World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Canada: Falun Gong Photo Display at a Vancouver University captures the Attention of Chinese Students
2003-09-17Pictures and video programmes vividly introduced the history of Falun Gong, including the 1992 public introduction, the widespread popularity, the persecution by Jiang's regime, Falun Gong practitioners' peaceful appeal in the world, international lawsuits against Jiang and other high ranking officials and more and more governments and organisations calling to stop the persecution. -
France: A Young Guadeloupe Dafa Practitioner Sends Forth Righteous Thoughts
2003-09-16Three-year-old Solane is a Dafa practitioner from Guadeloupe in France. Her whole family benefits from practicing Falun Gong. Now she sends forth righteous thoughts actively. This following scene was photographed by her father. -
Belated Report: Hong Kong Court of Appeal Opens Hearing on Falun Gong "Public Obstruction" Case
2003-09-16The practitioners indicated in a public announcement that their peaceful demonstration in front of the Office of China Liaison Authorities was totally consistent with the rights that the Chinese Constitution and Hong Kong's Basic Law grant their people. The purpose of their appeal was to uphold the human rights and liberty of people in China and Hong Kong, as well as the morality, justice and conscience that humankind depends on. -
Taiwan: Taipei Falun Gong Practitioners Clarify the Truth at Mid-Autumn Festival Party
2003-09-16On the evening of September 11, some Falun Gong practitioners from the Wenshan Chinyi district of Taipei got together in Daan Forest Park to clarify the truth to a Mainland Chinese song and dance troupe. Some practitioners carried big posters that they made, hoping to let more people to learn that Falun Dafa is great as well as the fact that Jiang Zemin is being sued in different countries for his persecution of Falun Gong. -
United States: Rescue Charles Li Car Tour Arrives in New Jersey
2003-09-16State Assemblyman Mr. Reed Gusciora attended the press conference in Trenton and gave a speech. He said that he was proud to be a long time supporter to Falun Gong and stated that the American people need "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" and hopes that Dr. Charles Li will return to America soon. -
FDI: Statement Regarding Recent Ruling of FALUN GONG Plaintiffs, A-F v. Jiang Zemin in U.S. District Court
2003-09-15We believe that the moral and legal issues raised by this case are of paramount importance to the future of human rights litigation here in the United States. How we resolve these issues will affect the matter of upholding our tradition for justice and freedoms, as well as determine the place of the United States in the world. -
Australia: 2003 Australia Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Preluded by Candlelight Vigil
2003-09-15On the afternoon of September 12, the Sydney-Melbourne SOS Urgent Rescue Drive team completed their 900-kilometre journey. They and other Dafa practitioners from various places of Australia held large scale candlelight vigils to commemorate those fellow practitioners tortured to death in China -
United States: During Mid-Autumn Festival, South Jersey Resident Once Imprisoned Appeals for Rescuing of Dr. Charles Li
2003-09-15"Each time, they shocked me for a long time, which resulted in burning of skin and muscle. I was tortured like this many times." He said, "Because I was tortured in Labour camp mentally and physically, I can imagine the torture that Charles Li is suffering." -
United States: Car Tour to Rescue Charles Li Holds Press Conferences in New York
2003-09-15During the press conference, the rescue team members gave speeches explaining why they initiated the rescue activity. A senior practitioner narrated the sufferings from the brutal persecution of his relatives and friends in China. -
United States: "Car Tour to Rescue Charles Li" Arrives in Connecticut, Sends Mid-Autumn Festival Greetings to Hope for the Early Return of Charles Li
2003-09-14"Besides torturous force-feeding, they ordered prisoners to monitor him. If he practises the exercises, they beat him. He has sustained at least 29 injuries on his body. He was forced to attend brainwashing sessions, and has been denied contact with the outside world." -
Australia: Practitioners Participate in St. Marys Spring Festival
2003-09-14With the music of "Pu Du" and "Ji Shi", Sydney practitioners started the fourth St. Marys City Spring Festival. The crowd and organisers showed great support for Falun Gong and thousands of truth clarification materials were given out. -
United States: Falun Gong Welcomed in Lincoln's Hometown
2003-09-14Falun Gong practitioners brought a fresh and beautiful oriental scene. Four female practitioners in bright and colourful oriental costumes performed a Fan Dance. A young girl sitting on a big handmade lotus flower on the float did the sitting meditation. Two male practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises. -
Australian Practitioners Letter to the Belgian Prime Minister
2003-09-13"I write to you as an Australian resident and victim of detention and torture in a labour camp in China, to express my support for the lawsuit against the former Chinese Communist leader Jiang Zemin, which has been filed by Falun Gong practitioners in Belgium...It is my firm belief that Jiangs crimes against humanity must be stopped immediately. Such a bloody suppression has shamed, challenged and threatened the very basic principles of modern civilization." -
United States: Practitioners in Colorado and New Mexico Participate in the Santa Fe Parade
2003-09-13On September 7, 2003, practitioners in the states of Colorado and New Mexico participated in the Santa Fe Parade. The practitioners' float was beautifully decorated and very eye-catching. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises on the float to the crowd. -
United States: Statement About Charles Lee Presented to the Congressional-Executive Committee on China
2003-09-13He was forced to wear smelly winter clothes on unbearably hot days; he was deprived of sleep for three days; he was handcuffed in a very painful position for over 72 hours. Police intentionally tightened the handcuffs into his flesh to make it more painful, leaving scars on his wrists. He was also handcuffed for 130 hours while trying to write his appeal to the Court. At least twice, he was force-fed (a type of torture that has resulted in the death of many Falun Gong practitioners).