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Today’s Articles — August 04, 2007

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Seattle, Washington: Practitioners Display Divine Culture at Seafair Torchlight Parade (Photos/Video)

(Clearwisdom.net) The 58^th Seafair Torchlight Parade was held on a 2.5-mile-long avenue in downtown Seattle on July 28, 2007. The magnificent Falun Gong procession, composed of two hundred Falun Gong practitioners, unfolded beautiful scenes to three hundred thousand cheering spectators. The Seafair Torchlight Parade is one of the top ten parades in the U.S.. Among the well-selected one hundred and ten participating groups, the Falun Gong procession fascinated spectators lining the streets and the seven hundred thousand watching on TV.

Slovakia: A Week of Truth-clarifying Activities Touring Slovak Cities (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) From the 9th to the 14th of July, Falun Gong practitioners toured through the cities of western and middle Slovakia to inform the public about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. They gathered support for a petition against the persecution of Falun Gong. The petition requests state officials to raise the human rights issue during bilateral talks with China.

Many Products for Export Made at Shanghai Women's Forced Labor Camp (photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) In democratic countries, forced labor camps like those in China are regarded as illegitimate facilities because people held there have not been through the judicial process. However, in the "unique" political system under the Chinese Communist Party, innocent people are arbitrarily deprived of their freedom and sent to "education through labor camps." The prisons and labor camps in China have become underground factories. Companies owned by prisons and labor camps are exempt from income and property taxes, as the regime wants to encourage economic growth and to attract foreign investment at any cost.