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CNN Reports about Shen Yun Performing Arts (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) CNN reported at 6:00 p.m. on August 27, 2010 about Shen Yun Performing Arts' performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. CNN interviewed principal members of Shen Yun New York Company at the Kennedy Center Opera House. 
CNN covers Shen Yun Performing Arts' performances at the Washington DC Kennedy Center Opera House at 6:00 p.m. on August 27, 2010. (TV network screenshot)
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Shen Yun New York Company Orchestra Conductor Ms. Ying Chen (TV network screenshot)
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Kelly Wen, Master of Ceremonies(TV network screenshot)
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Michelle Ren, Choreographer and Principal Dancer (TV network screenshot) |
Jared Madsen, Master of Ceremonies (TV network screenshot)
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Ms. Ying Chen, Conductor of Shen Yun New York Company Orchestra, spoke of the inner meaning of "Shen Yun." She said that it means something that is divinely inspired and beautiful. Kelly Wen, Master of Ceremonies said, "Traditional Chinese culture is really like a lost art, because unfortunately under the Communist regime in China, much of that culture has been systematically destroyed. So our company aims to revive the essence of 5,000 years of culture." Jared Madsen, Master of Ceremonies said, "We've got a full orchestra that has both western and classical Chinese instruments, and we have a beautiful backdrop that is almost like a movie that takes you into different scenes in Chinese history. We have about 40 dancers, with amazing costumes, each dance has different costume from different time periods throughout China." Michelle Ren, Choreographer and Principal Dancer said, "What makes the company unique is because our mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture in its purest form. You won't see a show like ours in China today. Chinese culture is considered to be divinely inspired, so that's an overarching theme in our performance." Kelly Wen continued, "A lot of our performers are ethnic Chinese who grew up in the West. Before joining this production, a lot of us didn't really have an idea of what this [Chinese] culture is all about, but once we delved into it and learned the dances and learned the history behind the dances, and most importantly, the values of our traditional Chinese culture, it really fills us with pride to be able to share this culture with people all around the world." Posting date: 9/1/2010
Category: In the News
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/8/31/229057.html
Argentine Judge Issues Arrest Warrants for Chinese Officials http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/26693/ By Matthew Robertson
Epoch Times Staff Created: Dec 18, 2009 Last Updated: Dec 20, 2009
In a historic genocide case, an Argentine judge has issued arrest warrants for top Chinese officials for their role in the persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong.
Judge Octavio Araoz de Lamadrid’s decision on Dec. 17 is a precedent for Argentina, and is the first time that extraterritoriality has been used in the country to pursue crimes against humanity.
The case follows a similar decision in Spain last month, where five top communist leaders were indicted for their roles in the persecution of Falun Gong by the Spanish National Court.
Lamadrid has issued arrest warrants for former leader of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin, who in July 1999 began the campaign to “eradicate Falun Gong,” and Luo Gan, former head of the 610 Office, an extra-constitutional agency that carries out the persecution.
Over 3000 are confirmed tortured to death, according to Falun Gong sources, and the persecution against the group is commonly cited as among the most severe human rights abuses in China.
“This is the true reality of the creation of a Chinese Gestapo with the objective of exterminating thousands of innocent people [including women, the elderly, and children] under the control, direction, supervision, and coordination of Luo Gan, the accused … .” Judge Lamadrid wrote of the 610 Office in his decision.
As in the case of the Spanish National Court’s decision, if the officials travel to a country that has an extradition treaty with Argentina, both officials may be detained, transferred to Argentina, and brought before the court. Related Articles
From the evidence gathered in four years of investigation, Judge Araoz de Lamadrid expounded in his decision that “the strategy of genocide that has been designed encompassed all range of actions with a total contempt for life and human dignity. The end devised—the eradication of Falun Gong—justified all utilized means. In this way, torment, torture, disappearances, deaths, brainwashing, psychological torture, were the currency of the persecution of its practitioners.”
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline that emerged in the early nineties in China. After seven years of rapid growth and popularity it was banned and persecuted by the Communist Party, which does not allow independent social groups outside its control.
Spanish Judge Calls Five Top Chinese Officials to Account for Genocide
(Clearwisdom.net) Five high-ranking Chinese officials have been indicted in Spain for genocide and torture of Falun Gong practitioners. In a groundbreaking case, following a two-year investigation, a Spanish judge has accepted charges of genocide and torture in a case filed against five high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials for their role in the persecution of Falun Gong. This is the first time that a court has recognized the campaign against the group as legally fitting the definition of genocide. If the defendants were in Spain, the court could call them before the judge for a hearing.
“This historic decision by a Spanish judge means that Chinese Communist Party leaders responsible for brutal crimes are now one step closer to being brought to justice,” said Carlos Iglesias, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs.
Between 2003 and 2007 fifteen victims of persecution filed criminal complaints against each of the five CCP officials under a Spanish law that enables individuals or their lawyers to initiate private prosecutions (acciones populares). Four complaints were combined into one case, the facts of which a judge from Spain’s National Court (Audiencia Nacional) has been investigating since 2006; the fifth was added later.
On Nov. 11, Iglesias received a letter from the National Court saying the charges of genocide and torture had been accepted.
Among the accused is ex-leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Jiang Zemin. Jiang is widely acknowledged as the initiator and primary driver behind the campaign launched in 1999 to “eradicate” Falun Gong. According to Chinese regime statistics at the time, an estimated 70 to 100 million people were practicing the discipline that combines slow-moving exercises and spiritual teachings.
In order to implement Jiang’s decision to wipe out the group, the country’s state-run media, security apparatus, and network of “re-education through labor camps” were mobilized in full force. Since then, experts estimate that hundred of thousands, possibly millions, of practitioners have been sent to labor camps, prisons, and thought reform classes.
Human rights groups and Western media reports have documented the systematic use of torture to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their faith. According to the Falun Dafa Information Center, over 3,000 practitioners are documented to have been killed, many due to torture, since 1999. “The perpetrators of the genocide and torture will be confronted with two trials,” Iglesias said. “One of justice in front of the courts, and another, judgment in front of history, for having committed the biggest of all atrocities: the persecution of millions of persons whose only intention is to improve their ethical, moral, and spiritual qualities, following universal values.”
Also facing charges of genocide and torture in the Spanish case is Luo Gan, former head of the , an extrajudicial agency set up to lead and coordinate the campaign against Falun Gong. Chinese human rights lawyers have compared the 610 Office to Nazi Germany’s Gestapo in its operations, brutality, and extraordinary authority.
The other three accused are Bo Xilai, current Party Secretary for Chongqing and former Minister of Commerce; Jia Qinglin, the fourth-highest member of the Party hierarchy; and Wu Guanzheng, head of an internal Party disciplinary committee. The charges against the three are based on their alleged proactive advancement of the anti-Falun Gong campaign during their time as top officials in Liaoning, Beijing, and Shandong respectively.
According to evidence presented before the court, Jia had reportedly given speeches urging lower officials to persecute Falun Gong and commended security units for their "success" in the "fight" against the spiritual practice. In 2002, he made the campaign one of Beijing's top five priorities.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning article from 2000 by the Wall Street Journal’s Ian Johnson documents how financial punishments and political pressure imposed by Wu on his subordinates led Weifang city authorities to torture—and sometimes kill—local residents who practiced Falun Gong. Judge Moreno has spent two years investigating the case, following a Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) ruling from June 2006 that ordered Spanish courts to accept the case based on a law enabling them to exercise universal jurisdiction. This legal principle allows domestic courts to hear cases of genocide and crimes against humanity regardless of where they occur and the nationality of the defendant.
Evidence considered by the judge during the investigation process included written testimonies from fifteen Falun Gong practitioners and oral testimonies from seven. The judge also relied on reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Human Rights Law Foundation, and the U.N. Commission of Human Rights to reach his decision, Iglesias said.
Posting date: 11/21/2009
Category: Lawsuits against Persecutor
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/11/20/212992.html Thank you for listening to 90.1 FM from 7pm to 9pm CDT on July 18th, 2009 through this radio show (www.thesecrettruth.com) we hope more people will learn about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China and will help support the end of the persecution. Past radio show is available through podcast please visit http://www.thesecrettruth.com/mainpage.htm Special thanks to host George Butler and Charlotte Littlefield Brown for inviting us to speak on their radio show please visit their website for more info. http://www.thesecrettruth.com/mainpage.htm Thank you for your blessing our Washington DC trip was very smooth. Your love and support have made Veggie Heaven a shining star. We have received support from Texas from Congressman Smith, Congress Doggett and Congressman McCaul. We are grateful that they all co-sponsored the H.R605. We attended the rally on Capital Hill with more than 1000 Falun Gong practitioners, nine US congressmen, and representatives from more than 10 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to call for the end of persecution. Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman from Texas, stated that she does not want to see practitioners jailed and tortured; she does not want children to have to know about violence; she does not want the world to think that people cannot have peaceful beliefs. Therefore, she was happy that every year elected representatives show their support, and more and more people are quitting the Communist Party. Sheila Jackson Lee is happy that more and more CCP members long for peace and freedom and are trying to stop the persecution. For more info on DC rally please visit http://veggieheavenaustin.com/DCRally.aspx We have met with assistants of four Texas congressmen to ask them to co-sponsor the H.R. 605. This resolution is very important, not only will it calls for an immeditate end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China, this will also calls upon People's Republic of China to end all harassment and intimidation within the borders of U.S of Falun Gong practitioners. As many of you may remembered, Veggie Heaven was vandalized May of last year. We were supporting a Quit CCP movement (Chinese Communist Party), a global network that encourages Chinese to withdraw from CCP. The movement celebrated a milestone of 35 million withdrawals on May of last year. We have hang the banner outside the restaurant which state “Reading Nine Commentaries and quitting communist party will bring a new era of China” in Chinese. That banner was cut and damaged. The Nine commentaries on the Communist Party http://veggieheavenaustin.com/NineCommentaries.aspx is the most detailed account of the CCP's rule in China ever published. It describes — in sometimes shocking detail — how the CCP has used violence, murder, deception, and misplaced nationalism to control the hearts and minds of the Chinese people. 
Also two newspaper stands for Epoch Time that we placed near UT area were stole around that time. Epoch Times is an independent voice which provide uncensored coverage of events in China. Our restaurant was vandalized, our glass door was shattered in a early morning. We suspected that the Chinese consulate was behind all this simply because we are Falun Gong practitioners and also we are supporters of Quit CCP movement. As Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congresswoman from Florida has noted in DC rally 2009 that the persecution has been extended to America. She urges the American government to deport those who have been involved in perpetrating the persecution in this country. 
For more info on H.R.605 please visit http://veggieheavenaustin.com/HR605.aspx 
Congressman Lamar Smith has co-sponsored the H.R 605. We appreciated the time to talk his legislative director Gerardo Interiano about the persecution of Falun Gong in China and how it has affected Veggie Heaven. We appreciate all the work that Congressman Smith has done for our district. We also would like to thank Congrerssman Smith personally for supporting the 107th Congress Bill HR 188 which express the sense of Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Not only his support of this HR 605 has brought us one step closer to end this brutal persecution in China but also brought hopes to millions of people in China who are affected by this persecution. We look forward for his support in the future. 
Congressman Doggett has co-sponsored the H.R 605. We appreciated the time to talk his assistant Emily Seen about the persecution of Falun Gong in China and how it has affected Veggie Heaven. We appreciated all his work. His support of H.R 605 will bring us one step closer to end this brutal persecution in China.We look forward for his support in the future. 
Congressman McCaul has co-sponsor the H.R 605. We appreciated the time to talk to Melissa Haydel of Congressman McCaul about the persecution of Falun Gong in China and how it has affected Veggie Heaven. We are really happy that we have met Congressman McCaul in person and talked to him about H.R 605. We appreciated all his work. His support of H.R 605 will bring us one step closer to end this brutal persecution in China. It is a great honor to have met him and talked to him. We look forward for his support in the future. He informed us that he will co-sponsor the H.R 605. We appreciate Congressman McCaul's support.
Photo with Congressman McCaul 
Congressman Culberson has co-sponsor the H.R 605. His support will speak out on behalf of those who are enduring unimaginable atrocities and who themselves cannot be heard. Not only his action will forever be remembered in the history but also will make the world a peaceful place. 
Congressman Sheila Jackson-Lee has co-sponsor the H.R 605. Her support will speak out on behalf of those who are enduring unimaginable atrocities and who themselves cannot be heard. Not only her action will forever be remembered in the history but also will make the world a peaceful place. Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman from Texas, expressed her respect for Falun Gong for all they have done in DC rally 2009. She said that the message she hoped to pass on today is that she and her colleagues stand here together with justice, no matter which party they belong to. The congresswoman stated that she does not want to see practitioners jailed and tortured; she does not want children to have to know about violence; she does not want the world to think that people cannot have peaceful beliefs. Therefore, she was happy that every year elected representatives show their support, and more and more people are quitting the Communist Party. Sheila Jackson Lee is happy that more and more CCP members long for peace and freedom and are trying to stop the persecution. 
Congressman Ted Poe has co-sponsor the H.R 605. Congressman Ted Poe: I once again call out to the Chinese government to stop its religious persecution Congressman Ted Poe of Texas provided a statement expressing his continuing commitment to call for justice for persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. "It's been ten years since the Chinese government banned the practice of Falun-Gong and began its severe and brutal crackdown towards those who practice its principles of truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance. "The practitioners of this ancient practice have been beaten, tortured, and illegally imprisoned for simply seeking to peacefully carryout their commitment to their religion. Hundreds of stories from victims of persecution have flowed out of China and poured into the ears of sympathizers from all over the world. "Americans are privileged to live in this great nation where democracy is the rule of law. Unfortunately, not everyone is as blessed. As such, I feel a certain responsibility to speak out for those whose freedom has been cut short and whose voice has been silenced by an oppressive regime. "Last year, I had the opportunity to cosponsor a resolution that called upon China to end the human right abuses of its citizens. Seeing as little has changed, I once again call out to the Chinese government to stop its religious persecution and allow its' citizens to freely practice their spiritual beliefs. Too many innocent men and women have died, and although their deaths have not been in vain, it's time for change and that time is now." We also attended the Candle Light Vigil with more than 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners sat in meditation in front of the Capitol with lit candles held in hand. The event was also to honor those who have lost their lives to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal campaign of torture and imprisonment also to display a show of solidarity against the persecution of their beliefs in China, which will reach the 10-year mark on July 20. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19722/ 
Thousands gather to commemorate ten years since the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. (Ji Yuan/The Epoch Times)
We hope that you will light a candle in your heart and pray that this brutal persecution in China will end soon. We also joined our fellow Falun Gong practitioners (over 3000) from more than 20 countries and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue on Friday July 17. July 20, 2009 will mark the 10th year of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19821/ 
Falun Gong practitioners in white mourned the deaths of more than 3000 practitioners in China, holding their photos encased in funeral wreaths  
 
 
For more DC photos http://veggieheavenaustin.com/DCtripPhotos.aspx This year will be the tenth year of the Persecution of Falun Gong in China, we are asking your help in stopping the persecution and the severe human rights abuses against FalunGong practitioners in China. The extreme persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China is well documented it is certain inconceivable to us why any government would certainly systemically brutalize, torture, and murder its own citizens for exercising their most basic right to believe and practice their faith. Please get involved by visiting www.fofg.org 
Please help us support the H.Res.605 by writing to your congressman/congresswoman and ask him/her to co-sponsor this H.Res 605. For more info on H.R.605 please visit http://veggieheavenaustin.com/HR605.aspx
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HE_605.html
H. Res. 605 would recognize the continued persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China on the 10th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party campaign to suppress the Falun Gong spiritual movement and calling for an immediate end to the campaign to persecute, intimidate, imprison, and torture Falun Gong practitioners.
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HE_605.html
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