World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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The Japan Times: Imprisoned Falun Gong member returns to Japan
2003-12-05Kaneko is married to a Japanese man and lives in Niigata Prefecture. She returned to Japan on Thursday after her 18-month detention period expired Sunday. Kaneko was arrested May 24, 2002, for [...] distributing Falun Gong leaflets with friends in Beijing. Her Japanese friends were deported, but Kaneko, who is Chinese, was detained. "I want to give thanks for the cooperation of the Japanese government, the Japanese embassy (in Beijing) and the politicians who supported the move," Kaneko told a news conference through an interpreter. -
Australia: Rally at Capitol Hill of Canberra, Falun Gong Practitioners Support the Motion to Rescue Australian Citizens' Relatives
2003-12-04On December 1, Australian Falun Gong practitioners rallied in front of Capitol Hill, Canberra to support the motion to "Rescue the Australian Citizen's Relatives." Practitioners also remembered Ouyang Ming who died from the persecution in China in August of this year. -
Hong Kong: Falun Gong Practitioners Urge the Hong Kong SAR Government to Help Release Falun Gong Practitioner Currently Detained in China
2003-12-04Ms. Fu Xue-Ying has been under detention since October 30. Police in Shenzhen detained Fu, a 28-year-old housewife, when she was found distributing Falun Gong VCDs. She is currently being held in the First Detention Centre in Nan Shan District of Shenzhen. The Hong Kong Falun Dafa Association urges the Hong Kong SAR government to secure the release of Ms. Fu Xue-Ying because practicing Falun Gong and speaking the truth about Falun Gong are both reasonable and protected under the Chinese Constitution. However, depriving Falun Gong practitioners of their basic human rights is against the law. -
New Zealand: Falun Dafa Banner Flies High Above New Zealand Christmas Parade
2003-12-04During the annual Auckland Christmas parade on November 30, a 10x30 meter banner pulled by a plane flew in the sky above the parade and brought the message of Falun Dafa and Truth-Compassion-Tolerance to the spectators. -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Join Houston's 54th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade
2003-12-03On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2003, the 54th annual grand parade was held in Houston. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate again this year. The procession of more than one hundred Falun Gong practitioners was spectacular and won enthusiastic applause from the audiences. -
United States: University Student Resolution Condemns the Persecution, Supports the Freedom of Belief of Falun Gong Practitioners and Calls for Release of Charles Lee
2003-12-03On November 11, 2003, the Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC, a student government) at UCLA passed a resolution to support the freedom of belief of Falun Gong practitioners. The resolution condemned the persecution of Falun Gong in Mainland China and abroad, and demanded that the persecution of Falun Gong in China and its extension to the United States be stopped, and that Dr. Charles Lee be released immediately and unconditionally -
United States: Introducing Falun Dafa at a University of Nebraska Multicultural Fair
2003-12-02A multicultural fair at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, provided local practitioners with an opportunity to share Falun Dafa with the public, and to inform them about its ongoing suppression in Mainland China. In the morning, they presented a seminar (power point slides plus video clips) about Falun Dafa and its persecution and in the afternoon, they held a poster exhibition. -
Philipphine: Falun Dafa Promotion Activities in Manila
2003-12-02The practitioners in Manila needed help from Taiwan to promote Dafa and set up practice sites, and they needed practitioners who could speak English. I don't speak English, but I thought, "I can say 'Falun Dafa is good', and this shall be enough because I have a pure heart." I believed that by going there, I could meet and help more people. -
2003 Southeast US Fa Conference Solemnly Held - Master Li Comes in Person to Teach and Explain the Fa
2003-12-01On November 29 2003, about 1500 Falun Dafa practitioners from North America and other countries gathered at the World Congress Centre in Atlanta to attend the 2003 Southeast US Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. At 2:40 p.m., our respected Teacher arrived at the conference amid practitioners' warm applause and taught and explained the Fa for four hours. -
United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Gather in Atlanta on Thanksgiving Day
2003-12-01Nearly a thousand Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference at the Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, in cold wind and rain. As families reunited on Thanksgiving Day, these practitioners called for help rescuing Falun Gong practitioners' relatives who are illegally detained in China, and demanded China to immediately halt the persecution of Falun Gong. -
United States: Falun Dafa Practitioners Participate in 70th Annual State Street Thanksgiving Parade
2003-12-01On the morning of Thanksgiving Day, Falun Dafa practitioners participated in Chicago's State Street Thanksgiving Parade. Every year, it attracts tens of thousands spectators, while more than 1 million people watch its live broadcast on TV. Their performance brought a refreshing scene to the parade and displayed the beauty of Dafa for everyone to see. -
United States: Calling for an End to the Persecution in Front of the Liberty Bell
2003-12-01Philadelphia's Liberty Bell is a symbol of America's freedom and democracy, and it is a very famous tourist site. To call for help to stop the Jiang regime's persecution against Falun Gong practitioners, local practitioners have come to the Liberty Bell to practice the exercises on a daily basis and distribute truth-clarifying materials since the persecution started in 1999. -
Les Presses Chinoises Trial: Dafa Practitioner Recounts Being Beaten by Chinese Diplomat Inside the Embassy in Ottawa
2003-11-30Wang was invited to join a movie party held by the embassy. When he saw a photo exhibit that slandered and spread falsified hate propaganda about Falun Gong, he took a photo of the exhibit. Several officials inside the embassy dragged him into a room downstairs and beat him when he refused to hand his camera over to them. Upon leaving the embassy, he reported the incident to the royal police and over 20 media representatives. -
Japan: After Over One and a Half Years of Illegal Detention in China Yoko Kaneko is Reunited With Her Family
2003-11-30At 6:58 pm on November 27, 2003, Yoko Kaneko arrived at Tokyo Narita international airport. Upon stepping out of the exit in the airport, Yoko shook hands with those welcoming her arrival. Finally reuniting with her husband Atsushi Kaneko said, "I'm very happy! I'm truly relieved upon seeing Yoko." -
China: After 18 Months of Illegal Detention, Yoko Kaneko is Released on November 23
2003-11-29On May 24 last year, Yoko Kaneko was arrested in Beijing while distributing Falun Gong flyers and sentenced to one and a half years in a forced labour camp. During her detention, her husband, relatives and Falun Gong practitioners joined efforts in getting her out. A rescue committee was established in Tokyo, and a support group was founded in Osaka. She was finally released on the morning of November 23 in Beijing.