World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Japan: Clarifying the Truth in Akita City
2006-11-13November 3rd was a holiday in Japan and people thus had a rare 3-day long weekend. Taking this opportunity, practitioners came to Akita City to clarify the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Taiwan: Promoting Falun Dafa at the Kaohsiung Gangshan Culture Festival
2006-11-12Falun Gong practitioners participated in the festival and demonstrated the five exercises. The practitioners movements were orderly and peaceful. Spectators watched and some began to learn the movements on the spot. Reporters and other festival visitors took photos from various angles to capture the peaceful scene. -
United States: Introducing Falun Gong at a Mind and Body Health Festival in Topeka, Kansas
2006-11-12On November 4th and 5th, 2006, residents of Topeka, Kansas were happy to discover a peaceful exercise, Falun Gong, at the two-day-long Mind and Body Health Festival. The organiser of the festival was also deeply attracted to the peaceful exercises, came to the Falun Gong booth to learn more, and invited the practitioners to demonstrate the exercises on the stage. -
Japan: Demonstrating the Beauty of Falun Dafa at an International Festival in Tokyo
2006-11-11The "Grace of Tang Dynasty" troupe, consisting of practitioners from Japan, participated in the International Festival of Adachi City. Adachi City hosted the annual International Festival, where people from many nations and countries come to display their own garments and culture. -
Taiwan: Kaohsiung City Council Passes Motion Condemning the CCP's Crimes of Live Organ Harvesting
2006-11-11Mr. Chen said repeatedly at the press conference that live organ harvesting had not only harmed Falun Gong practitioners, but also challenged morality and human dignity. He called for everyone to bravely step forward to help stop the evil crimes. -
United States: Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Held in Michigan
2006-11-10On November 4th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from the states of Michigan, Ohio and Ontario, Canada attended a cultivation experience sharing conference. 15 practitioners shared their experiences. -
Australia: Practitioners Support the 15 Million Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party in Brisbane
2006-11-10One man said that the CCP has persecuted the Chinese people, and he hoped that the human right problems in China would be solved in a peaceful way. He said: "We support the freedom of speech. It is very good that the volunteers hold such an activity to support the withdrawals from the CCP." -
Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners Support 15 Million People Who Quit the CCP and Its Affiliated Organisations in Melbourne
2006-11-09On November 4, 2006, people in Melbourne held a grand parade and rally to support the 15 million people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organisations. The parade set off at the city square, wound its way to provincial library, Chinatown, and Swanston Street, spanning several hundred metres. The parade lasted for one and a half hours. -
Japan: Introducing Falun Dafa and Clarifying the Facts during Culture Day Activities in Nagoya
2006-11-09Friday, November 3rd, 2006 was national "Culture Day" of Japan. Falun Gong practitioners in Aichi held activities at noon in Sakae Hiroba Park in downtown Nagoya to introduce Falun Dafa and explain the facts about the persecution. -
United States: A Parade and Rally Held to Support Fifteen Million Wise People Quitting the CCP and Its Affiliated Organisations in New York
2006-11-08Mr. Xu doesn't think that the CCP has changed for the better in the past 20 plus years since it has opened up to the outside world. China arrests more journalists and writers than any other country, and China executes more prisoners than any other country. -
Australia: Member of Parliament Supports Investigation of Organ Harvesting in China
2006-11-08Mr. Chris Bowen, Member of the Australian Parliament, recently became a member of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG). At a recent Parliament meeting, he put forward the allegation of the CCP's organ removal from living people. -
United States: South Carolina High School Invites Falun Gong Practitioner to Talk about the Persecution and Torture in China
2006-11-07The students were shocked when they were told of the torture and suffering that Falun Gong practitioners have endured in China. Many students signed their names on a petition letter requesting an end to the persecution and an end to harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Korea: The Wind and Rain Stopped, People Awaken
2006-11-07The Divine Land Marching Band, established by Korean Falun Gong practitioners, held another activity in Garyboung, a Chinese community in Seoul on October 22nd, 2006. Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Dafa and promoted the withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers. -
Taiwan: Rally and Parade to Support Withdrawals from the CCP and Call for an End of the CCP's Live Organ Harvesting
2006-11-06The Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP and the Falun Dafa Association of Taiwan initiated a large scale rally and parade in Kaohsiung to support 15 million withdrawals from the CCP. It was to express the support from the Seven Counties and Cities of South Taiwan. -
Canadian Press: Chinese spy gets the boot
2006-11-06Canada has sent a Chinese diplomat packing for spying on Falun Gong practitioners while posted in Ottawa, says a newspaper report. The government recently refused to extend the diplomatic visa of Wang Pengfei, a second secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, according to the Epoch Times, which publishes in several countries and reports extensively on persecutions in China.