World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners Joyously Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-25Since it's introduction, Falun Dafa has already spread to more than eighty countries and over one hundred million people have benefited in mind and body all over the world. May 13th, 2008, was the eighth Falun Dafa day and also the 16th anniversary of Falun Dafa spreading across the world. Falun Gong practitioners from England celebrated in Trafalgar square on Saturday May 10th.
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United States: Rally Held in San Francisco, California to Condemn CCP Inspired Violence against Falun Gong Practitioners in the US
2008-05-25In order to protest the unprovoked attacks, Falun Gong practitioners in San Francisco gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate at noon on May 21st, 2008 to condemn the CCP for attempting to take advantage of the earthquake in China to escalate the persecution of Falun Gong.
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Italy: World Falun Dafa Day in Milan
2008-05-24On the afternoon of May 10th, Falun Gong practitioners in Italy went to Via Dante (the pedestrian walk-way near the Duomu in Milan) to hold activities in celebration of World Falun Dafa Day, expressing thanks for the benefits they had experienced through practising and wishing their Master a happy birthday. Both Chinese and Western practitioners wore T-shirts worded with “Falun Dafa is Good, Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Some practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises while others distributed leaflets to tourists in a variety of languages.
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Sweden: On World Falun Dafa Day, Residents of BoViva Community in Gothenburg Learn Falun Gong Exercises
2008-05-24When Falun Gong practitioners all over the world were celebrating World Falun Dafa Day on May 13th, Falun Dafa practitioners in Gothenburg also held a series of celebration activities in the city centre and many passers-by stopped to watch. On the same day, the resident association of BoViva area invited Sweden Falun Gong practitioners to introduce Falun Gong.
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Taiwan: Divine Land Marching Band Receives High Praise at Taiwan Yilan Green Expo
2008-05-24The "2008 Green Expo" of Yilan County Taiwan came to a close on May 18th with a ceremony. The organisers invited Divine Land Marching Band to perform and County Mayor Lu Guohua came in person to host the Expo's closing ceremony.
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Switzerland: Practitioners from Basel Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-23On the evening of May 13th 2008, in the central park of the third biggest city in Switzerland, Basel, Falun Gong practitioners celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of the spreading of Falun Dafa as well as the 9th Falun Dafa day. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and distributed leafets about the persecuton to passersby.
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Australia: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Sydney
2008-05-23More than a thousand practitioners participated in World Falun Dafa Day festivities in Sydney, Australia. The events included a parade, vocal and dance performances and a Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance Art Exhibition.
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Switzerland: Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate Falun Dafa Day in Berne
2008-05-22On May 17th, 2008, the Falun Gong exercise music could be heard at the Rose Garden in Berne. What was different from usual was that the Falun Gong practitioners were celebrating World Falun Dafa Day. They expressed their gratitude to their respected Master by practising Falun Gong, studying the principles, exchanging experiences and raising awareness of the persecution.
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Holland: Dutch Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-22On May 12th, 2008, Dutch practitioners held activities in Rotterdam to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day. While celebrating the festival, they erected picture displays, performed exercise demonstrations and petitioned to raise awareness about the persecution happening in China. Lots of people saw the harmony and goodness of Falun Gong.
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Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners from Perth Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-22On May 13th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners from Perth, Australia held activities at Murray St. Mall to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and clarified the truth about the brutal persecution.
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Canada: Quebec Court of Appeal Issues Verdict that La Presse Chinoise is Guilty of Libel in Defamation of Falun Gong
2008-05-21According to the Epoch Times, on May 14th, 2008, the Quebec Court of Appeal issued a verdict on the La Presse Chinoise defamation lawsuit, ruling that the newspaper was guilty of libel in carrying articles defaming Falun Gong. This overruled the verdict of the Quebec Superior Court.
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Italy: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Rome
2008-05-20May 13th is World Falun Dafa Day, when Falun Dafa practitioners around the world host different events and express their respect and gratitude to Master Li Hongzhi, founder of the practice, as well as raise awareness about the benefits of cultivating oneself according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.
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United States: Congressman James McGovern Sends Congratulations for World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-20In May 2008, US Congressman James P. McGovern from Massachusetts wrote the following letter to Falun Dafa practitioners in Greater Worcester to congratulate them on celebrating World Falun Dafa Day.
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Canada: Practitioners in Vancouver Protest the CCP's Escalating Persecution of Falun Gong in the Name of the Olympics and Call for Rescue of Canadian Citizen's Family Members
2008-05-20On May 16th, 2008, the British Columbia Branch of the Falun Dafa Association of Canada held a press conference in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery to protest the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s escalating persecution of Falun Gong in the name of the Olympics. The participants also called for rescue of the family members of a practitioner in Vancouver and condemned the CCP's violation of its promise to improve human rights before the Olympics.
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Macao: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
2008-05-19On the morning of May 13th, Falun Gong practitioners in Macao celebrated the 9th World Falun Dafa Day and the 16th anniversary of the public introduction of Falun Dafa. They brought the beauty of Falun Dafa to the citizens of Macao.