Houston: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Press Conference in front of the Chinese Consulate for the Global Rescue of the Family Members of Falun Gong Practitioners (Photos)

The Global Campaign to Rescue Family Members of Falun Gong Practitioners was initiated by some practitioners in North America. The campaign received support from the "Global Action Committee for Rescuing the Family Members of Falun Gong Practitioners" and practitioners from around the world. Houston practitioners started a series of activities from October 7 to 11.

A Global Effort to Rescue "Friends and Family Members" Launched in Every Country; Falun Gong Practitioners Go to Texas to Appeal and Support

(Clearwisdom.net) (September 30th 2002 news from Toronto) On October 1st, Falun Gong practitioners from Australia, Canada, and many cities in the United States arrived in Houston, Texas to participate in activities to rescue their friends and family members in China who were imprisoned and tortured by Jiang's regime due to their belief in Falun Gong.

U.S. State Department Issues The International Religious Freedom Report for 2002 [Excerpts]

(Clearwisdom.net) On October 7, 2002, U.S. Department of State Issued The International Religious Freedom Report for 2002. The Report for 2002 is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. The law provides that the Secretary of State shall transmit to Congress by September 1 of each year, or the first day thereafter on which the appropriate House of Congress is in session," an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom supplementing the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom." This Annual Report includes 192 country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide.

A Large Scale Tragedy of Cruel Torture Towards Dafa Disciples Reoccurs in the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

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Editor's note: The principles of Dafa prohibit suicide, and cultivators cherish their lives under any situation, however humiliating or painful it may be. Dafa disciples' lives are not isolated, since whether they complete their entire path of cultivation or reach Consummation is associated with the future of many beings. The Dafa disciples reported in this article did not conduct themselves strictly according to Dafa's requirement for cultivators, yet this entire tragedy was brought upon them by the lawless police's brutal torture at the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. The vicious police relentlessly tortured the Falun Dafa disciples and made their life a living hell. These inhuman police will certainly receive severe punishment from the law as well as karmic retribution from heaven for driving innocent people to take such extreme actions.

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