A new edition of Compassion magazine has been completed and will be available on Feb. 6, 2004. A team of practitioners have worked to produce this magazine to supplement and assist practitioners' efforts to clarify the facts of Falun Dafa.

After receiving feedback, ideas and suggestions from practitioners in different regions regarding the magazine's direction and focus, a team of practitioners worked to outline the specific contents, write the articles and do the layout design.

The magazine's entire contents are formulated by practitioners' understandings.

In producing the magazine, we aimed to provide a comprehensive look at the persecution in China, the legal initiatives around the world aimed to bring Jiang Zemin's circle to justice and the true situation of Falun Gong both in China and around the world. In order to keep the message and information presented by the magazine relatively focused and not saturate the reader with too many ideas at once, we mainly focused on these three themes, providing only cursory references to other important topics, such as family rescue, overseas persecution/interference, etc. It was our understanding that for specific issues/truth clarification initiatives -- such as the plots of Jiang's circle overseas as manifested in the recent incident in France -- the magazine could serve as a foundation for clarifying the facts about the persecution, while practitioners can supplement with information and materials about the specific incidents.

While this edition of Compassion took longer to produce than previous editions, we feel the cultivation process we went through reflected the most mature effort yet. Looking back at previous editions, we can see short-comings in the magazine that resulted largely from the ideas and work in some areas being done by just one or two practitioners. Consequently, some content from previous editions -- we feel -- was lacking in its wisdom and degree of comprehensiveness. With this edition, however, much of the content was formulated, discussed and refined by a number of practitioners and consequently, has resulted in a more mature and effective presentation. In other words, this process of practitioners discussing and refining the content of the magazine is a process of tempering the magazine ... much like we do ourselves in the process of cultivation, and as a result of this tempering process, more of the bad parts are discarded and the good parts are emphasized, strengthened and refined.

We hope the magazine will prove effective in helping to clarify the facts.

If you would like to get copies of the magazine for your truth-clarification efforts, please talk with your local assistant or contact the Falun Dafa Information Center at [email protected]. Also, please send any comments, concerns or suggestions to [email protected].

Below are more details regarding the magazine's contents...

Lawsuits Around the World

This section discusses the persecution of Falun Gong within the context of International Law (specifically Genocide, Torture and Crimes against Humanity) and talks about the lawsuits that have been filed around the world. Also included in this section are profiles of plaintiffs (with an in-depth story on Wang Yuzhi), lawsuits and attorneys working on Dafa-related lawsuits as well as an interview with Terri Marsh.

The Genocide Against Falun Gong in China

This section aims to expose the persecution of Falun Gong in a more in-depth manner. Specifically, there are articles about Jiang's role in the persecution, the "610 Office" and the mechanisms for lying and covering up the persecution in China, along with a couple of diagrams to graphically show how the persecution is carried out.

What is Falun Gong?

This section gives a brief overview of the practice and then discusses how it grew and developed in China and around the world.

Civil Disobedience and the Education of China

This section gives a glimpse into what practitioners in China are doing to clarify the facts throughout the country and how they have responded to the persecution through dignified, peaceful means.

American Dr. Charles Lee

This article talks about Charles situation in China and the efforts in the U.S. to free him. There is also a side-bar story about T.V. broadcasts in China and their significance.

Recent News and Events Around the World

This section provides a number of photo reports about news and events around the world, including Geneva in March 2003, Washington DC in July 2003, appeals in front of embassies and consulates, family rescue, conferences around the world and World Falun Dafa Day.

The entire magazine is available to view on-line at: http://www.faluninfo.net/Compassion5/
(IMPORTANT NOTE: The "on screen" version is in low resolution to make on-line viewing easier, so some photos may not look very good.)