Worldwide News
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Japan: Practitioners Parade in the Rain, Spectators Praise Their Steadfast Efforts to Stop the Persecution
2008-08-29On August 24th, Falun Gong practitioners from Japan held a parade in Sendai to expose the brutal persecution. It was raining, but the parade still attracted many people. -
United States: Chinese Tourist Renounces the Party at Bay Area Festival in California
2008-08-29On August 23rd and 24th, Falun Gong practitioners from the Bay Area of California attended an annual festival in Oakland. At this event, many tourists learned the truth about the persecution. -
New York Daily News (Opinion Page): The Chinese government is terrorising my parents for practising Falun Gong
2008-08-28The Olympic sailing events were in my home province of Shandong, but I just can't bring myself to watch them. It's not because of anything the athletes have done. It's because of what the Chinese authorities did to my parents as the country "prepared" for the Games. -
Rocky Mountain News (United States): Falun Gong supporters march to brassy beat
2008-08-28CIVIC CENTER PARK -- A crispy dressed 50-piece marching band playing "America the Beautiful" led the way this morning as about 100 Falun Gong practitioners stepped down Denver's protest route to draw attention to the meditation philosophy and the persecution followers face in China. -
Canada: Torture Reenactment in Ottawa Highlights the Brutality of the Persecution
2008-08-27"While China is in the spotlight because of the Olympic Games, instead of stopping the persecution of Falun Gong, the Chinese Communist regime has been arresting and torturing practitioners in the name of a 'successful Olympic Games,'" Gongyu Dai, spokesperson for the Canadian Falun Dafa Association, said at an anti-torture exhibit held on Capitol Hill on August 23rd. -
Australia: People Express Concern over Eutelsat's Shutting Down NTDTV Signal
2008-08-26On August 21st, 2008, the Queensland station of New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) held a rally on Brisbane Square in downtown Brisbane and urged Eutelsat, the European satellite company, to restore NTDTV's signal to China. Many local people expressed their concern over Eutelsat's shutting down the NTDTV signal. -
United States: Rally in California Calls for Release of Falun Gong Practitioner's Mother in China
2008-08-26On August 21st, Falun Gong practitioners in San Diego held a rally and press conference in front of the City Hall to call attention to the human right violations in China during the Olympics. -
United States: NTDTV Global Chinese Dance Competition Held in New York
2008-08-25The North American round of the Second Global Chinese Dancing Competition hosted by NTDTV was held in the New York City Music Hall on August 22nd, 2008. Thirty-five candidates entered the semi-finals and will compete with candidates from the Asia round of the competition on August 23rd. -
ABC Radio (Australia): Falun Gong prisoners targeted for organs: report
2008-08-25David Matas says Chinese hospitals perform 10,000 organ transplant operations each year and that many of the recipients are foreigners. As Jennifer Macey reports, he's now calling on the Australian Government to do more to stop the practice... -
Taiwan: Practitioners Participate in Taipei County Sports Season Event
2008-08-24Wugu Township, Taipei County, Taiwan held its first event of the sports season during the 2008 summer vacation to promote sports and encourage youngsters to engage in a variety of enriching outdoor activities. Four large events were held in the public primary schools. -
New Zealand: People Condemn the Persecution of Falun Gong
2008-08-23On August 16th, Falun Gong practitioners from New Zealand held truth-clarifying activities in across New Zealand in the cities of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. -
United States: Falun Gong Rally Protests Persecution in Los Angeles
2008-08-23On August 19th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners in Los Angeles gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate and protested against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for imprisoning more than 8,000 Falun Gong practitioners under the pretext of the Olympic Games. -
Japan: Grand March Held to Support 40 Million Chinese Renouncing the Chinese Communist Party
2008-08-22On August 17th, 2008, a grand march was held in Tokyo to support 42 million Chinese people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations. The participants marched through the busy downtown district in Shinjuku and Okubo and attracted the attention of passersby. -
United States: Press Conference Held in Missouri To Call for Help Rescuing Parents of Local Falun Gong Practitioner
2008-08-22On August 15th, Falun Gong practitioners in Kansas City held a press conference, calling upon the American government, the media and the public to pay attention to the intensified persecution against Falun Gong during the Olympics, and help rescue two Falun Gong practitioners, Cao Junping and her husband, Pang Xiaoqian in Weifang. -
Canada: Divine Land Marching Band Welcomed in Ottawa Caribbean Festival
2008-08-21The International Caribe-Expo (Ottawa Caribbean Festival) was held in Ottawa, Canada on August 10th-17th, 2008. The Falun Dafa Divine Land Marching Band, made up of Falun Gong practitioners from Ottawa and Montreal, was invited to join the festival's parade for the first time.