World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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United States: Falun Gong Participates in Penn State's Homecoming Parade
2003-10-12The Falun Gong procession was very eye-catching. After the leading banner "Falun Dafa in the World", it was the Chinese traditional Lion Dance that westerners loved very much. Next was a beautiful float decorated in lotus flowers and some practitioners sat or stood to demonstrate the five sets of exercises. -
Penghu Islands: Practitioners Rally to Support Bringing Jiang to Justice
2003-10-12Many local people came to the rally to sign the petition, including the chief commissioner of the local Democratic Progress Party. A written statement was issued to condemn the suppression and the persecution conducted by Jiang and his high-ranking official accomplices. The activity attracted many local residents and travellers to stop and sign, expressing support at a fundamental level. -
Canada: A Book Attacking Falun Dafa Is Banned in Ottawa Public Library
2003-10-12An Ottawa practitioner expressed her feeling upon hearing the news: "This book will no longer poison the citizens in Ottawa with its hatred and viciousness. The Chinese here especially will not be influenced by it and will therefore be able to form an unbiased understanding of Falun Gong." -
United States: Introducing Falun Dafa at San Diego's Mila Mesa Street Market Event
2003-10-11On the morning of the event, a beautiful autumn day, the weather was sunny and the streets were lively. Many practitioners adjusted their schedule and came to clarify the truth and introduce Falun Dafa. The practitioners cooperated smoothly. -
United States: Falun Gong Receives Warm Welcome at Native American Cultural Forum
2003-10-11We all knew that this was just the beginning, yet it was a good start. We hope that Falun Dafa will become more deeply rooted here so that more Navajo, Hopi, and other peoples may one day join the ranks of cultivators. -
Australia: Spreading "Petals of Peace" All Over the World
2003-10-10The event was inspired by the experience of a 3-year-old Chinese-Australian girl, named Fadu. When Fadu was about 6 months old, her father was tortured to death in China for practising Falun Gong. Since then, Fadu has been to more than 30 countries with her mother to call attention to the persecution. -
Mark Palmer, Director of Freedom House: It is Admirable that Falun Gong is Intercepting TV Signals in China
2003-10-09Mark Palmer, who is also vice-president of the famous American humanity organization Freedom House and a former American ambassador to Hungary, said that due to their lack of money, Falun Gong practitioners could not transmit high-powered electromagnetic waves and only were able to intercept TV signals of China's Central TV. They are admirable he says. He also said that it would be better if Falun Gong practitioners possessed high-powered satellite antennas. -
United States: Public Trial of Jiang in the Court of Morality and Conscience in Austin, Texas
2003-10-09As part of the powerful world-wide torrent of bringing Jiang Zemin to public trial, a Court of Morality and Conscience brought the chief perpetrator to a symbolic public trial in Austin on October 3, following two trial sessions in Houston and San Antonio. -
Australia: Introducing Falun Dafa at the Bowral Tulip Show
2003-10-08The Tulip Show is held annually in this town, and is always a favourite event for the local residents and visitors. A group of practitioners playing waist drums appeared in the parade procession. Two western practitioners holding banners that read, "Falun Dafa --Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" led the practitioners' procession. -
United States: Kind-Hearted High School Students in Virginia Help Collect Signatures to Rescue Charles Li
2003-10-08Practitioners quickly set up a "Rescue Charles Photo Exhibition," began playing the serene Dafa music, and started to collect signatures. As more and more interested tourists came to our site, practitioners demonstrated the graceful Falun Gong exercises for them and took the opportunity to promote Dafa and talk about the brutal persecution in China. -
United States: Delaware Councilwoman writes about Car Tour to Rescue Charles Li
2003-10-07"Through this drive, friends and family are generating awareness of Dr. Charles Li's arrest on January 22, 2003 while visiting China...It is my hope that this drive will successfully return Dr. Li to his home in the United States." -
Japan: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Symbolic Public Trial of Jiang to Expose Inhumane Persecution in Tokyo
2003-10-06The event attracted many tourists and passers-by. Two media organisations came to cover the event. At the end, the judge made a solemn statement: based upon the witness and evidence, which are true after verification, the judge rules that Jiang has committed crimes against humanity, genocide and torture. -
United States: Clarifying the Truth at the California Candidate Forum
2003-10-06When the practitioners were asking questions, the hall was extremely quiet, and we felt that the hall was full of righteous energy. Everyone was listening intently, and the words from the practitioners entered the people's hearts. After the two candidates answered the questions, the audience gave them rounds of warm applause. -
United States: Philadelphia Practitioners Join Public TV Station "Family Fun Day"
2003-10-05The residents enjoyed the traditional Chinese fan dance, the waist drum performance, and Falun Gong exercises demonstrations. Many visitors praised a six-year-old practitioner who demonstrated the meditation exercises and declared to the audience, "Falun Dafa is great!" -
United States: People learn the Truth from the Annual Poway Parade
2003-10-05A dance group composed of practitioners wearing beautiful Tang Dynasty Costumes from San Diego and a Drummers Group that had recently formed added liveliness and brightness to the processions and won a round of applause from people lining the roadside.