Worldwide News
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United States: Falun Dafa Presented at Earth Day Celebration in Spokane, Washington
2003-05-07Falun Dafa volunteers joined the Earth Day Celebration in Spokane, Washington on Saturday, April 19th. This is our 4th year taking part in this event. A huge banner saying "Falun Dafa, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance" was hung from the stage this year. We were invited to go onstage to speak, and introduce Falun Dafa to the audience. -
Australia: Practitioners Hold Activities to Introduce Falun Dafa in Brisbane
2003-05-07Dafa music, practitioners' elegant and beautiful dance and bright and colourful costumes won admiration and appreciation from the audience. When two practitioners in traditional Chinese costume unfurled two banners with the words, "Falun Dafa is good," and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" in both Chinese and English, the audience gave warm applause. -
United States: Dafa Practitioners Participate in "Forty Acres Festival" at University of Texas, Austin
2003-05-07Dafa practitioners applied for a booth on campus to clarify the truth and to introduce Dafa to attendees. Many students and visitors stopped in front of our booth to look at the photos, and many of them signed their names on the petition and requested more information. -
Hong Kong Bishop Speaks out Against Article 23
2003-05-06"People in Hong Kong are profoundly worried about the SARS epidemic, which is still not under control...The Government is taking advantage of the fact that people's attention is distracted from the usual day-to-day matters by this current calamity, to quietly push through the legislative process on Article 23. I ask you, is this honest or decent? Is this what "making the worries of the people the priority of the Government" really means?" -
Hong Kong Bar Association Opposes Article 23 Draft Bill
2003-05-06The Association said that the proscription mechanism "dilutes the principle of 'One Country, Two Systems' and may be inconsistent with Article 4 of the Basic Law, which obliges the HKSAR to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the residents of the Region in accordance with the Basic Law. The Secretary for Security is supposed to exercise an independent judgement on facts related to national security. There is no justification for the link to a state of affairs in the Mainland." -
Canada: Practitioners Rally in Montreal's Chinatown to Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the Zhongnanhai Appeal
2003-05-06On April 26, Falun Dafa practitioners in Montreal rallied at Zhongshan Park in Chinatown to solemnly commemorate the grand peaceful appeal held by more than 10,000 practitioners on April 25, 1999, which shocked the country and amazed the whole world. -
United States: Introducing Falun Dafa at Yale University's International Culture Festival
2003-05-06The practitioners performed a dance they created and demonstrated the five sets of Falun Dafa exercises. The beautiful dance and the smooth, elegant exercise demonstration won warm applause from the audience. -
University of Central Florida Student Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Supporting Falun Gong
2003-05-06"The Student Senate condemns the human rights abuses that have occurred during the Chinese regime's persecution of Falun Gong over the last three and a half years...the Student Senate at the University of Central Florida calls upon the Chinese regime to cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China" -
Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioners Charge Hong Kong SAR Government with Human Rights Violations
2003-05-05In late February 2003, when Taiwan Falun Gong practitioners with officially issued visas went to Hong Kong to attend a Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference that had been approved by the local authorities, about 80 of them were compulsorily detained by the Hong Kong Immigration Office and later violently deported by the police. Hong Kong police injured several female practitioners due to the violent treatment. As a result, the practitioners from Taiwan have filed a lawsuit against the Hong Kong SAR government on the charge of human rights violations. -
United States: Missouri Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa and Clarify the Truth on "Earth Day"
2003-05-05On April 26, 2003, practitioners from St. Louis, Missouri participated in the annual "Earth Day" activity held in Senlin Park. A Falun Dafa booth and the peaceful Falun Dafa exercises attracted many people, who requested Dafa materials and information about practise sites. -
Canada: On the Fourth Anniversary of the April 25 Peaceful Appeal, Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa and Explain the Facts at a Health Expo in Edmonton
2003-05-04Practitioners introduced the beauty of Dafa to people who stopped and watched the demonstration. They also explained the relationship between cultivation practise and health, and that of morality and health. Practitioners also exposed Jiang regime's inhuman persecution of Falun Gong. -
United States: San Antonio Practitioners Rally in front of City Hall to Commemorate April 25 Peaceful Appeal
2003-05-04On the evening of April 25, 2003, the Falun Dafa practitioners of San Antonio, Texas rallied in front of the city hall to commemorate the "Ten Thousand people peaceful appeal" in Beijing four years ago. -
United States: Dallas Falun Gong Practitioners Gather to Commemorate the 4th Anniversary of April 25 Peaceful Appeal
2003-05-03In the evening of April 25, 2003, Dallas Falun Gong practitioners held a three-hour activity including group practice, candle light vigil and sending forth righteous thoughts on JFK Plaza to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the April 25 peaceful appeal. -
United States: Washington DC Practitioners Peacefully Appeal in the Rain to Commemorate 1999 Zhongnanhai Appeal
2003-05-03On April 25, 2003, in the rain, Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference outside the Chinese Embassy to commemorate the significant day, to condemn and expose the Jiang regime's lies and to demand an immediate end to the persecution and the immediately release of American citizen Charles Li. -
Proclamation of San Bernardino County Falun Dafa Week, City of Rialto, California
2003-05-03