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The “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” art exhibition was held at Walker Memorial at MIT. Three artists & Falun Gong practitioners came to participate in the exhibition from Canada and New York. They talked with the audience and then led them on a walk-through of their art works.
Accompanied by harmonious music, Falun Gong practitioners practice the exercises gently and peacefully in a group. Such a scene is not rare. From Russia to Greenland, from Northern Europe to South Asia, from North America, South America, Australia, to Africa, whatever the language or nationality, you can find Falun Gong.
Australian practitioners had a candle night vigil in front of Chinese Embassy in Canberra on New Year’s Day.
The cement on 42nd Street is no less cold or unyielding. But it doesn’t hurt eight-year-old Wesley Wang’s legs anymore; his little body has grown used to it with all the sitting. It’s the thought of his father that hurts.
In Solo, Indonesia, there is a textile factory with about 200 workers who have been practicing Falun Gong since 2001. After 3 months of practicing Falun Gong, the workers had much fewer illnesses. One indicator of this is that the medicine stock in the factory is lasting longer then ever before.
On 8 December 2004, Judge Wilkin of Northern California’s U.S. District Court adopted Magistrate Chen’s recommendation finding Liu and Xia liable for crimes that violate international treaties ratified by China, the Chinese Constitution and law, as well as international law.
China’s human rights violations may seem far from our minds when compared to the growing attention on trade relationships, but in reality, this issue is impacting upon the conscience and lives of many Australians.
On December 8, 2004, Judge Wilkin of the United States District Court, Northern District of California affirmed a magistrate’s ruling that Beijing Communist Party Secretary Liu Qi is liable for the crimes of torture and crimes against humanity carried out by police under his administration in the persecution of Falun Gong.
A common question people ask about Falun Gong is: “You people have distributed so many flyers, done so much, and held such big events, where on earth does all this money come from?”
The Party has always falsely claimed, “Now is the best period of human rights in Chinese history.” When the World Human Rights Day was coming (December 10, 2004), let us examine this statement through live examples.
