Worldwide News
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Media Summary: The Week in Review, August 16th - 22nd, 2004
2004-08-25Scoop carried a news release by the Falun Dafa Information Centre, reporting on a former Chinese Education Ministry being sued for torture and murder. Chen Zhili was named in a civil suit filed on July 19th, as she was on a tour of African nations. The charges against her include "a Cultural Revolution-style campaign throughout China's education system - including graduate schools, colleges, middle schools, primary schools, and even kindergartens - ordering teaches and students to undergo 'political shaping of thoughts' with respect to Falun Gong." -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Falun Gong Activities in Manhattan, New York
2004-08-24Since August this year, Falun Gong practitioners have conducted a series of activities to introduce the beauty of Falun Gong and the horror of its persecution on the busy streets of Manhattan. At several places where huge crows constantly pass by, practitioners hold live torture-reenactments to display the inhuman means used by the Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin and his group. -
Korea: Minghui School's First Summer Camp Successfully Concludes
2004-08-24The carefully prepared three-day-curriculum taught the principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" through stories, study of the teachings of Falun Gong, the Falun Gong exercises, movies and games. Many Falun Gong practitioners made contributions to this activity by helping teach the exercises and decorate the activity site. -
Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in a Panel During the Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference in Winnipeg
2004-08-23The annual conference of the Canadian Bar Association attracted many experts, including Canada's Minister of Justice Mr. Irwin Cotler, the Minister of International Cooperation Ms. Aileen Carroll, Chief Justice Beverly McLachilin, Deputy Minister of Justice Mr. Paul Macklin and over 800 lawyers and other professionals in the legal system. -
Korea: Falun Gong Practitioners' Van Trip to Introduce Falun Gong Successfully Concludes
2004-08-23Falun Gong practitioners' two-week van trip to introduce the practice of Falun Gong and to highlight the brutal persecution occurring in China across the country successfully concluded. They re-enacted torture methods used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
United States: Spending A Weekend Introducing Falun Gong to the People of New York
2004-08-22He said, "We homeless people have had a hard time, but it is nothing compared to what you have experienced. You are great!" When he learnt that we had spent our spare time and money from our own pockets on these activities, he bowed several times to the pictures of the Falun Gong practitioners who were playing the part of the torture victims. -
Taiwan: Report from the 2004 Falun Dafa Northern Taiwan Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference
2004-08-22Beginning on the 13th of August, 2004, more than 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners from Taipei, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Ilan and other places gathered at Jiantan Youth Activity Centre in Taipei to attend the three-day 2004 Northern Taiwan Group Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference and to read the teachings of Falun Gong. -
Epoch Times: "Red China" Minister Sued in Former Red Capital
2004-08-21On the 9th of August, a Russian resident filed a lawsuit in Moscow against top Chinese official Bo Xilai for persecuting Falun Gong in China. This is the fourth time the Minister of Commerce has been singled-out for crimes against humanity. -
Korea Daily Sports: China, Why Are We an Illegal Group
2004-08-21"Spirit of the Olympics is peace, friendship and equality. This spirit agrees with the fundamental principles of Falun Gong. Except for China, Falun Dafa is accepted at large as a general cultivation practice in other countries in the world. However, in China, it is identified as an illegal organisation and is brutally suppressed." -
New York City: Anti-Torture Exhibition Moves People's Heart
2004-08-20People were shocked at the horrible scene. Many people asked: "Are these truly happening? Where does it occur? Why are they persecuted?" People could not believe that there is still such brutal persecution in today's world and the persecuted are a group of kind people who do meditation and practice "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance". -
Japan: Anti-Torture Exhibition In Nagano Reenacts Persecution Suffered by Yoko Kaneko
2004-08-20People passing by stopped to watch. Constantly, people asked, "Are these kinds of tortures really happening in China?" In the end, Yoko said, "I hope that people here will continue to support those Falun Gong practitioners who are still imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin and his group in China, just as you have done to rescue me." -
Australia: David Liang, Whose Right Heel Bone Was Shattered in the South Africa Shooting Incident, Is Quickly Recovering
2004-08-19I want the entire world to know that my feet were injured and also that the seriousness of the injuries is recorded. It is also absolutely true that my feet have recovered to this stage. I can be a living example, to clarify the truth of Falun Gong. What has happened to me is sufficient to demonstrate that what the Chinese ruling party's TV and newspapers have said in their attacks on Falun Gong are all lies. -
Canada: Anti-Torture Exhibitions Held in Seattle Chinatown and City Centre
2004-08-19From August the 14th to the 15th, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners held two anti-torture exhibits in Chinatown and City Centre over the weekend. Many Chinese and Westerners were shocked at the torture exhibition as it was the first of its kind to be held at Chinatown's Xiqing Park, and Westlake Park in downtown. -
Taiwan: Falun Dafa Study Camp for Teachers Held in Fengtian Primary School
2004-08-18From August the 2nd to the 10th, 2004, a nine-day "Falun Dafa Study Camp for Teachers" was held in Fengtian Primary School in Taichung County. Director of the Education Bureau of Taichung County, Wang Mingyu, and Legislator Guo Junming came in person to make speeches. Between 70 and 100 teachers, students, and people from different walks of life attended. -
Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Press Conference Prior to Australian Foreign Minister's Visit to China
2004-08-17On the 13th of August, Falun Gong practitioners in Australia delivered an open letter to Mr. Downer as well as a list of Australian residents' family members who are currently been subjected to persecution in China for upholding their practice of Falun Gong. The Foreign Minister was called upon to openly condemn the continuous persecution of Falun Gong in China.