Worldwide News
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Taiwan Legislative House Holds Public Hearing on The Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin Charging Him With Genocide
2003-02-02On the afternoon of January 14, 2003, the office of Lin Zhuoshui, a member of the Legislative Committee, and the Taiwan Falun Dafa Association together held a public hearing on the lawsuit charging Jiang Zemin with the crimes of genocide... -
Students and Teachers of Taipei Minghui School Wish Master Li Happy Chinese New Year
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Falun Gong Practitioners in Canada Hold Press Conference Calling for Hong Kong SAR Government to Rescue Mr. Chan Wing-yuen
2003-02-01"This is another clear example that the Chinese regime extends its persecution of Falun Gong outside China's borders. The international community was shocked by the heavy prison sentence handed down to a senior citizen by the Myanmar military authority bullied by the Chinese regime." -
Ten New Jersey Congressmen Ask U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to Urge the Chinese Government to Release Thirty-Seven Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-02-01"As we begin the new year and the 108th Congress, it is extremely disheartening to see that little progress has been made with respect to ending the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The Chinese government continues to imprison, torture, and murder these peaceful individuals due to their fear and misunderstanding of the Falun Gong movement." -
New Hampshire (USA): Falun Gong Practitioners Gather in Front of State Capitol to Call for an End of Persecution
2003-02-01On January 24, 2003, practitioners held a peaceful appeal in front of the State House in Concord City, New Hampshire. Despite chilly winds, the practitioners demonstrated Falun Dafa exercises and held a candlelight vigil on the steps of the State Capitol. -
Falun Dafa Practitioners Participate in Australia Day Celebration in Wollongong
2003-01-31As well as the exercise demonstration, practitioners set up a photo exhibition, gave away free Falun Dafa balloons and bookmarks to children, and also demonstrated the fine art of Chinese calligraphy, attracting hundreds of people who took away samples of the fine art as well as Falun Dafa information. -
Korea: Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy Against the Torture and Killing of Dafa practitioners
2003-01-31Starting on January 21, practitioners from Busan, Daegu and other southern areas held a sit-in appeal in front of the Chinese General Consulate, requesting the Chinese government to release all illegally detained practitioners unconditionally. -
Peru: Experience of Introducing Falun Dafa in Southern Peru
2003-01-30"I saw you wearing yellow T-shirts, I felt you were doing something very good. When I read your flyer, I liked it very much and I thought elderly people like me need Truth, Compassion, Tolerance, so I asked you to come." -
Letter From Canadian MP Svend Robinson concerning the Persecution of Falun Gong
2003-01-30"I urge you [Mr. Graham] to initiate a resolution censuring the Government of China for its systematic denial of basic human rights to its people (including the specific example of state persecution of Falun Gong practitioners) at the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva this spring." -
Practitioners in Korea Protest Against the Torture and Killing of Dafa Practitioners by the Jiang-Luo Regime
2003-01-29Practitioners held a memorial service. After paying tribute in silence to those 558 Dafa practitioners who lost their precious lives because of Jiang and Luo regime's brutal persecution, Seoul practitioners read a statement strongly condemning the crimes Jiang/Luo regime has committed in persecuting Falun Gong and demanding an end to the killing at once. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Attempts to Send Letter to His Wife in a Chinese Labour Camp with the Help of Georgia Senator and US Embassy in Beijing
2003-01-29I just spoke to a person who was recently released from your labor camp. I was deeply agonized by what she told me about your experiences...you were completely stripped of [your clothing] and made to sit on the cement floor in wintertime, and you were exposed to the hot sun for long hours in summer. -
Brazil: Clarifying the Truth at the World Education Forum and the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre
2003-01-28Many people walked by and stopped to watch the slow and elegant movements, and almost everyone accepted a flyer. Many truth-clarifying VCDs in Portuguese, Spanish, English and Chinese were handed out together with the flyers, helping people to understand Falun Dafa and the brutal persecution in China. -
Australia: Introducing Falun Dafa in Redcliff
2003-01-28The peaceful setting and tranquil activities attracted a good-sized group of westerners, who earnestly began learning the exercises. Some were quick to buy the Dafa books and video materials so that they would be ready to learn Falun Gong. -
Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioners Call for Rescue of Mr. Chan Wing-Yuen, Who Was Secretly Sentenced to Prison in Myanmar
2003-01-27Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners appealed to the Hong Kong Government on January 23, 2003 to rescue Hong Kong permanent resident and Falun Gong practitioner Chan Wing-yuen who is being illegally imprisoned in Myanmar (Burma). -
Rescue Our Families Walk in New York City's Chinatown
2003-01-27On January 18, Falun Gong practitioners from New York held a Rescue Our Families Walk through Chinatown in New York City to further clarify the truth and call to put an end to Jiang regime's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.