World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Taiwan: "Respect Life and Remember July 20" -- Calling for Justice
2004-07-20On July the 17th 2004, an event entitled, "Respect Life and Remember July 20" was held on Chanyang Avenue in front of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall located in Taipei. This was to commemorate the Falun Gong practitioners who have died from the ruthless persecution. -
United States: Oral Arguments in Lawsuit against China Press and Singtao Daily Conclude--Dafa Practitioners Thoroughly Explain the Facts to the New York Legal Community
2004-07-20On the morning of July 16, 2004, oral arguments in the defamation/civil rights case against the China Press and Singtao Daily were heard in New York's Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The lawsuit was filed by a group of Falun Gong practitioners in the metro New York area. -
Former Wuhan TV Station Director Zhao Zhizhen Sued in the U.S. for Making Propaganda Films Inciting Hatred, Violence, and Genocide Against Falun Gong
2004-07-19On July the 14th 2004, when Zhao Zhizhen was visiting New Haven, Connecticut, he received a summons issued in a U.S. Federal District Court. Zhao Zhizhen is the former Wuhan TV Station Director and the former Wuhan Radio Station Director in Hubei Province, China. Several Falun Gong practitioners filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court in New Haven, Connecticut on July the 13th. -
Radio Free Asia (RFA): Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Painting Exhibition at the US Congress
2004-07-19Some painters who practise Falun Gong began on Thursday exhibiting their works at the US Congress Building. These works mainly depict the scenes of the Chinese government's suppression and Falun Gong's resistance. -
United States: : Several Groups Hold Rally Condemning Jiang's Political Group's State-Terrorism in San Francisco
2004-07-18Several groups including Falun Gong practitioners in the Bay area and the "Grand Global Coalition against the Chinese Party's Extension of State-run Terrorism" held a rally and parade to raise awareness of the fact that members of Jiang's political group hired gunmen to shoot Falun Gong practitioners in South Africa. -
The Chinese Consulate in San Francisco Refused to Extend My Passport
2004-07-18I am a Chinese citizen. Why can't my passport be extended? Could it be due to me practising Falun Gong?" I explained to him that we came to appeal because of the innocent Falun Gong practitioners who were unlawfully detained, beaten, and tortured to death; without such a persecution we would not come to protest. -
Australia: "People are in Shock, People are Awakening!" Report on Brisbane's Anti-Torture Exhibition
2004-07-17On July the 10th 2004, Dafa practitioners in Queensland, Australia held a large-scale anti-torture exhibition at King George Square in downtown Brisbane to further expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China to the public. -
Canadian Mayor Robert Libman: We Extend Our Continued Respect and Support for the Compassion and Tolerance Demonstrated by Falun Dafa Practitioners Around the World
2004-07-17On June the 18th 2004, Mayor Robert Libman of the Borough of Cote Saint-Luc -- Hampstead -- Montreal West wrote to Falun Gong practitioners to extend continued respect and support for the compassion and tolerance that is demonstrated by Falun Dafa practitioners around the world. -
Johannesburg, South Africa: Falun Gong Practitioners Beaten in Chinatown, Apparently by Hired Assailants
2004-07-16On July 2, 2004, in Johannesburg's Chinatown, South Africa, Falun Gong practitioners staged an exhibition demonstrating tortures suffered by practitioners in China, to expose the Jiang regime's illegal persecution and to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. These practitioners were maliciously beaten by unidentified assailants. -
South African Consul in New York Meets With Falun Gong Practitioners
2004-07-16Mr. Vosloo attentively listened to the practitioners' introduction, including the background of the shooting incident. He indicated that the South African government would resist interference from the Chinese government and would thoroughly investigate the incident. He also said that he would pass the related files to the proper government agencies. -
Anti-Torture Exhibits Send Shock Waves through South Africa
2004-07-15On the afternoon of July the 2nd and 3rd 2004, Falun Gong practitioners set up an anti-torture exhibition using live models in Johannesburg's Chinatown and at Church Square in the capital city of Pretoria, South Africa. They held a series of activities to expose the Jiang group's crimes against Falun Gong and clarify the facts about Falun Gong to the South African people. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Call Upon UN Member States to Condemn Jiang's State-Sponsored Terrorism
2004-07-15More diplomats have learned the goodness of Falun Gong, and understood that Jiang's group utilizes the state machinery to brutally torture and brainwash people, and that the persecution absolutely violates the human rights. The shooting incident in South Africa shows Jiang's true nature of exporting state sponsored terrorism, and also shows that Jiang's groups has reached a dead end in suppressing Falun Gong. -
Korea: Regarding the South Africa Shooting Incident, Falun Gong Practitioners Hold News Conference in front of the Chinese Embassy
2004-07-14After Falun Gong practitioners delivered a statement to the Chinese Embassy in Seoul regarding the South Africa shooting incident on June the 30th 2004, practitioners held a press conference in front of the Chinese Embassy on noon of July 10th to strongly condemn Jiang group's terrorist act of employing thugs to shoot practitioners. -
Indonesia: Practitioners Hold the 2nd Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference on Batam Island
2004-07-14From July 3 to July 4, the 2nd Batam Island Falun Dafa experience sharing conference was held in Batam. About 200 practitioners from the local area, Singapore, Malaysia and other regions of Indonesia attended. The conference was very successfully and it concluded with all practitioners singing "Falun Dafa is Great" together. -
Chinese Consulate in Sydney Deprives Falun Dafa Practitioners the Right to Passports
2004-07-13At present, similar instances of depriving Chinese citizens of their passport rights simply because they practise Falun Gong have occurred in at least eighteen countries. We appeal to the United Nations and all governments to help us solve this problem and help stop the brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China.