News Briefing - 10/26/2001

WORLDWIDE SUPPORT

In Canada, two teams of Falun Gong practitioners who walked from Toronto and Montreal arrived in Ottawa. During the welcoming ceremony and press conference, Colleen Beaumier, M.P. and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Foreign Affairs Committee, stated, "You will surely succeed, because truthfulness, benevolence and forbearance give you strength."

US State Department Issues Report on Religious Freedom; China Still Listed as One of Five "Countries of Particular Concern"

(Clearwisdom.net) The Central News Agency in Washington DC reported on October 26 that the US State Department has issued its Annual Report on Religious Freedom. In compliance with the Religious Freedom Act, five countries -- Myanmar, China, Iran, Iraq and Sudan -- were re-designated as "countries of particular concern." Also this year, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is listed as a "particularly severe violator." North Korea was added as a "country of particular concern" for the first time.

Letter of Two U.S. Senators from Massachusetts Emphasize Important Meaning of Urgent Rescue of Falun Gong Practitioners

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