Worldwide News
-
Hong Kong: Practitioners Gather to Support Lawsuit Against Jiang in Taiwan
2003-11-20
November 17, 2003, over one hundred Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners held a sitting protest at Queen Status Square near Chunghuan, to support a lawsuit brought against Jiang Zemin, Li Lanqing and Luo Gan in Taiwan. The three tyrants who spearhead the persecution of Falun Gong. -
United States: Congress Members Request That Mary Kay Inc. Revoke Requirement That Its Sales Associates in China Sign "Behaviour Standards Statements"
2003-11-19
The letter says, " It is unconscionable that Mary Kay Inc. would make an affirmative decision to play a front-line role in enforcing the Chinese Government's brutal campaign against a particular spiritual movement in China. While it may be reasonable to request all Mary Kay sales associates in China to abide by Chinese laws, the fact that the only law cited is the prohibition on adherence to Falun Gong indicates that the goal of this exercise is to identify and dismiss all Falun Gong adherents, or force Falun Gong adherents to renounce their beliefs in writing in order to maintain employment with Mary Kay." -
Taiwan: Media Pays Extensive Attention to Falun Gong Practitioners' Lawsuit Against Jiang in Taiwan
2003-11-19
Seven Falun Gong practitioners will file a genocide lawsuit in Taiwan's High Court on November 17, 2003 against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, former premier of State Department Li Lanqing, and Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Luo Gan. On November 15, more than 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in front of the Presidential Office in downtown Taipei to support the legal action. The media gave extensive coverage of this. -
Japan: TV Stations Report Falun Gong Appeal Activities in Prime Time
2003-11-18On November 1 and 2, more than 800 practitioners from Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Japan held the Asian Falun Dafa experience sharing conference in Tokyo. During this time, practitioners held many large-scale activities appealing for help in stopping China's continued brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Japanese TV stations repeatedly reported this news and aired it during prime time. -
Australia: Falun Dafa Practitioners from Southern Australia Clarify the Facts During Holiday Celebrations
2003-11-18
On November 8 the Christmas parade was held in the City of Adelaide. Practitioners took the opportunity to clarify the truth. After hearing that Falun Gong is brutally persecuted in China, many people signed their names on a petition letter, some people also took the time to learn the exercises after watching the practitioners. -
Taiwan: Ten Thousand Falun Gong Practitioners Gather at President's Office to Support Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2003-11-17
To express support for the lawsuit, about ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners from various places in Taiwan gathered in front of the President's Office on the morning of November 15 and held a Conference to Support Ending the Persecution of Human Beings, Safeguarding Basic Human Rights and the Public Trial of Jiang Zemin. -
Taiwan: Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Will File Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2003-11-17Seven Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners, including Lin Hsiao-Kai will file a lawsuit in a Taiwan High Court on November 17, 2003 accusing former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, former Chinese vice Primer Li Lanqing and member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo with genocide. -
United States: Rescue Team Speeds up Efforts to Free U.S. Citizen Charles Li
2003-11-16
The main purposes of this campaign are to inform people of the plight of Charles Li in China, to expose the severe abuse of human rights and the violation of freedom of belief against millions of practitioners in China, and to help rescue Charles and bring him back to the U.S. safely. -
Australia: Telling the Story of Liu Chengjun to People in Brisbane
2003-11-16On November 1, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioners in Southern Queens Province held activities at the City centre in order to tell the general public in Brisbane how Falun Dafa practitioner Liu Chengjun is dying because he has been severely tortured, and to tell about the nearly 100 Falun Dafa practitioners who are on hunger strike to protest the persecution. -
Media Alert: Chinese Authorities Forcibly Brainwash American Citizen -- Protests from the US Government Are Ignored
2003-11-15The American Consulate official in Shanghai China today informed Ms. Yeong-Ching Foo, Dr. Charles Lee's fiancé, that in order to force Dr. Lee to give up his belief in Falun Gong, the Chinese authorities have been forcing him to attend brainwashing sessions. The persecution against Dr. Lee has escalated this month despite numerous protests from the U. S. state department over China's violation of Dr. Lee's basic human rights. Friends and family of Dr. Lee are calling on the U.S. government as well as the public to lend stronger support to protect the basic rights of an American citizen, and they are calling on China to stop persecuting people for their beliefs and release Dr. Lee immediately. -
China: US Consulate Official Says China's Public Security Official Is Attempting to Force Charles Li to Admit He Committed a Crime
2003-11-15US citizen Charles Li has been illegally detained for 10 months now. Recently, Yeongching Foo, Charles' fiancée, talked to the US consulate in Shanghai and learnt that the Chinese government's persecution against Charles has gotten worse. The US consulate told Yeongching Foo that Charles is now being dragged to the brainwashing sessions every day in addition to being visited every day by Shao Gong, an official of the Public Security Bureau of China. Shao Gong tries to brainwash Charles and is trying to force Charles to admit guilt. -
United States: Proclamation of Falun Dafa Month, City of Medford, Massachusetts
2003-11-15
-
United States: Falun Gong on the "International Stage" at Dallas International Festival
2003-11-14
Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five sets of the Falun Gong exercises on the stage. Moreover, to make the activity successful and to display the beauty of Falun Dafa to more people, a dance group composed of Falun Gong practitioners created a new dance based on the music "Walking between Heaven and Earth," composed by a Dafa practitioner. -
United States: Media Coverage of Falun Gong at the University of Florida Homecoming Parade
2003-11-14
-
Precedents for U.S. Companies Being Held Accountable For Human Rights Violations Committed Abroad
2003-11-13Recently, the U.S. cosmetics company Mary Kay Inc, based in Dallas, drew international attention for their Shenzhen China branch requiring their employees to sign a declaration to "not practise Falun Gong or promote Falun Gong." This is a clear violation of human rights. After reading several Clearwisdom.net articles, we felt compelled to bring up several court precedents of U.S. companies being held accountable for human rights violations committed abroad.
New Jingwen
-
Our Practice and the Term “Religion” 2024-12-01
-
Why This World Is a Realm of Unknowing 2024-09-30
more ...
World
Falun Dafa Day
Falun Dafa Day
Newsletter
Photo Exhibition
Papers from Europe
Fa conferences
Fa conferences
Special Topics
Press Releases