chung Cheng Memorial Hall for a fourteen-day bicycle tour. The focus of the trip was to call attention to the plight of those young Falun Gong practitioners in China who are suffering under the persecution.
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