(Clearwisdom.net)
Article Summary
On January 23, 2002, after being illegally jailed for two years, Falun Gong practitioner Lin Shenli, the husband of a Canadian citizen, once again obtained freedom. Lin Shenli was named a "Prisoner of Conscience" by Canada's Amnesty International. He arrived in Montreal on February 25 to be reunited with his wife Li Jinyu.
Voice of Justice
Central News Agency (Taiwan) reported on February 25:
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom expressed their welcome of President Bush's speech in China, which emphasized religious freedom and human rights. The Commission also voiced the wish that the Chinese Communist Party stop its persecution of Falun Gong, unregistered Catholics and Christians, Tibetan Buddhists, and Uighur Muslims. Deputy commissioner Gale said, "We strongly urge the U.S. government to keep the pressure on China to stop these brutal and severe violations of human rights."
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156 people published solemn announcements, stating that the forced brainwashing is void. All they have written, said and done under intimidation, threats and brutal torture that doesn't conform to Dafa is completely null and void. They will cultivate Dafa with determination and dedicate themselves to exposing the evil and making up for the loss they caused to Dafa so that they can become real, qualified Dafa disciples.
Thoughts brought up by the phenomenon of hundreds of thousands of crows flying into Shenyang City: Dou E [a woman who was wrongfully accused of murder sometime in history] was wrongfully executed and the heavens protested for her by snowing. For the past two years, kindhearted people who abide by "Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance" have been persecuted, beaten, jailed and even killed by the evil people in power. Various abnormal climate changes and phenomena are the gods' benevolent warnings for mankind.
The Story of Wenyu: In July 2001, I went on a trip to the Kangzang region [the joint ports of Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan] with three other Dafa practitioners. We went there in search of the friends I had when I was a kid, hoping to tell them about Dafa. We started from Chengdu City (Sichuan Province) and passed Kangding and Litang. At Kangning Temple in Batang, we asked a great Lama for the whereabouts of my friends and told the Lama about Falun Dafa.
Falun Dafa Overseas
On Feb. 21, members of Parliament and two Falun Gong practitioners who were beaten in China, held a press conference at the Canadian Parliament. Eleven western practitioners of Falun Gong wrote a letter to Prime Minister Jean Chretien, calling for the Canadian government to condemn Jiang's regime in its brutal deeds against Canadian citizens. The practitioners also called for the Prime Minister to spearhead a resolution condemning China at next month's annual United Nations Human Rights Commission meeting in Geneva.
On February 22nd, together with practitioners all over the world, Munich practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil in front of the Chinese Embassy. One hour before sending forth righteous thoughts, the weather was horrible. There was a big snowstorm. It was so windy that one could hardly keep one's eyes open and take even one step on the road. After three times of sending forth righteous thoughts, the wind and snowstorm all stopped.
Stories of practitioners in Taiwan (II): Ahma is 75 years old. She goes to the morning exercises at 4:30 AM every day. Her hunched back has now become straight. She does not need her walking stick any longer since she can walk so steadily and fast. Ahma also actively participates in all activities to spread Dafa. She was unable to double-cross her legs. Now she can meditate for half an hour in the double-crossed legs position.