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Hong Kong: Falun Gong Practitioners Question Appeals Court Verdict
2009-09-12
On September 4th, the court dismissed a challenge against Hong Kong's Immigration Department by four Falun Gong practitioners over their expulsion from Hong Kong in 2003. The appeals court judges criticised the Hong Kong government for not being "fair and frank" during the hearings into the expulsions. -
South Korea: Citizens in Taegu City Learn from Art Exhibition
2009-09-11
The 89th Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition was held in the Metro Museum in Taegu, Korea, on August 25th-30th, 2009. This was the second time the Art Exhibition has been held in Taegu since last October. Citizens in Taegu have grown to love the Exhibition. -
Japan: Falun Gong Receives Warm Welcome at Toda City Hometown Ceremony
2009-09-11
The "Hometown Ceremony" of Toda City, Saitama County, Japan is a large-scale festival which attracts nearly 100,000 visitors every year. On August 30th, 2009, students and teachers from the Minghui School participated in the 35th Hometown Ceremony to promote Falun Dafa to local residents. -
Australia: Falun Gong Brings Energy to Goulburn
2009-09-10
One Goulburn man told a practitioner, "You have brought energy to Goulburn." He sat and talked to the practitioner for over an hour and wanted to learn the practice. A few others sat and learned some of the exercises. -
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: Regarding the Persecution of Falun Gong, "Nothing Seems to Have Changed for the Better"
2009-09-10
On August 5th, 2009, Dr. Manfred Nowak, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, was interviewed by The Epoch Times newspaper, and he talked about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
United States: Greensboro Mayor Sees Shen Yun a Second Time and Encourages Others Not to Miss It
2009-09-09
Ms. Yvonne Johnson, Mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina enjoyed last year's Shen Yun Performing Arts show so much that she vowed to give all city employees a 10 percent discount from the cost of this year's ticket, to encourage them to attend the show. -
Amnesty International Calls on CCP to Release Practitioner Tian Zhongxia
2009-09-08On August 27th, 2009, Amnesty International Philadelphia Branch held a conference and condemned the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong. A resolution was passed to send a letter to the CCP Secretary of Anhui Province, calling on the CCP to immediately release Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tian Zhongxia from labour camp, stop the persecution of Falun Gong and abolish the "reeducation through labour" system in China. -
Taiwan: Practitioners Participate in Jilong Festival Parade
2009-09-07
On the evening of September 2nd, 2009, the annual Jilong Festival Parade was held. The Taiwan Falun Dafa Association was invited to participate for the third time. The Taiwan Divine Land Marching Band and waist drum team joined the parade and won warm applause. -
United States: 22 US Congressmen Urge the Korean Government Not to Bend to Chinese Government Pressure and Deport Falun Gong Practitioners to China
2009-09-06"According to news reports, the Chinese government is applying pressure on the South Korean government to deport these Falun Gong practitioners to China, and we have been informed that several of them have already been deported.......we urge your government not to deport Falun Gong practitioners to China, but to find an appropriate way, within the South Korean legal system and the international conventions on torture and refugees ratified by South Korea, to permit Chinese Falun Gong practitioners to remain in South Korea." -
Malaysia: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong in Port Dickson, Malaysia on the Eve of Malaysian Independence Day
2009-09-05
Just before the Malaysian Independence Day, on August 30th, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Malaysia travelled to Port Dickson, a well-known tourist destination, and held a series activities to introduce Falun Gong to the local people and visitors. -
Japan: Divine Land Marching Band Debuts in Ibaraki Parade
2009-09-05
On August 29th, 2009, the Divine Land Marching Band participated in the 2009 Annual Parade in Ibaraki, Japan and received warm applause along the route. -
United States: The Chinese International Violin Competition Concludes in New York
2009-09-03
On August 30th, the final round of the Second Chinese International Violin Competition held by NTDTV concluded at Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Centre in Manhattan. -
United States: Falun Dafa Eight-Day Lecture Seminar Concludes in Flushing, NY
2009-09-02
The eight-day Falun Dafa lecture seminar in Flushing, New York concluded on August 23rd. More than 40 people attended the workshop, including Westerners and Chinese of all ages, from 10 to 80. -
United States: DC's Business Professionals Profoundly Moved by Shen Yun Performing Arts: "Outstanding!"
2009-09-01Mr. Ye and his wife, both attorneys at a large law firm, were among the enthusiastic audience members at the Saturday afternoon performance of the New York based Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, DC. -
United States: Washington DC Audience Members Moved by Shen Yun
2009-08-31
Dr. Cohn, a senior law professor at Georgetown University, and his granddaughter were thrilled to see Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington DC on Thursday, August 27th, 2009.
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