United States: Orange County "Month of Rescuing Charles Li" Begins

To allow more people learn about the facts of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China, and especially the fact that Jiang Zemin ignores international laws to imprison and persecute American citizen Charles Li, Falun Dafa practitioners from the Los Angeles area started a series of activities on September 12 to rescue Charles Li and clarify the truth to people in Los Angeles and the surrounding cities. Because Los Angeles has a large population and a vast area, the rescue activities will be carried out in different regions. Activities will take place one or two days per week and are planned to go on for four to six weeks.

Venice Beach	San Bernardino

City of Riverside

On the morning of September 12, two groups of practitioners set up booths and posters at two attraction spots, Santa Monica Beach and Venice Beach. They distributed flyers to tourists and collected petition signatures. A moving song "Free Charles Li" attracted many people's attention and they stopped to look at the posters, talked to practitioner and signed the petition. Among the tourists, many were from other states.

In the afternoon, the two groups of practitioners went to the University of California at Los Angeles and the Los Angeles City Hall. Although it was during the summer vacation, there were still constant streams of people on the UCLA campus. After reading the pamphlet regarding the rescue of Charles Li, many people asked if there was any petition letter to sign. Some local media, including Fox 11 and New Tang Dynasty TV, came to cover the activity.

On the afternoon of September 13, some practitioners who had just attended a parade in San Diego also took a special trip to the City of Riverside and San Bernardino to hold truth-clarifying activities. Local media took one and a half hours to interview practitioners and cover the activities.