Worldwide News
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United States: Local Area Mayor of Ogden, Utah Impressed by Shen Yun: "I love it"
2010-03-21Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company gave its final Ogden, Utah performance at Peery's Egyptian Theater to a full house on March 18th. The show dazzled the audience with its presentation of classical Chinese dance and breathtaking music played live by the Shen Yun International Company Orchestra. -
FDI: U.S. House of Representatives Calls For End to Falun Gong Persecution in China
2010-03-18“The Falun Gong spiritual discipline is based on truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance,” said Representative Ros-Lehtinen. “Yet these innocents are brutally targeted by the Chinese regime, whose heinous tactics include harvesting the organs of Falun Gong practitioners and violently harassing even those practitioners living in the United States.” -
Canada: Divine Land Marching Band Performs in St. Patrick's Day Parade in Ottawa
2010-03-18On March 13th, 2010, the Ottawa chapter of the Divine Land Marching Band, a band consisting of Falun Gong practitioners, performed at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Ottawa, Canada. More than 10 thousand people watched it. -
Canada: Residents in Toronto Celebrate 70 Million Quitting the Chinese Communist Party
2010-03-18On March 13th, 2010, the Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Toronto held an activity in Chinatown to support the 70 million Chinese who have already quit the CCP and its affiliations. -
Overview of CCP's Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners Using Drugs and Medical Facilities
2010-03-16The Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group (FLGHRWG) has collected 1,089 cases of practitioners tortured in 200 medical facilities. These cases reveal the vast, extensive nature of the persecution. -
United States: US Department of State 2009 Human Rights Report: China Human Rights Remain Poor and Have Worsened in Some Areas
2010-03-15"The [Chinese] government's human rights record remained poor and worsened in some areas...The detention and harassment of human rights activists increased, and public interest lawyers and law firms that took on cases deemed sensitive by the government faced harassment, disbarment and closure. In addition, the government limited freedom of speech and controlled the Internet and Internet access." -
Japan: Hiroshima Audience Members Moved by Shen Yun: 'I was touched to the point of tears'
2010-03-15"I feel great after seeing Shen Yun for the first time. It's really amazing," she said after watching the New York-based show. "The content Shen Yun expresses is very rich. I think every single dance was beautiful. "I have never seen anything like this in China. The male and female dancers performed with such style that the movements were not just movements, they held deeper meaning." -
United States: State Representative says "[Shen Yun] makes us want to know more about what's going on in [China]"
2010-03-14"I think probably the whole show so far has spoken to my heart from the stand point of - one by one, each particular one, had a special message or insight, either something that is very common, turmoil, challenge, even the possibility of a greater insight into the life of China which I have not experienced. So from that standpoint I think it touched my heart." -
Japan: Chinese Teacher Says Shen Yun 'Very meaningful'
2010-03-13New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts premiered at the Kanagawa Prefectural Civic Hall in Yokohama on March 9th. As Shen Yun travels the world, Chinese people outside of the mainland have expressed their deep appreciation for the opportunity to see authentic divinely-imparted Chinese culture. -
Taiwan: Parade in Taipei to Support 70 Million Who Have Quit the Chinese Communist Party
2010-03-12On the afternoon on March 17th, 2010, the Taiwan Falun Dafa Association and the Global Service Centre for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a press conference and a parade in one of the busiest part of Taipei. -
Malaysia: Chinese TV Network Covers Falun Gong Parade in Taiwan
2010-03-11On the evening of March 7th in Malaysia, local Chinese television station 8TV covered a Falun Gong parade in Taiwan, which peacefully protested the persecution in China. Hundreds of thousands of people saw the news story. -
United States: Cincinnati Bengals' Kyries Hebert: "Shen Yun Not to Be Missed"
2010-03-10He said he was "very impressed. I didn't know exactly what to expect. I've never been to a show like it. At no point did it lose my attention - full of highs and no lows. A very exciting show." -
Taiwan: Push for Creating International Human Rights Laws in Taipei
2010-03-09The Alliance for Legislating Five International Human Rights Laws held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan. The organisation pushes for making and amending five human rights laws and with the hope the the laws can prevent international crimes and provide asylum for victims of persecution. -
United States: Falun Dafa Practitioners Introduced to the Utah House of Representatives
2010-03-09Utah State Representative Jay Seegmiller, District 49, asked for Personal Privilege during the 2010 General Session of the Utah State Legislature to introduce Falun Dafa practitioners to the House of Representatives on February 10, 2010. -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Attend Human Rights Conference at Area School in Philadelphia
2010-03-04On February 23rd, three Falun Gong practitioners from Philadelphia attended a human rights conference at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, where they exposed the persecution of Falun Gong in China by sharing their own experiences.