World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News

  • Australia: A Seminar at the University of Sydney

    The University of Sydney, a famous university in Australia, has 40,000 enrolled students. After practitioners explained the backround to the persecution, the Student Representative Council decided to conduct a seminar on behalf of Falun Gong.
  • Toronto: Children Improve and Advance Together at the 2005 Canada Young Dafa Practitioners' Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference

    On the afternoon of May 21, 2005, the Canada Falun Dafa Young Practitioners' Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in the Centre for Global Physics at the University of Toronto. Attendees included several dozen young practitioners from around the world, their parents, and practitioners from Toronto and elsewhere.
  • Malaysia: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Taman Perbandaran, Penang, Malaysia

    On the morning of Sunday, May 22nd, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from many areas successively arrived at the Taman Perbandaran, Penang to put on a Falun Gong exercise demonstration and anti-torture exhibition. After learning about the persecution of Falun Gong, people signed petitions one after another.
  • Danish and Swedish Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

    On the 14th and 15th of May 2005, Danish and Swedish Falun Gong practitioners celebrated World Falun Dafa day in Denmark’s capital city and the third biggest city in Sweden, commemorating thirteen years since Falun Gong was introduced to the public and celebrating Falun Gong founder Master Li’s birthday.
  • Singapore: Sound of Waist-Drums Leads the Way

    Singapore Falun Gong practitioners were present in large numbers during the annual Singapore "Big Walk." They wore yellow shirts printed with "Falun Dafa" or "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" in Chinese and English and held colourful balloons. Some held yellow banners with the words, "Falun Dafa is good."
  • Keng Sheng Daily News (Taiwan): Hualian Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Morning Group Practise to Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

    In order to uphold justice and goodness, Falun Gong practitioners courageously stand up and say "No" to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) dictatorship and brutal violence. They hope that the world's people will understand the truth about Falun Gong and realise the CCP's lies and violence.
  • Switzerland: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in a Rose Garden in Bern

    On May 15th 2005, Swiss Falun Gong practitioners celebrated the 13th anniversary of Falun Gong’s introduction to the public and the 6th World Falun Dafa Day. The day was quite sunny and the Falun Gong stall attracted streams of tourists. Many people signed a petition to rescue the mother of a Chinese student who is studying in Switzerland.
  • Germany: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day at Karlsplatz in Munich

    People came to the stage asking what Falun Gong is and where they can learn the exercises. They all felt astonished when they heard that such a good practice was being brutally persecuted in China. They were eager to find out why the Chinese Government is persecuting Falun Gong and how they could help the practitioners in China.
  • Korean Citizen's Wife, Gao Chengnu, Released from Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp

    On the afternoon of May 13, 2005, Ms. Gao Chengnu was released from the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp. Ms. Gao is a Falun Gong practitioner and a Korean citizen. Her husband's name is Mr. Guo Binghao. Ms. Gao Chengnu is a Chinese Korean. She married her husband in China on May 18, 2003. As Ms. Gao was preparing to immigrate to Korea, the Chinese Police Department refused to issue her a passport because she would not renounce the practise of Falun Gong. On May 7, 2004, she was abducted and detained in the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp.
  • United States: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

    To celebrate World Falun Dafa Day on May 13 and to introduce Falun Dafa to more Michigan residents, practitioners in the State of Michigan participated in the fifteenth Michigan Parade held in Lansing, the state capital. The Falun Gong practitioners' procession was eye-catching, with a beautiful float and exercise demonstration.
  • Spain: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Alcala

    On the 15th of May 2005, practitioners from Madrid went to Alcala de Hernares to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day, promote the practice and tell people about the persecution in China. Finally, the practitioners unfolded a banner inscribed with "Greetings! Master" and put their palms together to send greetings to Falun Gong founder Master Li Hongzhi.
  • Japan: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day in Nagoya

    On May 14-15, 2005, Falun Dafa practitioners from across Japan gathered in Nagoya to celebrate revered Master's birthday, the 13th anniversary of Falun Dafa's public introduction and the 6th annual World Falun Dafa Day. o display the beauty of Falun Dafa, practitioners held a grand parade and a Falun Dafa concert.
  • United States: New York State Assembly Member Recognizes Falun Dafa as Outstanding

    On May 15, 2005, New York State Assembly Member N. Nick Perry presented a citation in recognition of Falun Dafa as an outstanding organization worthy of the esteem of both the Community and the great State of New York.
  • Austria: Festivities during Vienna’s World Falun Dafa Day

    Given the persecution of Falun Gong in China, practitioners did not only demonstrate their joy in having found such a great cultivation practice, but also exposed through an anti-torture exhibition the cruel persecution and let it be known that they are hoping for an end to the human rights atrocities in China.
  • Germany: Remembering all those who could not Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day with Us

    May 13th was World Falun Dafa Day. This is a day of much joy and gratitude toward Master Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong. Thirteen years have passed since Falun Gong was introduced for the first time to China and humans were given this great cultivation way. This joyful event is overshadowed by the inhuman persecution in China, which has lasted more than six years.