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Belated Report: Taiwan National Bar Association Publishes Resolution to Support the Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2004-03-16
The Taiwan National Bar Association, the largest association in the Taiwanese legal arena, published a resolution on October the 25th 2003 to support Falun Gong practitioners' global lawsuits against Jiang Zemin, the head persecutor in China against Falun Gong practitioners. The Taiwan National Bar Association also urges China to immediately release all illegally incarcerated Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners back to Taiwan. -
Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioners Release a Statement Concerning the Slanderous Report Published in the Hong Kong Newspaper Wen Wei Po
2004-03-15On February the 24th 2004, Wen Wei Po, a Hong Kong newspaper, published a half-page article maliciously attacking Falun Gong practitioners' activities of clarifying the truth in Hong Kong. The purpose of this article was to create media pressure, to defame Falun Gong and Falun Gong practitioners, as well as to pressure the Hong Kong government into employing more strict measures to suppress Falun Gong. -
The First Latin America Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Is Held in Argentina
2004-03-14
On March the 7th, the first Latin America Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires. Practitioners from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Santo Domingo, Mexico as well as practitioners from Spain, Canada, France, U.S. and Germany attended. -
Boston Falun Dafa Practitioners Explain the Facts about Falun Gong at the Chinese Public Institute
2004-03-14Facing the extension of the persecution of Falun Gong from China, practitioners started to clarify the truth of Falun Gong to overseas Chinese communities. They compassionately and continuously clarified the truth to the people of the Chinese Public Institute so that they could understand the persecution's true purpose. Practitioners also reported to the congressmen who lived in their area that Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong had been extended to the free land of United States. -
USA: "Falun Dafa Week" Celebration Activity Held in the City of Carlsbad, California
2004-03-13On February 15, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners celebrated the first "North San Diego County Falun Dafa Week" at the meeting hall of the library in the City of Carlsbad with local government officials and citizens. North San Diego County Newspaper reported on the celebration activity on February 24th. Mayor of Encinitas Ms. Maggie Houlihan, Mayor of Carlsbad Bud Lewis, Congressman Randy Cunningham, California Senator Bill Morrow and Assemblyman Mark Wyland jointly signed and issued a proclamation, resolution and certificate of award. -
Canada: Montreal Falun Gong Practitioners Call for an End to the Persecution in China at Women's Day Gathering
2004-03-12
On March 7, 2004, from 12:30pm to 2pm, more than three thousand people, from all walks of life gathered at the National Park in downtown Montreal and marched to McGill University to mark the International Women's Day and call for government attention to women's rights. -
United States: Introducing Falun Dafa and Genuine Traditional Chinese Culture at North Texas University's Multicultural Festival
2004-03-12
Every year the North Texas University Medical Centre hosts a "Multi-cultural Festival" aiming at improving understanding and tolerance through cultural exchange. Falun Gong pracititioners participated in the event demonstrating the exercises and performing a Tang Dynasty dance. They received much support and many people came to learn the truth about Falun Gong. -
FDI: Over 100 Chinese Officials Could Face Denial of Entry into U.S., Deportation for Severe Rights Abuses against Falun Gong
2004-03-11
Over 100 Chinese officials could be denied entry into the United States, or face deportation if they are already here, for their “particularly severe violations of religious freedom” according to two NGOs who submitted a report on the Chinese officials to U.S. authorities. -
Hong Kong: Falun Gong Practitioners Stage Rescue Walk, Requesting Mainland China to Immediately Release Illegally Imprisoned Fellow Practitioners
2004-03-10
On March 6, Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners and a rescue group staged a 2-day rescue walk, demanding the Chinese authorities immediately release four Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners Chu Ol Ming, Sun Zung Man, Cheung Yu Cheong and Fu Xueying who are illegally imprisoned by the Jiang Zemin group in Mainland China. -
Japan: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Peaceful Appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate at Fukuoka, Demanding Jiang, Luo, Liu, and Zhou be Brought to Justice
2004-03-10On the morning of March 1, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners in Japan held a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate at Fukuoka. They displayed banners that read, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance," "Falun Dafa is Great," "Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice," "Demanding the Chinese government to bring the chief perpetrators of the persecution, Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing and Zhou Yongkang to justice." -
An Overview of Legal Cases Filed by Falun Gong Practitioners Around the World
2004-03-09Jiang Zemin and his followers have persecuted Falun Gong for four years, and have taken the precious lives of at least 901 good, innocent Falun Gong practitioners. Over one hundred million Falun Gong practitioners who practice "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" along with their family members have been brutally persecuted. In addition, Jiang's group has also extended the persecution to overseas countries, creating different degrees of damage to Falun Gong practitioners in many Western countries. This bloody persecution is the biggest human rights disaster at the turn of the century. -
FDI: Despite Cosmetic Reforms, U.S. Department of State Says Human Rights in China Backsliding
2004-03-08"Although legal reforms continued, there was backsliding on key human rights issues during the year," says the report. One of these key issues is Falun Gong. As in previous years, the severe persecution of the practice is a central concern throughout much of the report, with extensive citing of torture, arbitrary detention, and unlawful killing, as well as denial of freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and association. -
Central News Agency: U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution Urging the Administration to Condemn China for Human Rights Abuses
2004-03-08The resolution of House of Representatives pointed out that the Chinese government signed a pact with the U.S. government, promising to improve human rights conditions. The U.S. government had reasons to believe Beijing was sincere in wanting to improve human rights, therefore the U.S. government didn't propose a resolution for the first time to condemn China at the earlier UN meeting. However, in the past year human rights conditions in China did not improve, they regressed. It is therefore necessary to condemn China with a resolution and to ask China to make solid changes. -
Taiwan: Minghui Falun Gong School's "Light Heart Choir" Clarifies the Truth in Song at the Imperial Palace
2004-03-07
On the afternoon of February 21, among the Falun Gong practitioners who regularly go to the Palace Museum to clarify the truth of Falun Gong to visitors, was a gentle Western practitioner and a number of children who came from an Arts Group at Taipei's Minghui School. Their clear and sweet voices and pure and lovely faces soon attracted many visitors' attention. -
United States: More Than One Thousand Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal for Bringing the Prime Criminal of the Persecution to Justice
2004-03-07
On February 29, 2004, following Los Angeles Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference, more than one thousand Falun Gong practitioners from the United States, Canada, Russia, Korea, Taiwan and Sweden and other countries held a symbolic trial of Jiang Zemin and a press conference in Monterey Park.
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