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Australia: Annual Gold Coast Festival Welcomes the Serenity of Falun Dafa
Many people enjoyed the peaceful and serene energy Falun Dafa practitioners brought to the Pacific Pines Winterfest on July 22, 2017. The Falun Dafa group has been invited to participate in this annual Gold Coast festival for the past five years. The event attracts thousands of people, some of whom come from as far as…
Read MoreAustralia: Gold Coast Community Leaders Support Falun Dafa in Marking 18 Years of Persecution in China
On July 21, 2017 Gold Coast community leaders joined in remembering the persecution that Falun Dafa practitioners have endured in China for the past 18 years. In order to draw attention to the persecution, Australian Falun Dafa practitioners set up an information booth, displayed banners, and collected petition signatures at Cavill Mall in Surfers Paradise,…
Read MoreZhen Shan Ren International Art Exhibition in Adelaide, Australia
The Art of Zhen Shan Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance) International Exhibition was held at the Hughes Gallery in Unley, Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, from June 30 to July 23, 2017. It was the second time the exhibition has traveled to Unley. Visitors were moved by the sensitive artworks depicting Falun Gong practitioners’ unyielding…
Read MoreFour Years After Her Death in Police Custody, Hunan Woman’s Son Granted Compensation
When 47-year-old Ms. Xu Chensheng went out in the morning on May 16, 2012, no one knew it would end up being the last day of her life. On May 18, her ex-husband Yang was notified by the police that Ms. Xu had died two days earlier. Her son Yang Xujun, a college student at…
Read MoreNew Zealand: Activities Mark 18 Years of Resistance to Persecution
Wellington, known as the Windy City, had no wind on July 25, making it a pleasant sunny winter day for outdoor activities. Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from throughout the country gathered in Wellington for a series of events to usher in the 19th year of peaceful activities against the ongoing persecution in China. In…
Read MoreAuckland, NZ: Human Rights Lawyer Calls for an End to the Persecution in China
New Zealand practitioners gathered on Aotea Square in Auckland on July 20 and again on Central Square in Hamilton on July 21 to raise awareness of the 18-year-long persecution in China. Using posters and reenacting forced organ harvesting, they explained how practitioners are mistreated for their beliefs. Human Rights Lawyer: Your Efforts Will Make a…
Read MoreVoices of Falun Gong Heard Around Mexico
Falun Gong practitioners across Mexico held events at the Chinese Embassy and consulates, universities, community centers, and public squares to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China that has continued unabated for 18 years. Since the Chinese Communist Party launched its campaign against Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, practitioners have been…
Read MoreAustralia: Catholic Weekly Reports on China’s Forced Live Organ Harvesting from Imprisoned Falun Gong Practitioners
Catholic Weekly of Australia carried an article online titled “China’s harvest of blood, built upon Falun Dafa prisoners of conscience” by Catherine Sheehan on July 19, 2017. Sheehan interviewed two Falun Gong practitioners, Eric Jia and his aunt Lorrita Liu, whose family suffer the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal persecution. Jia worries most that his…
Read MoreFalun Dafa Brings Harmony to My Family
I became a Falun Dafa practitioner in 2003, when I was at a low point of my life. I had married a man who was eight years older than I in 1982. He had many debts, a low income, and smoked and drank a lot. Life was very stressful! When I was pregnant with our…
Read MoreAustralia: Gold Coast Community Leaders Mourn 18th Anniversary of Persecution in China
By an Australian Dafa disciples On July 21, 2017 Gold Coast community leaders joined in remembering the brutal persecution Falun Dafa practitioners have endured in Mainland China for the past 18 years. Australian Dafa practitioners held an information stall, displayed banners and collected petition signatures at the touristic Cavill Mall in Surfers Paradise. Many people…
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