World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Falun Dafa Week in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [November 30, 2002]
2002-12-13 -
Singapore Practitioners Clarify the Truth to the Chinese People at Tourist Sites
2002-12-12Singapore is a famous tourist place in Southeast Asia, and thousands of tourists come to visit its scenic beauty every day. On top of that, there are a large number of workers, students, professionals, and visitors, etc., who come from China, which has given us an excellent opportunity to clarify the truth to the Chinese people -
Meeting with a State Representative Outside a Museum in Washington DC
2002-12-12The representative looked at our display board and she was very moved. She expressed her appreciation for our actions and told us she was confident that a resolution condemning the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong would be passed at the state legislature. -
Local Governments in North America Recognise Falun Dafa
2002-12-11Left: Congratulations Recognising the Practise of Falun Dafa, Senate of Commonwealth, Pennsylvania -
Delaware, USA: Falun Gong Procession Draws Great Attention during the Christmas Parade in Wilmington
2002-12-10The annual grand Christmas Parade was held in Wilmington in the State of Delaware. Although it was windy, with temperatures below freezing, thousands of local residents still enthusiastically gathered on both sides of the downtown streets to watch the largest and most lively parade of the year. -
Introducing Falun Dafa at the Practise Site in front of San Francisco City Hall
2002-12-10Once a young couple from Beijing said to us: "Wow, Falun Gong. Giving us such nicely printed fliers too. Thanks a lot...I have told you that I had helped a Falun Gong practitioner. The police tried to catch him but I hid him. The police did not catch him. Those police were out of line. They focused their efforts on good people..." -
Introducing Falun Dafa to the Kansas State University Poetry Group
2002-12-09On November 23, 2002, Falun Dafa practitioners attended a meeting of the Kansas State University Poetry Group where we were invited to present an introduction to Falun Dafa and the persecution in China. -
Practitioner in Australia Asks For Senator's Help to Deliver a Letter and Christmas Present to Fiancée in a Chinese Forced Labour Camp
2002-12-09"As Christmas is approaching, everyone else is reuniting with his or her loved ones. However, my fiancée is still suffering the risk of being tortured, while I am unable to obtain a visa to China to visit her. I have written a letter to Li Ying and have a Christmas gift for her. I doubt that my letter will reach her, due to the high security in China. Would it be possible for an Australian Government official to kindly deliver this message in Shanghai?" -
Video: Under the Cloud of the Blacklist
2002-12-08This short video provides details about many aspects of the persecution of Falun Gong outside of China, with special emphasis upon the way in which the Jiang regime created and disseminated a blacklist of practitioners to foreign governments in an attempt to tarnish their reputations and restrict their freedom to travel. -
Law Consultants Expose and Criticise the Hong Kong Government's Deceptions and Point Out that Article 23 Violates the "Johannesburg Principles"
2002-12-08According to a report from a Hong Kong newspaper, HK government officials insist that Article 23 completely coincides with the "Johannesburg Principles" on national security, freedom of expression and access to information. However, the Executive Director of the law consultant group in charge of creating these principles came to Hong Kong yesterday to point out that Article 23 directly violates the "Johannesburg Principles." -
Canadians Help to Rescue Seven Falun Gong Practitioners from Torture in China
2002-12-08Over the past three years the brutal reality of the illegal persecution of Falun Gong has become known throughout the world. The peaceful appeals of Falun Gong practitioners have motivated the public and the government to step forward to help those suffering in China. Here are stories of seven practitioners who were rescued by the efforts of Canadians. They have now been reunited with their families. -
Another Criminal Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Falun Gong Practitioners in Front of the Chicago Chinese Consulate
2002-12-08In September 2001, as Chicago Falun Gong practitioners were conducting a peaceful appeal, they were assaulted and one practitioner was violently beaten. The Chinese criminal threatened the practitioner, "If you report this, I will kill you." -
Joint Statement of International and Regional NGOs in Hong Kong on Article 23
2002-12-07"Considering the concerns about the governments proposals and their threats to human rights, we oppose the proposals in the consultation document. We are of the view that there is no need to create new offences for Articles 23 and that the present proposals should be withdrawn." -
Project for the New American Century Writes to President Bush, Urging Him to Express Concerns on Hong Kong's Proposed Security Law
2002-12-07In brief, these new laws will be enforced in an environment in which the appropriate political and legal checks and balances do not exist, and under the influence of a regime with a record of using national security laws to punish advocates of political and religious freedom. -
New Jersey Congressman Robert Andrews: I Remain Hopeful That the Chinese Government's Repression of the Falun Gong Will Soon be Brought to an End
2002-12-07