World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Korea: Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy Against the Torture and Killing of Dafa practitioners
2003-01-31Starting on January 21, practitioners from Busan, Daegu and other southern areas held a sit-in appeal in front of the Chinese General Consulate, requesting the Chinese government to release all illegally detained practitioners unconditionally. -
Peru: Experience of Introducing Falun Dafa in Southern Peru
2003-01-30"I saw you wearing yellow T-shirts, I felt you were doing something very good. When I read your flyer, I liked it very much and I thought elderly people like me need Truth, Compassion, Tolerance, so I asked you to come." -
Letter From Canadian MP Svend Robinson concerning the Persecution of Falun Gong
2003-01-30"I urge you [Mr. Graham] to initiate a resolution censuring the Government of China for its systematic denial of basic human rights to its people (including the specific example of state persecution of Falun Gong practitioners) at the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva this spring." -
Practitioners in Korea Protest Against the Torture and Killing of Dafa Practitioners by the Jiang-Luo Regime
2003-01-29Practitioners held a memorial service. After paying tribute in silence to those 558 Dafa practitioners who lost their precious lives because of Jiang and Luo regime's brutal persecution, Seoul practitioners read a statement strongly condemning the crimes Jiang/Luo regime has committed in persecuting Falun Gong and demanding an end to the killing at once. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Attempts to Send Letter to His Wife in a Chinese Labour Camp with the Help of Georgia Senator and US Embassy in Beijing
2003-01-29I just spoke to a person who was recently released from your labor camp. I was deeply agonized by what she told me about your experiences...you were completely stripped of [your clothing] and made to sit on the cement floor in wintertime, and you were exposed to the hot sun for long hours in summer. -
Brazil: Clarifying the Truth at the World Education Forum and the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre
2003-01-28Many people walked by and stopped to watch the slow and elegant movements, and almost everyone accepted a flyer. Many truth-clarifying VCDs in Portuguese, Spanish, English and Chinese were handed out together with the flyers, helping people to understand Falun Dafa and the brutal persecution in China. -
Australia: Introducing Falun Dafa in Redcliff
2003-01-28The peaceful setting and tranquil activities attracted a good-sized group of westerners, who earnestly began learning the exercises. Some were quick to buy the Dafa books and video materials so that they would be ready to learn Falun Gong. -
Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioners Call for Rescue of Mr. Chan Wing-Yuen, Who Was Secretly Sentenced to Prison in Myanmar
2003-01-27Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners appealed to the Hong Kong Government on January 23, 2003 to rescue Hong Kong permanent resident and Falun Gong practitioner Chan Wing-yuen who is being illegally imprisoned in Myanmar (Burma). -
Rescue Our Families Walk in New York City's Chinatown
2003-01-27On January 18, Falun Gong practitioners from New York held a Rescue Our Families Walk through Chinatown in New York City to further clarify the truth and call to put an end to Jiang regime's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. -
More People From Orange County Australia Meet Falun Dafa
2003-01-27The activity was a great success. The people of Orange now have an opportunity to practice the principles of Truth, Compassion and Forbearance, and to gain the tremendous health benefits, mental clarity and peace of mind of Falun Dafa. -
Calling For the Rescue of Hong Kong Citizen Chan Wing-yuen in Burma and Condemning Jiang's Regime for Exerting Pressure on Foreign Governments to Persecute Falun Gong
2003-01-26A man in his 70's was shamelessly sentenced to seven years in prison, only because he unfurled a banner that reads "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance". We are shocked at this complete disregard for justice, and we also see that the Jiang regime in China is perpetrating illegal persecution against overseas Falun Gong practitioners through Chinese consulates. -
Australia: Falun Dafa Activities at Melbourne Lunar New Year Celebration
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Introducing Falun Dafa at the Illinois Governor's Inauguration Day
2003-01-26On January 13, 2003, Springfield, Illinois, the Illinois state government celebrated its new governor's inauguration..practitioners utilised this opportunity to successfully carry out activities to introduce Falun Dafa and clarify the truth to government officials as well as the public. -
Letter from Hong Kong Falun Dafa Association to HK Burmese Consulate
2003-01-25"The heavy jail sentence secretly handed to this 70-year-old man was clearly unlawful, and is absolutely not acceptable by todays international standard for human rights...We hope that the Myanmar Government will have the courage to stand up to temporary political pressure, and do whats right for the country and the people by immediately and unconditionally releasing Mr. Chan." -
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Writes to Practitioners about Human Rights in China
2003-01-25"[The Australian] Government considers that China's ban on Falun Gong breaches fundamental rights of assembly and free expression. The Government also believes that China's maltreatment of Falun Gong practitioners - including relatives of Australian citizens - contravenes the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which China has signed, but not yet ratified, and the Convention Against Torture."