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Media Reports
Central News Agency [Taiwan], April 8, Special Report from Berlin:
Jiang Zemin arrived in Berlin on April 8, 2002. Over one hundred Falun Gong practitioners protested as the motorcade headed toward the center of the city. The chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Germany Parliament wished the leaders of both countries an effective discussion on the human rights issues in Mainland China.
News from America
In Madison City, Wisconsin, WORT is a major radio station. Its afternoon news program, "Public Affairs," is very popular and attracts a large listening audience. On April 5, 2002, WORT broadcast a special program about Falun Dafa and invited a Western practitioner to talk about his personal experiences during his trip to China with the other 35 practitioners who had peacefully protested in Tiananmen Square. Many listeners expressed their concern about the shockingly brutal persecution in China and signed their names to support Falun Dafa.
Hearing the Truth and Revealing People's Hearts
After the Changchun cable TV network aired Falun Gong truth clarification videos, the Guangzhou Daily published two warning poems written by the founder of Falun Gong. Jiang and his roughnecks were extremely scared and furious after they saw the poems, because even after three years, they have not been able to bend Falun Gong practitioners' principle of "Truth, Compassion, Tolerance." This is what they are most afraid of.
Latest News from China
Today, 105 people published solemn declarations rescinding all that they had written, said and done under the evil's brainwashing and high-pressure persecution that didn't conform to Dafa. From now on, they will dedicate their lives to making up for the losses they caused to Dafa, clarifying the truth to people and catching up with Teacher's Fa-rectification process.
In early December 2000, 99 Dafa practitioners illegally detained at Shijiazhuang City Forced Labor Camp wrote a joint letter suing dictator Jiang. Zhu Hong and Liu Juhua, two of those who had signed the letter, were put into solitary confinement. They were handcuffed and isolated for one month. On January 21, 2001, they were detained at No. 2 Detention Center in Shijiazhuang City, and later they were transferred. On April 20, 2001, they were secretly tried at Xinhua District Court. On March 20, 2002, they were illegally convicted and sentenced.
Cultivation Stories
Having been arrested for promoting Falun Dafa in a rural area, we went on a hunger strike to protest our illegal detention. A pregnant practitioner had a miscarriage as a result of the torture. On the fourteenth day, the authorities were afraid that we may die of dehydration and that they may be held responsible. Since I am older than the others, they let me go. I said, "No, even though we will die, we will die together." Using righteous thoughts, we all walked out of the detention center.
Four months after I was released from a forced labor camp where I had been held for two years, I was kidnapped by four policemen and taken to the provincial female forced labor camp. I refused to cooperate with them and continued to send forth righteous thoughts. With the assistance of my relatives, I walked out the labor camp with steadfast faith in Dafa.
Practitioners' Thoughts
When working on the preparation of Dafa materials, we need to be full of great aspirations while minding minor details and be strict with ourselves. Every practitioner should meet the standard of a true cultivator and coordinate with others so that each practitioner can make his or her contribution yet not obstruct other practitioners' paths to consummation.
Some practitioners who obtained the Fa in June of 2000 are helping to save fellow practitioners who have stepped onto a deviated path by patiently clarifying the truth, showing them Dafa videos and reciting Teacher's new articles over and over...
