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| About Us: History |
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In
the spring of 2000, a group of concerned American citizens wanted
to take action to raise awareness about the terrible injustice
facing Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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United to Support
Falun Gong Practitioners' Freedom of Belief
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Having the common desire to restore and protect the fundamental
rights of Falun Gong practitioners, they turned for advice to
a long-time champion of human rights issues, former U.S. Ambassador
Mark Palmer. Ambassador Palmer is the Vice-Chairman of the Board
for Freedom House and no stranger to the plight of Falun Gong
practitioners. Among his many current achievements and positions,
Ambassador Palmer co-founded and is a board member of the National
Endowment for Democracy.
After months of hard work, in November 2000, Friends of Falun
Gong USA was formally established and Ambassador Palmer was
the first to join the Board of Directors. Friends of Falun Gong
organizations have been established in several countries around
the world, including Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
All work toward the same goals: to inform governments, nongovernmental
organizations, and the public about the persecution of Falun
Gong, and encourage peaceful activism aimed at ending that persecution.
Friends of Falun Gong is dedicated to ending violations of the
right to practice Falun Gong freely, openly, and with dignity
throughout the world. We work to achieve this mission through
education, grassroots activism, and supporting appropriate legal
action to redress and prevent such violations.
Ambassador Palmer once stated that Falun Gong is “the largest
nonviolent movement since Gandhi in India…And like Mahatma
Gandhi and Dr. King, and Solidarity in Poland and the ANC in
South Africa, this just cause will triumph.”
Friends of Falun Gong USA is determined to make that vision
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