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United States: "Great Wall of Courage" Calling for Help to Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong Held In Manhattan
2004-09-01
On the 28th of August 2004, about 400 Falun Gong practitioners from across North America, Europe and Asia formed a "Great Wall of Courage" on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The "Great Wall of Courage" went from 45th Street to 59th Street. Yellow banners with blue words read, "Help Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong". -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Display Chinese Culture in Atlantic City's 150th Anniversary Celebration
2004-09-01
This year is the 150th anniversary of Atlantic City, New Jersey. From March to September, the city government has arranged a series of large scale celebration activities. At 7pm on the 18th of August, Falun Gong practitioners in the Greater Philadelphia area were invited on the Boardwalk stage to perform Chinese cultural programs. -
United States: Candlelight Vigil Held in New York, Calling to Take Seriously the Extension of the Persecution to the American Society
2004-08-31
On the evening of August the 28th, Falun Gong practitioners from across the U.S. gathered outside the Waldorf Hotel located on the Park Avenue to hold a candlelight vigil, calling upon the American society to take seriously the harm of American's freedom of belief caused by Jiang Zemin's regime. -
Korea: "Return My Wife" Rescue Drive Announced
2004-08-31
The "Ko Sung-nyo Rescue Committee" held a press conference at the Korea Centre for Speech and Finance. Ms. Ko's husband and elder sister described how Ms. Ko was arrested and detained in China to the eight media outlets and three human rights organisations attending the conference. -
Australia: Introducing Falun Dafa On a Beautiful Day in Lane Cove
2004-08-30
Lane Cove, a beautiful city north of Sydney Australia, proclaimed "Falun Dafa Day" on the 21st of August 2004. Falun Gong practitioners from Sydney demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and performed traditional Chinese dances so as to allow people to see the beauty of Falun Gong. -
Canada: Falun Dafa Touches People's Hearts in Sudbury
2004-08-30
The first activities were held in a park. Practitioners felt that they should help more residents learn about Falun Dafa, so some practitioners who are members of a waist drum troupe went to the downtown area, where they found a concert taking place. They asked the concert organisers whether they could join to which the organisers happily agreed. -
United States: A Three-Day Trip to Introduce Falun Gong to the People of New York City
2004-08-29
We wanted to grasp every chance to talk with people. When people were listening to us, they could also see what Falun Gong is by watching practitioners doing the exercises, or looking at the pictures showing the situation of Falun Gong around the world on our display boards. When we told people about the persecution, they were very willing to read the leaflets they held in their hands. -
Peru: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Series of 9-Day Seminars in Lima
2004-08-29
Since the first Falun Gong exercise instruction venue in Peru was established in 2000, Falun Gong practitioners hadn't held any 9-day seminars of the teachings of Falun Gong. As the number of people starting to practice Falun Gong has been constantly growing, they decided to hold the first 9-day seminar. -
New York: Americans Condemn the Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2004-08-28
Dozens of Falun Gong practitioners held anti-torture exhibitions on the 21st and 22nd of August on 5th Avenue near Central Park in New York City. The exhibitions attracted many passersby. How do Americans view this continuous persecution of Falun Gong in China? -
Taiwan: 2004 Summer Camp for Young Falun Gong Practitioners Held in Kaohsiung
2004-08-28
From August the 20th to the 22nd, the Young Falun Dafa Practitioners Summer Camp of 2004 was held at Kaohsiung. Middle school, high school and college students from every corner of Taiwan gathered together to study the teachings of Falun Gong and share experiences with each other for three days and two nights. -
United States: Anti-Torture Exhibition Held in New York, Passerby Who Understands Persecution Volunteers to Help Out
2004-08-27
It turned out that he came from Israel and is Jewish. He told me that I did not have to explain anything to him for he had a deep understanding of what we were trying to say. When seeing those practitioners who were hung up and beaten, those who were tied on the Tiger Bench and so on, he said in an agitated tone, "It's so horrible!" -
Taiwan: Minghui Parent-Child Summer Camp Held at National Central University
2004-08-27
The Falun Gong Society from National Central University in Taiwan held a Minghui Parent and Child Summer Camp at the university. Attendees were faculty members, residents of Chongli together with some other people. More than 40 children registered. For many of them, it was the first time they had come across Falun Dafa. -
Hong Kong: A Good Place to Learn the Truth about Falun Gong
2004-08-26
Many took pictures and videotaped the practitioners and their display. Having lived under dictatorship, they were so thirsty for the truth. The lies in the Chinese government's propaganda collapsed on themselves when people learnt that Falun Gong has been spread in more than sixty countries throughout the world. -
Malaysia: Falun Gong Practitioners Deliver a Memorandum to South Africa Embassy to Urge an Expedited Investigation into the Shooting Incident
2004-08-26
Four representatives from the Falun Dafa Research Centre of Malaysia delivered a memorandum to the South Africa Embassy on the 20th of August, 2004, regarding the South Africa shooting incident targeting Australian Falun Gong practitioners that took place on the 28th of June. -
United States: Vancouver Sun Reports on Falun Gong Practitioners' Appeal
2004-08-25
August the 20th marked the third anniversary of Vancouver Falun Gong practitioners' continuous 24-hour-a-day appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate. On August the 19th, a large and influential local English newspaper telephoned practitioners to request an interview regarding the reasons for this appeal that has lasted for three years.
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