World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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U.S. Senator Congratulates 2005 Washington DC Fa Conference
2005-07-31"The three principles of Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance lie at the core of Falun Gong. Those who practice Falun Gong do so to become better, healthier people through living by these principles and all should be allowed to practice these principles freely and without persecution. Again, best of luck for a successful and spiritual gathering in the pursuit of becoming better, healthier people, through the guidance of your strong principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance." -
Thailand: Practitioners Appeal in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok, Call for an End to CCP's Six Year Persecution of Falun Gong
2005-07-30On July 23, over twenty Falun Dafa practitioners held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok to commemorate the practitioners who have been killed in the persecution in China. Practitioners also called upon people to take notice of the six years of brutal persecution of Falun Gong and to help end it. -
Radio Free Asia: The World Organisation for Human Rights Sues Xu Guangchun, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
2005-07-30On July 21, 2005, Xu Guangchun, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party, was sued by the World Organisation for Human Rights when he visited San Francisco, CA. The lawsuit charged Xu with slandering Falun Gong and molding public opinion to persecute Falun Gong. RFA reported on July 25 that human rights organisation pointed out that Xu Guangchun had committed serious crimes in the persecution of Falun Gong when he was Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department and concurrent Director of Broadcasting and TV Bureau, and Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of Communist Party. -
Australia: Chen Yonglin Exposes Harassments of Falun Gong Practitioners Backed by Evidence
2005-07-29Former Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin, who defected recently from the Chinese Consulate-general in Sydney, successively exposed inside stories about the Chinese Communist regime's extensive spy network that has infiltrated democratic western countries including Australia and persecuted and harassed Falun Gong practitioners. -
Taiwan: Falun Gong Teachers' Seminar in Yunlin Receives Recommendations from Seventeen School Principals
2005-07-29A Falun Gong seminar for teachers was held from July 23 to 24, 2005 at Jinying Hall, Huwei High School in Yunlin. The seminar received recommendations from seventeen school principals and attracted nearly 200 faculty members, staff members and local residents. The conference hall was full. -
Washington Times (United States): Site claims 3 million former Communists
2005-07-29In November, the Epoch Times published a nine-part polemic called "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" that was distributed clandestinely in China and outlined the Communist Party's history of repression and human rights violations. "The goal is not to overthrow the [the Communist Party], but to give people information so they can make their own moral judgment," said Shujia Gong, a practitioner of Falun Gong and student at George Mason University, who said he has 10 friends in China who have quit the party. -
Saipan Island: Practitioners Hold Activities on the Sixth Anniversary of Falun Gong's Persecution
2005-07-28On July 24th, 2005, Saipan practitioners held activities at a local tourist site and on the square in front of the immigration bureau to commemorate the practitioners tortured to death in China during the last six years, and to call on the world's people to help end the ongoing persecution. -
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): Chinese dissidents beaten to death, defector tells hearing
2005-07-28A former police officer in China's Public Security Bureau gave evidence in secret to a Senate committee yesterday on the torture of accused dissidents ... "I used to work in the 610 office and I did not see in person Falun Gong practitioners' deaths. But I saw arrested Falun Gong members and dissidents being interrogated by torture. Basically it was physical punishment using an iron bar to beat them or hanging them from a door or elsewhere in handcuffs for a long time." -
United States: The Third Overseas Young Falun Dafa Practitioners' Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Successfully Concludes
2005-07-27On the 23rd of July, the Third Overseas Young Falun Dafa Practitioners' Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC. About 300 practitioners, including young children and their parents, attended the conference. The young practitioners' ages ranged from four or five years old to high school teens. -
Korea: Practitioners in the Daegu Area Hold Activity to Protest Against the Chinese Communist Regime's Suppression of Falun Gong
2005-07-27The 20th of July marked the sixth year of the unjustifiable persecution against those who practise Falun Gong in China. In order to help stop this atrocity Falun Gong practitioners held a rally on the Daegu Shopping Centre Plaza on the 20th of July 2005, to protest against this awful persecution. -
United States: 2005 Washington DC Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Successfully Held
2005-07-26On July 23rd, the Washington DC Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held, with nearly four thousand Falun Gong practitioners from around the world in attendance. As there was such a large number of practitioners, the conference was held simultaneously in two hotels in downtown Washington. -
Malaysia: Practitioners Hold a Candlelight Vigil on July 20th
2005-07-26July 20th, 2005, marks 6 years since the persecution of Falun Gong began. Practitioners in Malaysia held a candlelight vigil in Taman Jaya Park, in memory of the 2691 Falun Gong practitioners who have been brutally tortured to death in China. They also exposed the CCP's senseless persecution. -
United States: On July 20th, Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Large-scale Rally in Washington DC, People from All Walks of Life Show Support
2005-07-25In order to expose and condemn the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Gong, and to call for an end to the persecution, at noon on July 21st, 2005, on the western lawn of Capitol Hill, Freedom House, Friends of Falun Gong and the Falun Dafa Association - jointly held a "July 20" anti-persecution rally. -
Korea: To Mark the Sixth Year of Resisting the Persecution, Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Large-Scale Parade in Seoul
2005-07-25"Jiang Zemin gave an order six years ago to implement a policy of 'defaming their reputations, bankrupting them financially and destroying them physically' in dealing with Falun Gong practitioners. He promised to eliminate Falun Gong within three months ... but the persecution has failed." -
New Zealand: Falun Dafa Invited to Participate in the Victoria University Arts Festival
2005-07-25On July 6th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from Wellington, New Zealand accepted an invitation from Victoria University to participate in the arts festival organised by the university. At the arts festival, practitioners set up a booth. Some practitioners demonstrated the exercises while others distributed leaflets and other materials about Falun Gong, and introduced the practise to people who were interested.