World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Japan: Practitioners Hold "Journey of Falun Dafa" Photo Exhibition in Yokohama (Photos)
2002-08-24Falun Dafa practitioners in Japan held a photo exhibition entitled, "Falun Dafa - 10 Years' Journey" at the "Harbour's Future" gallery located at the Queen's Plaza in Yokohama. -
Boston: Falun Dafa Practitioners Break Through Interference, Successfully Clarify the Truth at Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Celebration Activity (Photos)
2002-08-24On August 18, 2002, the Chinese Public Institute in Boston's Chinatown held a Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Activity. Boston practitioners took the opportunity to clarify the truth about Fal;un DAfa and the pesecution to the public. -
Toronto: Practitioners Perform at Canada Freedom Party's Barbecue Festivity (Photos)
2002-08-23The annual celebration of Canada's Freedom Party was held on August 17, and Toronto Dafa practitioners were invited to perform.Left: Practitioners performing a dance "Beautiful Tang Dynasty". -
Boston: Practitioners Attend Chinatown Mid-Autumn Party (Photos)
2002-08-23On August 4, practitioners from the Boston area attended Chinatown's Mid-Autumn [Mid-Fall] Party hosted by the Chinatown Chinese Business Association.Left: Practitioners performing a dance at the Boston area Chinatown's Mid-Fall Party -
Atsushi Kaneko Returns to Japan, Confirming His Wife Luo Rong (Yoko Kaneko) Has Been Suffering Severe Torture (Photo)
2002-08-22On the afternoon of August 19, the "Support Committee to Rescue Yoko" held a press conference at the Bunkyo Borough Centre in Tokyo. Mr. Atsushi Kaneko, who just returned to Japan from China, confirmed that his wife Luo Rong, (Japanese name: Yoko Kaneko) who is wrongfully imprisoned in a forced labour re-education camp in Beijing, has been suffering every kind of physical and mental torture. -
Hong Kong: Seven Organizations Protest the SAR Government for Controlling Spaces for Public Demonstration and Distorting the Law (Photo)
2002-08-22During the press conference they stated that the police frequently exploited loopholes found in laws and regulations and even used unrelated laws relating to such topics as "public obstruction" which were written to target street vendors in an effort to prosecute the Falun Gong practitioners during their peaceful appeal. -
New York: Practitioners Hold Press Conference Regarding Cambodia's Deportation of Falun Gong Practitioners Under Pressure by Jiang's Regime
2002-08-22On August 19, New York practitioners held a press conference in front of the UN to bring attention to the deportation from Cambodia to a Mainland Chinese detention centre of Zhang Xinyi and Li Guojun in violation of their status as "persons of concern". -
Worldwide Appeal: Condemning the Spread of the Persecution Overseas
2002-08-21Since the beginning of the unjust trial in Hong Kong, Falun Gong practitioners have been independantly holding worldwide activities to exposed the pressure Jiang's regime has placed on the trial. These are just some of the activities. -
Video Footage Analysis: the Truth Behind the Charges Against the Hong Kong Practitioners
2002-08-20Editor: The pictures in this article clearly deconstuct the event that occured while police violently removed practitioners from sitting in appeal in front of the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong.Left: The photo shows that it was physically impossible for Dafa practitioner Lu Jie to bite the hand of the police officer. -
The Injustice of the Verdict
2002-08-20The verdict clearly didn't show respect for the rule of law, commitment to the preservation of rights or a high level of professionalism, qualities that a court is supposed to demonstrate. -
Wrongfully Charged Falun Gong Practitioners Stand Firm Against Political Persecution, Refuse to Pay Fines
2002-08-20The 16 Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference on August 19 to explicitly declare their intentions not to pay the fines after the court refused to postpone the deadline. They also stated that they would appeal the verdict over the wrongful charges of "public obstruction" and "assaulting the police." -
Hong Kong Practitioners Conducted Themselves Righteously In the Face of the False Charges
2002-08-20Editor: During the trial in Hong Kong, one of the witnesses, a practitioner, used a notebook when being cross-examined. The prosecutor used this to undermine the trustworthiness of the statement made. The content of this notebook included; "Every word, and every sentence must be in accordance with "Truth, Compassion and Forbearance," and "clarify the truth with compassion." -
Worldwide Letters of Justice to Cambodia
2002-08-20Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance - these words carry a depth only limited by our understanding of the meaning and purpose of human life. If you feel these words are more than words, then we trust you will find in your heart the correct action as you will know that how we act in this life has vast implications for our Self. -
“If There Was No Protection Of Human Rights in Hong Kong, Who Would Dare to Holiday There?”
2002-08-20Dafa practitioners in Frankfurt, Germany held an activity in front of the office of Hong Kong Tourism Association to uphold justice for the 16 Falun Gong practitioners falsely accused in Hong Kong. -
Resolution from the International Association Of Official Human Rights Agencies
2002-08-19IAOHRA condemn this extremely brutal persecution and call on the Government of the People's Republic of China to put an immediate end to the killings, the practices of torturing practitioners, abusing practitioners in psychiatric hospitals, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of the practitioners of Falun Gong and release from detention all Falun Gong practitioners.