Worldwide News
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Taiwan: Divine Land Marching Band Receives High Praise at Taiwan Yilan Green Expo
2008-05-24The "2008 Green Expo" of Yilan County Taiwan came to a close on May 18th with a ceremony. The organisers invited Divine Land Marching Band to perform and County Mayor Lu Guohua came in person to host the Expo's closing ceremony. -
Australia: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Sydney
2008-05-23More than a thousand practitioners participated in World Falun Dafa Day festivities in Sydney, Australia. The events included a parade, vocal and dance performances and a Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance Art Exhibition. -
Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners from Perth Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-22On May 13th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners from Perth, Australia held activities at Murray St. Mall to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and clarified the truth about the brutal persecution. -
Canada: Quebec Court of Appeal Issues Verdict that La Presse Chinoise is Guilty of Libel in Defamation of Falun Gong
2008-05-21According to the Epoch Times, on May 14th, 2008, the Quebec Court of Appeal issued a verdict on the La Presse Chinoise defamation lawsuit, ruling that the newspaper was guilty of libel in carrying articles defaming Falun Gong. This overruled the verdict of the Quebec Superior Court. -
United States: Congressman James McGovern Sends Congratulations for World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-20In May 2008, US Congressman James P. McGovern from Massachusetts wrote the following letter to Falun Dafa practitioners in Greater Worcester to congratulate them on celebrating World Falun Dafa Day. -
Canada: Practitioners in Vancouver Protest the CCP's Escalating Persecution of Falun Gong in the Name of the Olympics and Call for Rescue of Canadian Citizen's Family Members
2008-05-20On May 16th, 2008, the British Columbia Branch of the Falun Dafa Association of Canada held a press conference in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery to protest the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s escalating persecution of Falun Gong in the name of the Olympics. The participants also called for rescue of the family members of a practitioner in Vancouver and condemned the CCP's violation of its promise to improve human rights before the Olympics. -
Macao: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-19On the morning of May 13th, Falun Gong practitioners in Macao celebrated the 9th World Falun Dafa Day and the 16th anniversary of the public introduction of Falun Dafa. They brought the beauty of Falun Dafa to the citizens of Macao. -
United States: University of California Falun Gong Club Invited to Human Rights Week Events
2008-05-18Between May 5th and 9th, 2008, the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist regime became a focal point during Human Rights Week events at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). -
United States: World Falun Dafa Day Celebration Held at Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
2008-05-18On May 11th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners in Washington D.C. celebrated the upcoming World Falun Dafa Day in front of the Lincoln Memorial, a symbol of freedom and human rights. Their beautiful music and peaceful energy field unfolded a unique scene. Many tourists took pictures of the activity. -
Australia: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-17Falun Gong practitioners in South Australia held a series of activities at Victoria Square in downtown on May 10th, 2008, to celebrate the 2008 World Falun Dafa Day. They presented artistic performances, demonstrated the exercises, and held a photo exhibit explaining the facts about Falun Gong. -
New Zealand: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-16On May 11st, 2008, Falun Dafa practitioners in Auckland and Hamilton got together to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day at Aotea Square in downtown Auckland, New Zealand. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and presented singing and dancing performances to exhibit the wonderfulness of Falun Dafa to the public. -
United States: Learning Falun Gong at the University of California at Davis on Earth Day
2008-05-16On May 11th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners participated in the "Earth Day" event hosted at the University of California at Davis. They demonstrated and taught Falun Gong exercises on the site. -
Korea: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-15On the afternoon of May 11th, 2008, Korean Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and parade in the railway station in Paragon to celebrate the 9th World Falun Dafa Day and the 16th anniversary of Falun Dafa's public introduction. -
Hong Kong: Falun Gong Practitioners and Other Groups Hold Activities to Support 35 Million Withdrawals from CCP
2008-05-14In the week following the 9th anniversary of "April 25 Grand Peaceful Appeal", Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong and other organisations held two marches to protest the Chinese Communist Party's persecution and to support the 35 million Chinese who have quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organisations. -
Japan: Practitioners in Tokyo Call for an End to the Persecution
2008-05-13On May 6th, 2008, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Japan. Local practitioners held activities in front of the National Diet and Chinese Embassy to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong, and to bring its primary perpetrators, Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing, and Zhou Yongkang, to justice.