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17th Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Held in Moscow

World NewsSeptember 30, 20160Comments

The 17th Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference in Russia was held in Moscow on September 24 and 25. Eighteen practitioners, ranging in age from eight to eighty, gave speeches sharing their experiences of cultivating in Falun Dafa. In a series of events before the conference, practitioners introduced Falun Dafa to the public and raised…

Norrmalmstorg, Sweden: Falun Dafa Booth Brings Forward Eyewitness to Persecution in China

World NewsSeptember 30, 20160Comments

When Swedish Falun Dafa practitioners set up a booth on September 24 at Norrmalmstorg, a busy square in central Stockholm, many passersby stopped for more information and signed petitions to support them. Standing next to an anti-torture exhibition and posters, practitioner Kristina explained to the public how practitioners have been mistreated for their belief in…

Romania: Residents from All Walks of Life Support Falun Dafa

World NewsSeptember 30, 20160Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the Fall Harvest Festival recently held in Gura Humorului, a town in Suceava County of Romania. Local residents from all walks of life were very supportive of Falun Dafa and wanted to hear more about it. Many passersby learned about the severe persecution in China, including organ harvesting from living…

Canada: Chinese Premier Sees More Falun Gong Rallies

World NewsSeptember 29, 20160Comments

After encountering Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) rallies in New York City earlier this week, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang once again saw peaceful protests by the group while visiting Ottawa, Canada for the latter part of the week. On the way from his hotel to Parliament Hill, Falun Gong practitioners held banners that…

Speech by David Matas at TTS: The High Number of Organ Transplants in China

World NewsSeptember 23, 20160Comments

When The Transplantation Society (TTS) held its 26th annual conference in Hong Kong between August 19-23, 2016, Chinese officials highlighted the event and evaded the topic of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. The Chinese regime has changed its explanation a number of times in the past several years regarding the primary…

Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra Debuts 2016 Asia Tour in Tokyo, Japan

World NewsSeptember 22, 20160Comments

The Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra began its 2016 concert tour by presenting its unique blend of East and West to a full-house audience in Tokyo Japan, on the afternoon of September 15. As part of the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts, the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra has toured North America each autumn since 2012. This…

Wonju, South Korea: Tian Guo Marching Band Performs at International Festival

World NewsSeptember 18, 20160Comments

The Falun Dafa group's Tian Guo Marching Band were once again invited to perform at the 2016 Wonju Dynamic Dancing Carnival. The band took part in the grand finale of the 6-day event, a closing ceremony and a large-scale parade on September 10. About 475,000 visitors attended the event between September 6 and 11. The…

Toronto Falun Gong Practitioners Wish Master Li Hongzhi a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

World NewsSeptember 16, 20160Comments

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached (this year it is on September 15), Falun Gong practitioners from Toronto, Canada, gathered at Queen's Park last Saturday to send holiday greetings to Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong. They demonstrated the exercises together and provided information to the public about this traditional Chinese practice based on the…

Malaysia: Falun Dafa Parades Celebrate Moon Festival

World NewsSeptember 15, 20160Comments

As the tradition of Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival) approaches, Malaysian Falun Dafa practitioners celebrated on September 4 by putting on parades in Pandan Indah and Petaling Jaya, two major cities near the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Pandan Indah: The Public Needs to Know This The parade in Pandan Indah was led by the…

University of South Carolina at Aiken Offers Falun Dafa Course

World NewsSeptember 15, 20160Comments

Students and local residents now have a chance to learn an ancient Chinese cultivation practice in a course offered by the Academy of Lifelong Learning at the University of South Carolina in Aiken this fall semester. The course, “Falun Dafa Cultivation and Meditation,” is being taught by Dr. Frank Tian Xie, an associate professor of…

History Suggests the Communist Regime Is Lying about Its Source of Organs for Transplants

China News, World NewsSeptember 11, 20160Comments

When the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS) was held in Hong Kong in August, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claimed that China used only organs from death row prisoners for transplants and that the allegation of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience was, therefore, “a lie.” Ironically,…

Warsaw, Poland: “It is Shameful That [Forced Organ Harvesting] is Occurring in the 21st Century”

World NewsSeptember 11, 20160Comments

“Forced organ harvesting is murder and slaughter. It is shameful that it is occurring in the 21st century,” said Ivona during a cultural festival on August 28, 2016, in Warsaw, Poland. A long time resident in Warsaw, Ivona first heard about Falun Gong nearly 20 years ago, several years before it was banned in China…