World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Singapore: Practitioners Collect Signatures Calling on Police to Drop Charges
2006-08-01Facing charges of "assembly without permit" and "harassment," eleven Falun Gong practitioners in Singapore will appear in court soon. Since the first court hearing, local practitioners have collected signatures around the whole island calling for the charges to be dropped. -
Thailand: Practitioners in Bangkok Call on Singapore Government to Drop Charges
2006-08-01On the morning of July 28th, Thai Falun Gong practitioners went to the Singapore Embassy to Thailand to deliver an open letter. The letter calls on the Singapore government to drop the unlawful charges against eleven innocent practitioners, and urges the government to no longer assist the CCP in the persecution of Falun Gong. -
United States: World Transplant Congress 2006: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest CCP Organ Harvesting
2006-07-31From July 24th to 26th, the World Transplant Congress was held in Boston. Nearly 300 Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world rallied at Copley Square on July 24th to protest the CCP’s atrocities of organ harvesting from practitioners and call upon the international medical community to investigate. -
New Zealand: Photo Exhibit Held at University of Auckland
2006-07-31University of Auckland is one of the top universities in New Zealand and has many Chinese students. To help them know about the truth of Falun Gong and the brutal persecution, on July 25th, practitioners held a "Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" photo exhibit on the university campus. -
Director Shen Zhongyang of the Tianjin Organ Transplantation Centre Charged with Crime of Torture in the U.S.
2006-07-30With the Kilgour/Matas report concluding that organs are being harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners in China, Falun Gong will bring those CCP officials and doctors participating in live organ harvesting to justice for their atrocities. -
Indonesia: Falun Gong Practitioners in Jakarta Condemn the CCP’s Seven-Year Persecution of July 20th
2006-07-30"Friends of Falun Gong" and dozens of Falun Gong practitioners in Jakarta, Indonesia held a rally on July 20th, 2006 in front of the Chinese Embassy to condemn the CCP’s seven-year persecution of Falun Gong, particularly the evil deed exposed recently about harvesting and selling organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Persecution and Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Discussed at U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus Meeting
2006-07-30Mr. Erping Zhang, a spokesman for Falun Gong, explained the reason why the CCP persecutes Falun Gong. He said: "The CCP has been trying to ruin traditional Chinese culture, because many things in communism conflict with traditional Chinese culture. It has brought many disasters to Chinese people, including the persecution of Falun Gong. The CCP thinks that Falun Gong, which has many practitioners, is a threat to it." -
Surgeons From Chinese Communist Regime Charged with Forced Organ Removal From Living Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-07-29These surgeons were attending the 2006 World Transplant Congress in Boston on July 25th when they were issued with the legal documents. This is the first international human rights complaint Falun Gong practitioners had filed regarding live organ harvesting initiated the Chinese Communist regime. -
United States: World Transplant Congress Held in Boston, Falun Gong Calls for Attention to be brought to the CCP’s Crimes of Organ Harvesting
2006-07-29"Any deliberate deprivation of others’ lives is wrong, including harvesting organs from unwilling living people and intentionally using fatal medicine." A Boston resident said, "No one has the right to use violence on others, we should not allow this to happen. Look at these photos depicting the brutal tortures. I support all that you are doing (to end the violence)." -
United States: CCP Organ Harvesting Gets Attention at the World Transplant Congress in Boston
2006-07-28The first World Transplant Congress was held in Boston on July 23rd, 2006. More than 6,000 doctors and scientists from 85 countries gathered in Hynes Convention Centre for a five-day congress. The allegation of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit drew attention from the attendees. -
New Zealand: Practitioners in Wellington Protest the Persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy
2006-07-28On the morning of July 21st, 2006, it was raining in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. Falun Gong Practitioners from all over the country were assembled in front of the Chinese Embassy to protest the persecution. -
Taiwan: Practitioners in Taitung Hold a Candlelight Vigil
2006-07-28On the night of July 20th, Falun Gong practitioners from Taitung County held a candlelight vigil on the beach in memory of those who were persecuted to death. Practitioners condemned the persecution and called for an end for it. -
Falun Gong Group Files Criminal Complaint against Chinese Doctors for Committing the Crime of Torture by Harvesting Organs from Living People
2006-07-27Renowned human rights lawyer Dr. Terri Marsh officially delivered a criminal complaint on July 24th, 2006 to the Massachusetts Prosecutor's Office on behalf of all Falun Gong practitioners and their families who are being detained in China's prisons and detention centres, and who have had their organs forcibly extracted against their will. The complaint was submitted during the first World Transplant Congress held in late July 2006, in which hundreds of surgeons and medical professionals from China came to Boston to attend. -
Australia: Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold a Great Wall of Truth Activity Sydney to Awaken Conscience and Stop the Persecution
2006-07-27A wall of banners and display boards that lined the streets forming a Great Wall of Truth attracted attention from many passersby. An Australian girl cried after learning about the suffering of Falun Gong practitioners. She said in an interview, "How can these people harvest organs from living people only for money. It’s too cruel." -
Taiwan: Representatives from All Walks of Life Call on the World to Condemn the CCP
2006-07-27Ms. Chen said that Taiwan’s medical standards are among the highest in the world. When such evil things are happening in Mainland China, Taiwan doctors must have the courage not to comply with the evil. More important, the World Health Organization (WHO) should also look at this issue fairly. A solution to the issue can be reached only after the world community works on it together.