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United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Join Houston's 54th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade
2003-12-03
On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2003, the 54th annual grand parade was held in Houston. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate again this year. The procession of more than one hundred Falun Gong practitioners was spectacular and won enthusiastic applause from the audiences. -
United States: University Student Resolution Condemns the Persecution, Supports the Freedom of Belief of Falun Gong Practitioners and Calls for Release of Charles Lee
2003-12-03
On November 11, 2003, the Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC, a student government) at UCLA passed a resolution to support the freedom of belief of Falun Gong practitioners. The resolution condemned the persecution of Falun Gong in Mainland China and abroad, and demanded that the persecution of Falun Gong in China and its extension to the United States be stopped, and that Dr. Charles Lee be released immediately and unconditionally -
United States: Introducing Falun Dafa at a University of Nebraska Multicultural Fair
2003-12-02
A multicultural fair at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, provided local practitioners with an opportunity to share Falun Dafa with the public, and to inform them about its ongoing suppression in Mainland China. In the morning, they presented a seminar (power point slides plus video clips) about Falun Dafa and its persecution and in the afternoon, they held a poster exhibition. -
Philipphine: Falun Dafa Promotion Activities in Manila
2003-12-02
The practitioners in Manila needed help from Taiwan to promote Dafa and set up practice sites, and they needed practitioners who could speak English. I don't speak English, but I thought, "I can say 'Falun Dafa is good', and this shall be enough because I have a pure heart." I believed that by going there, I could meet and help more people. -
2003 Southeast US Fa Conference Solemnly Held - Master Li Comes in Person to Teach and Explain the Fa
2003-12-01
On November 29 2003, about 1500 Falun Dafa practitioners from North America and other countries gathered at the World Congress Centre in Atlanta to attend the 2003 Southeast US Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. At 2:40 p.m., our respected Teacher arrived at the conference amid practitioners' warm applause and taught and explained the Fa for four hours. -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Gather in Atlanta on Thanksgiving Day
2003-12-01
Nearly a thousand Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference at the Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, in cold wind and rain. As families reunited on Thanksgiving Day, these practitioners called for help rescuing Falun Gong practitioners' relatives who are illegally detained in China, and demanded China to immediately halt the persecution of Falun Gong. -
United States: Falun Dafa Practitioners Participate in 70th Annual State Street Thanksgiving Parade
2003-12-01
On the morning of Thanksgiving Day, Falun Dafa practitioners participated in Chicago's State Street Thanksgiving Parade. Every year, it attracts tens of thousands spectators, while more than 1 million people watch its live broadcast on TV. Their performance brought a refreshing scene to the parade and displayed the beauty of Dafa for everyone to see. -
United States: Calling for an End to the Persecution in Front of the Liberty Bell
2003-12-01Philadelphia's Liberty Bell is a symbol of America's freedom and democracy, and it is a very famous tourist site. To call for help to stop the Jiang regime's persecution against Falun Gong practitioners, local practitioners have come to the Liberty Bell to practice the exercises on a daily basis and distribute truth-clarifying materials since the persecution started in 1999. -
Les Presses Chinoises Trial: Dafa Practitioner Recounts Being Beaten by Chinese Diplomat Inside the Embassy in Ottawa
2003-11-30Wang was invited to join a movie party held by the embassy. When he saw a photo exhibit that slandered and spread falsified hate propaganda about Falun Gong, he took a photo of the exhibit. Several officials inside the embassy dragged him into a room downstairs and beat him when he refused to hand his camera over to them. Upon leaving the embassy, he reported the incident to the royal police and over 20 media representatives. -
Japan: After Over One and a Half Years of Illegal Detention in China Yoko Kaneko is Reunited With Her Family
2003-11-30
At 6:58 pm on November 27, 2003, Yoko Kaneko arrived at Tokyo Narita international airport. Upon stepping out of the exit in the airport, Yoko shook hands with those welcoming her arrival. Finally reuniting with her husband Atsushi Kaneko said, "I'm very happy! I'm truly relieved upon seeing Yoko." -
China: After 18 Months of Illegal Detention, Yoko Kaneko is Released on November 23
2003-11-29On May 24 last year, Yoko Kaneko was arrested in Beijing while distributing Falun Gong flyers and sentenced to one and a half years in a forced labour camp. During her detention, her husband, relatives and Falun Gong practitioners joined efforts in getting her out. A rescue committee was established in Tokyo, and a support group was founded in Osaka. She was finally released on the morning of November 23 in Beijing. -
Canada: Falun Gong Practitioners Present a Special Christmas Gift to Residents at a Ski Resort
2003-11-29
An annual parade was held at Banff, in Canada, to greet the coming of Christmas. When the Falun Dafa procession appeared, the spectators gave them warm applause and acclamations. When practitioners in the procession passed out flyers, the residents happily accepted them and thanked the practitioners. -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Call on All Western Companies in China to Uphold Human Rights
2003-11-28Some observers believe that the U.S. cosmetics company Mary Kay Inc. is a victim of the terrorist organization, the "610 Office," which was established by Jiang for the sole purpose of persecuting Falun Gong. Mary Kay Inc. 's experience in China tells us that since government work, company profits and even students' education are forcibly linked with Falun Gong, the truth about Falun Gong is something every investor must learn. -
Taiwan: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa in the Chung-li Area Over the Holiday Season
2003-11-28
On November 16, dozens of Falun Dafa practitioners came to the Longgang exercise yard to practice the exercises and introduce Dafa to the public. Longgang, located in Chung-li Area, is an important military base. When there are no military activities, the exercise yard is open to the public. If the weather is good during a holiday, many people will come. -
United States: Candlelight Vigil at American University Calls for the Release of Charles Li and Liu Chengjun
2003-11-28
At the candlelight vigil sponsored by the university's Falun Dafa Club, students, professors and alumni with different backgrounds made speeches urgently calling upon Jiang's regime to release illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners Liu Chengjun and Charles Li.
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