World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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Japan: Grand March Held to Support 40 Million Chinese Renouncing the Chinese Communist Party
2008-08-22On August 17th, 2008, a grand march was held in Tokyo to support 42 million Chinese people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations. The participants marched through the busy downtown district in Shinjuku and Okubo and attracted the attention of passersby. -
United States: Press Conference Held in Missouri To Call for Help Rescuing Parents of Local Falun Gong Practitioner
2008-08-22On August 15th, Falun Gong practitioners in Kansas City held a press conference, calling upon the American government, the media and the public to pay attention to the intensified persecution against Falun Gong during the Olympics, and help rescue two Falun Gong practitioners, Cao Junping and her husband, Pang Xiaoqian in Weifang. -
Canada: Divine Land Marching Band Welcomed in Ottawa Caribbean Festival
2008-08-21The International Caribe-Expo (Ottawa Caribbean Festival) was held in Ottawa, Canada on August 10th-17th, 2008. The Falun Dafa Divine Land Marching Band, made up of Falun Gong practitioners from Ottawa and Montreal, was invited to join the festival's parade for the first time. -
Times Union (United States): A Quest for Freedom Spans the Oceans
2008-08-21Li later learned that police took her mother by train to a remote region in Gansu province, where she has been confined to what the family called a "brainwash center" for the past three months: deprived of sleep, physically tormented and harshly interrogated, according to former detainees. -
Reporters Without Borders: New Evidence Refuting Eutelsat's Claim that "Technical Problems" Were Responsible for Shutting Down NTDTV's Signals
2008-08-20RSF wrote to the CEO of Eutelsat, saying, "With the Olympic Games taking place in China, it is vital that Chinese TV viewers should have the possibility of accessing independent news and information. We therefore urge you now to take the necessary measures so that NTDTV broadcasts are again transmitted on the W5 satellite. The many protests by the station's viewers demonstrate its utility and importance." -
Japan: Truth-Compassion-Tolerance Art Exhibition Touches Residents of Toyota City
2008-08-19Right after the opening of the exhibition, Mr. Yitousanshun, a well-known Japanese painter and President of the International Art Institute, came to view the paintings. After listening to explanations on the background of the paintings, he said that it was hard to imagine the persecution of Falun Gong happening in China and that the exhibition should be held in more places. -
The Suburban (Canada): Beijing 2008 or Orwell 1984?
2008-08-19Some of the documented acts of oppression against the practitioners are nearly unspeakable. David Kilgour, former Canadian secretary of state for the Asia Pacific region, published a report that appeared to confirm allegations that the Chinese government was harvesting organs from imprisoned practitioners of Falun Gong. -
Australia: Practitioners in Adelaide Condemn Escalation of the Persecution
2008-08-18On August 7th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners in South Australia held a rally in front of the state Parliament building and condemned the Chinese Communist Party's escalation of the persecution of Falun Gong under the pretext of Olympics. -
Indonesia: Practitioners Hold Grand Parade in Sanur, Bali
2008-08-18The procession started from Renon Square, proceeded through the business district, and ended in front of city hall. The colourful procession consisted of the Divine Land Marching Band, a Falun Gong exercise demonstration team, the waist drum group, banners, a float, and practitioners wearing traditional Indonesian dress. -
Australia: Practitioners Give Stage Performances at the Royal Queensland Show
2008-08-17The annual Royal Queensland Show, a popular fair known as Ekka by local residents of Brisbane, Australia, began on August 7th, 2008. Falun Gong practitioners in Queensland were invited to participate in the show for the third time. With their stage performances, they brought the beauty of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance to the Australian people. -
Taiwan: CIPFG Presents the Public's Opinion in Opposing Persecution in China to the Legislative Body
2008-08-17On August 6th, CIPFG offices in twelve countries and areas, including Hong Kong, called press conferences and held rallies to announce the success in the million-signature petition and announced the publication of "Torture Outside the Olympic Village: A Guide to China's Labour Camps," a publication calling on thirty thousand Olympic reporters in China to visit forced labour camps in China, and describing how the inhumane torture has been conducted inside the camps. -
Indonesia: 2008 Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Held in Bali
2008-08-16The 2008 Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held at the Sanur Paradise Hotel, in Bali, Indonesia, on August 10th, 2008. Around 1,200 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference and more than ten shared their experiences. Every speech was very touching; the audience was often moved to tears. -
Taiwan: Summer Camp for Young Falun Dafa Practitioners
2008-08-16On August 8th-10th, the Falun Dafa Club of Taiwan Chungcheng University organised a three-day-long summer camp for over one hundred young practitioners from all over Taiwan. The attendees studied the Fa and shared cultivation experiences together. -
Japan: Falun Gong Practitioners Form the Largest Procession in Niigawa Festival Parade
2008-08-15Practitioners' entry consisted of the Divine Land Marching Band, a float, dancing celestial maidens, exercises demonstration team and a waist drum team. After the parade, practitioners performed beautiful dances and songs displaying traditional Chinese culture. -
ABC Online: Australia urged to ban China's 'transplant tourism'
2008-08-15"China still does not have a generation system for organs, does still not have a law allowing for the sourcing of organs from a brain dead cardiac alive, it still does not have a national organ distribution and sharing system, it's still the overwhelming 90, 95-96 per cent of its organs are sourced from prisoners."