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Taiwan: Falun Dafa Conference Receives Letters of Congratulation From the Presidents of Three Parties; One Dignitary Delivers a Speech
2004-01-19
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, vice-president Lu Hsiu-lien, Lien Chan, presidential candidate of the Nationalist Party and Ma Ying-jeou, the mayor of Taipei City, all sent congratulatory letters to wish the Taiwan Falun Dafa experience sharing conference a complete success. Huang Chu-wen, the President of Taiwan's Joint Party delivered a speech at the conference. -
Australia: The"2004 Chinese New Year Exhibition of Original Painting and Calligraphy by 19th and 20th Century Chinese Masters" Is Held
2004-01-19
Mr. Dongni Dai, the chairman of the Australian-Chinese Cultural and Art Association who is also a Falun Gong practitioner hosted the exhibition. He hoped to introduce the essence of Chinese traditional culture to Australians and to use the opportunity to call on the government and people from all walks of life to pay closer attention to Jiang regime's persecution against Falun Gong. -
US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom: Statement Before the Human Rights Caucus -- Religious Freedom in China
2004-01-18The Current Status Religious freedom -- meaning the internationally acknowledged right of every human being to believe and practice as he sees fit -- does not exist in China. It is true that millions of Chinese citizens worship without substantial interference by the state, but they do so under carefully defined limits -- limits sufficiently burdensome that their very presence precludes the emergence of what we and the international community recognize as religious freedom. -
Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia): Queensland Quintet "Returning" to Perform in Global Gala in New York
2004-01-18"The two vocalists are members of the southeast Queensland quintet, Returning, that has been chosen to perform at New York's internationally renowned Hammerstein Ballroom, as part of the inaugural Chinese New Year Global Gala...Apart from their discernible talent, Returning was placed on the bill for the members' common belief in Falun Dafa." -
Israel: Chinese Magazine Apologises to Falun Gong Practitioners And Their Readers
2004-01-17In 2003, “Beijing - Tel Aviv” published articles containing incorrect information on February the 2nd, July the 27th and September the 19th. These articles are negative, and have shaped a criminal image of Falun Gong practitioners. The publisher would like to apologise to Falun Gong practitioners and all others who may have been harmed by these articles. We would also like to deliver an apology to the readers who have been misled by incorrect coverage. -
United States: Atlanta Minghui Falun Gong School is Established on January 9, 2004
2004-01-17
After learning from the DC Minghui school and exchanging experiences with practitioners from other areas, Atlanta practitioners who are experienced in education volunteered to organize a school administration board. After two weeks of preparation, Atlanta Minghui School was established and held a simple but solemn opening ceremony on the evening of January 9 2004. -
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Falun Gong figure is freed
2004-01-17In the relentless official Chinese suppression of Falun Gong, the outlawed spiritual [group], Sam Lu counts his wife as one tiny but significant victory. After more than three years in a labour camp, Zhou Xuefei was released Tuesday. "I am very proud of my wife," Lu said in a statement. "My wife is brave, because she was jailed for standing up to defend the right of the millions of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China." -
Korea: Symbolic Trial of Jiang Zemin
2004-01-16
In order to bring about an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and inform Koreans and Chinese people living in Korea about the atrocities committed against Falun Gong by Jiang's regime, Falun Gong practitioners in Korea performed a "Symbolic International Trial of Jiang Zemin" -
Taiwan: Happy Young Practitioners
2004-01-16
In the First Taiwan Falun Dafa Young Practitioner's Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference, children from Taochumiao Young Practitioner's Class demonstrated the grace of Dafa with their innocence, which left a deep impression on the conference attendees. -
United States: Memorial Held in San Francisco Chinatown to Mourn Mr. Liu Chengjun
2004-01-15
Falun Gong practitioners and the "Chinese Press Freedom and Human Rights League" held a memorial in San Francisco Chinatown to remember Mr. Liu Chengjun. Liu was a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City in Jilin Province who was tortured to death by the Jiang regime. -
Taiwan: 3000 Practitioners Gather in Taipei To Offer New Years Greetings to Teacher
2004-01-15
About 3000 Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in Taipei and assembled to form the characters "Falun Dafa is Good" in the stadium of Taiwan University as a greeting to Master. -
2004 Taiwan Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference
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United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Press Conference to Commemorate Liu Chengjun and Call for Punishment for His Murderers
2004-01-14
On December 31 2003, St Louis Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference at the famous Gateway Arch. While commemorating Liu Chengjun, the practitioners also called for punishment for Jiang Zemin and Liu Chengjun's murderers. -
Open Letter from New Tang Dynasty TV Regarding the Inaugural Chinese New Year Global Gala
2004-01-13On the Eve of the New Year, as NTDTV and other Chinese organisations and individuals are preparing for the Inaugural Chinese New Year Global Gala, officials from the Chinese Consulates have been making the rounds to verbally attack NTDTV and the Gala. The Chinese Consulates' unreasonable, irrational interference with an organisation legally incorporated in the United States and other countries is highly unbefitting of their diplomatic status. In addition, this attempt to go outside China to extend their censorship of media oversteps bounds and looks backward, rather than forward. -
United States: Letter to President Bush from UCLA Student Organizations Concerning the Detention of Charles Lee in China
2004-01-13In October 2003, the Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC, a student government) at UCLA voted 11-0 to co-sign a letter to President Bush concerning the detention of Dr. Charles Lee. The letter was also signed by the President of LASA, the Latino American Students Association at UCLA, and the President and the entire Amnesty International club at UCLA. The letter was initiated by the Falun Gong club at UCLA.
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