(Minghui.org) Mayor Ardell F. Brede of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, proclaimed the week of May 10, 2014, "Falun Dafa Week Honoring Truth-Compassion-Tolerance" in the City of Rochester.

City of RochesterProclamation

Whereas, the City of Rochester in Minnesota joins in celebration with Falun Dafa practitioners from the world as they commemorate World Falun Dafa Day on May 13; and

Whereas, since Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, introduced the practice in May of 1992, the practice of Falun Dafa has helped hundreds of millions across the world improve their health and moral standards, as well as deepen their understanding of life, humanity and the universe; and

Whereas, Falun Dafa is based on the principles of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance; and

Whereas, Falun Dafa is now practiced, freely, in over 100 countries by people from all walks of life; and millions of people have been benefited from the practice both physically and mentally; and

Whereas, in July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party illegally initiated a campaign of propaganda and persecution to eradicate this practice; and

Whereas, since this campaign, millions of Falun Dafa practitioners have been illegally detained, subjected to brainwashing, sentenced to forced labor camps, imprisoned, tortured and murdered for their beliefs; and

Whereas, it is urgent to call for an end of the Chinese Communist Party’s bloody harvesting organs from live Falun Dafa practitioners and the inhuman persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners; and

Whereas, the persecution of the practitioners of Falun Dafa in China is an attack on the basic human rights and should not be tolerated anywhere in the world.

Now Therefore: I, Ardell F. Brede, Mayor of the City of Rochester do hereby proclaim the week of May 11, 2014, as

Falun Dafa WeekHonoring Truth-Compassion-Tolerance

in the City of Rochester

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the corporate seal of the City of Rochester to be affixed this 11th day of May, 2014.

Ardell F. Brede, MayorCity of Rochester, Minnesota