World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Canada: Member of Parliament Liza Frulla's Letter to Help Practitioner Mingli Lin, Who was Recently Freed from a Chinese Labour Camp
2003-04-09"While I appreciate that it is a sensitive issue to comment on the internal affairs of another country, I would like to add my voice to my colleague, Mr. Irwin Cotler, M.P. for Mount Royal, and other Canadians from across the country who are demanding the immediate release of all illegally held Falun Gong practitioners in China, and decry the continuing violation of human rights that Mingli Lin's imprisonment represents." -
Letter to President Bush: Over 100 Concerned Scholars and Professionals Urgently Request Rescue of Charles Li from Unlawful Imprisonment in China
2003-04-09In a letter sent to President Bush, with copies furnished to Executive Branch offices, over 100 scholars and professionals have urged the President to intervene in gaining the immediate release of Dr. Charles Li, an American citizen who was arrested on January 22 2003, as he walked off an airplane in Guangzhou, China. -
Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin: On April 14, the Plaintiffs' Attorney Will Respond to Issues Posed at the Preliminary Hearing of January 13 2003
2003-04-08Jiang and the "610 Office" are charged with genocide as well as conspiring to deprive a number of individuals in the United States of their civil rights. In conjunction with and in support of the campaign of repression against Falun Gong in China, the defendants extended their efforts to persecute and intimidate Falun Gong practitioners in the United States. -
Dafa Practitioners in Huludao City, Liaoning Province in China Congratulate the Founding of the Greek Falun Dafa Association
2003-04-08 -
United States: Explaining the Truth during "Human Rights Week" at the University of North Carolina
2003-04-08Our afternoon outdoor activity included demonstrating the five sets of Falun Dafa exercises, handing out truth-clarifying materials, collecting signatures for the rescue of Charles Li, and a practitioner singing. The evening activity was a detailed introducion of Falun Gong and the persecution held in a classroom. -
Japan: Osaka Dafa Practitioners Appeal in Front of the Chinese Consulate, Demanding the Immediate Release of Yoko Kaneko
2003-04-08In order to convey the request to the Chinese government, Osaka Falun Gong practitioners went to the Chinese Consulate on the evening of April 2, demanding the Chinese government to immediately release Yoko Kaneko, the wife of Japanese citizen. -
Canada: Member of Parliament Introduces A New Bill: No Foreign Aid to Countries That Do Not Respect Religious Freedom
2003-04-08This bill would mean that Canada would no longer abet tyrants who flagrantly abuse human rights. China, for example, is the second largest recipient of official development assistance money from Canada and has one of the worst records of repression of religious freedom, for example, an intensification of the crackdown has taken place against the spiritual movement Falun Gong, which has resulted in thousands of arrests and the brutal torture and murder of many of those practitioners. -
Large-Scale Effort in Progress to Tell All Governments and World Leaders about Dafa Practitioners' Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2003-04-07Recently, Dafa practitioners living outside of China have collated a package of truth clarification materials about the lawsuit filed against Jiang Zemin during his visit to Chicago last year. This package was sent to presidents, foreign ministers, foreign diplomats, government officials, legal professionals and people from various walks of life in many countries, so they could learn about Jiang Zemin's vicious nature. -
USA: Texas Dafa Practitioners Appeal in Front of Chinese Consulate for the Release of American Citizen Charles Li
2003-04-07It was early spring in Houston and the temperature was high, but many Dafa practitioners managed to come to appeal for Charles Li's release. On the display board were the words, "Release American Citizen Charles Li," and "Falun Dafa is good." -
Australia: Melbourne Dafa Practitioners Attend Holiday Celebration
2003-04-07Williamstown is a famous port located on the west side of Melbourne. Every year the holiday celebration attracts over 100,000 spectators. This year was the third year Dafa practitioners were invited to participate in the parade. Everywhere they went they received warm applause from spectators. -
Japan: Falun Dafa Practitioners Appeal for the release of practitioner Yoko Kaneko
2003-04-07Yoko Kaneko was illegally detained last May for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in Beijing and later sentenced to 18 months of forced labour. Many practitioners came to the appeal in the rain, handing out flyers, collecting signatures and clarifying the truth. -
USA: New York Practitioners Start a 5-Day Sit-in, Calling for the Release of Charles Li and Other Falun Gong Practitioners Being Detained in China
2003-04-06To make the public more aware of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, and to appeal for the urgent rescue of American citizen Charles Li, who was unlawfully sentenced by the Chinese government, Falun Gong practitioners in New York City started a 5-day around the clock sit-in. -
Taiwan: Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference concluded successfully
2003-04-06Fa conferences are a good opportunity for practitioners to get together and exchange experiences about persecution they have suffered, activities they are doing to help stop the persecution and some understandings they have gained about the principles and teachings of Falun Dafa. -
Canada: MP Dan McTeague Requests Minister of Foreign Affairs to Voice Concerns about China's Human Rights Violations at the U.N.
2003-04-06 -
Appeal for One Who Upholds Justice -- Ottawa Falun Gong Practitioners Actively Work to Rescue Charles Li
2003-04-05In the beginning of this year, American citizen and Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Charles Li went back to China to visit his family. The second he stepped off the airplane, he was arrested. The Chinese authorities accused him of "planning to interrupt TV transmissions controlled by the Chinese government."