World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Canada: Falun Gong Practitioners in Toronto Hold Press Conference and Candlelight Vigil to Support Jilin Practitioners
2003-11-02Nearly one hundred Falun Gong practitioners from Toronto, Canada gathered in front of the Chinese General Consulate in Toronto on the evening of October 29, 2003 and held a press conference and candlelight vigil to support fellow practitioners holding a hunger strike in a Jilin prison and Liu Chengjun being tortured to critical condition. -
United States: Houston Falun Gong Practitioners Call for Release of Liu Chengjun and Other Illegally Detained Practitioners
2003-11-02Liu Chengjun, a Falun Gong practitioner in Changchun, Jilin Province, was arrested for broadcasting a truth-clarification TV program of Falun Gong that aimed to break through China's strict blockade of the truth about Falun Gong. Due to the extreme treatment and torture he received in jail Mr. Liu is now in a critical condition. -
Australia: With Jilin Practitioner on Brink of Death, Australian Falun Gong Practitioners Protest the Persecution in front of Chinese Consulate
2003-11-01Falun Gong practitioners from Victoria Province of Australia held a press conference and candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate in Melbourne to strongly protest the Jiang regime's ruthless torture of detained Falun Gong practitioners and call for the immediate release of innocent people. -
Central News Agency (Taiwan): Freed Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioner Recounts Ordeal In Shanghai
2003-11-01"Mainland Chinese investigators warned me that they would hunt me down in Taiwan if I revealed what was discussed during the interrogations," Lin claimed, adding that his interrogators told him that they would definitely be able to find him. Lin said he was shocked to find that his mainland interrogators knew almost everything about his life and work in Taiwan. They had information about his wife, friends and even had an e-mail address he had cancelled, he added. -
Taiwan: "Protect Taiwan Human Rights Round-Island Bike Tour" Hold Press Conference in Keelung
2003-11-01Protect Taiwan Human Rights -- Round Island Bike Tour" east route arrived in Keelung on the afternoon of October 28. The following day, participants held a press conference at Keelung Culture Centre at 10:00 a.m. to evoke more support from the people and rescue the practitioners illegally detained in China. -
United States: New York Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal in Front of Chinese Embassy to Support Practitioners' Who Are Being Tortured in Jilin Prison and on Hunger Strike
2003-10-31On the night of the 27th, it was raining and very cold. But still nearly one hundred practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in New York City to support their fellow practitioners and call upon the Chinese government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Canada: The Cross-Canada Car Tour journeys to Abbotsford and Chilliwack, British Columbia
2003-10-31Driving through small communities that don't have any practitioners, we have become the voice of the body of practitioners, reaching the hearts of many Canadians. On October 21st we arrived in the cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack, we received much support from the public and the media -
Canada: Symbolic Trial of Jiang held in Edmonton
2003-10-30During the one-hour-long performance, the MLA for Strathcona watched the play from start to end. Some major media of the city like Gateway, CFRN TV, and Global News came to the site and interviewed practitioners. Two media reported the symbolic trial. -
United States: New York Practitioners File Notice of Appeal In Case Against Qiaobao and Sing Tao Daily for Defamation and Violations of Civil Rights
2003-10-30'On May 17, 2002, Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit against Qiaobao and Sing Tao Daily in the New York Supreme Court of Queens County. They asked the state court to issue a restraining order enjoining these two newspapers from publishing articles defaming Falun Gong. They also requested a punitive damage for economic and emotional losses.' -
Canada: Canadian MP Shows Support for Falun Gong and an End to the Persecution in China
2003-10-30Canada must raise its voice to condemn these and other abuses of human rights as they occur in China, regardless of the economic or political interests that the Chinese government may threaten to leverage against us in retaliation. We must also notify the Chinese authorities that we are watching closely, and that Canada will continue to condemn that government's unjustifiable repression of peaceful practitioners of Falun Gong and other persecuted minorities and assist the victims however possible. -
Taiwan: Falun Dafa Association Issues Public Statement Regarding Multiple Arrests in Mainland China
2003-10-29Since Jiang Zemin, former leader of CCP, started to suppress Falun Gong in July 1999, widespread, violent persecution has taken place throughout China. This persecution even includes residents who are not Chinese citizens, as seen in the cases of the following Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners. -
Japan: Appealing Outside the Chinese Embassy for the Release of Imprisoned Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-10-29On October 26, 2003, we once again gathered outside the Chinese Embassy and urged the Chinese government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong and immediately release Falun Gong practitioners, including Yoko Kaneko from Japan and Charles Li from the United States, both of whom are currently imprisoned in China. -
Taiwan: Practitioners Appeal to Government Officials at the First National Maliba Hunting Memorial Activity for the Rescue of Lin Tsiao-Kai
2003-10-28Practitioners displayed a big poster with the words, "Urgently Rescue Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioner Lin Hsiao-kai" and explained to government officials and people who attended the ceremony about how Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioner Lin Hsiao-kai was unlawfully detained by the Shanghai national security bureau. -
Australia: "Journey of Falun Dafa" Photo Exhibition Held in University of Wollongong
2003-10-28On October 23, Falun Dafa practitioners from the University of Wollongong, Australia held a "Journey of Falun Dafa" photo exhibition on campus. Shortly before, they held a Tang dynasty fashion show and showed the movie "Three Women" (a story about three female Australian Falun Gong practitioners). -
China Requests U.S. Consulate in Shanghai to Coerce U.S. Citizen Charles Li into Giving Up his Belief in Falun Gong
2003-10-27Ms. Yeong-ching Foo, Dr. Charles Li's fiancée, contacting the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai to get information about Dr. Li's plight in jail. U.S. Consular officials in Shanghai visited Dr. Charles Li, who is being detained in Nanjing Prison.