If China is a mighty, solid power, why is it still
quaking in its boots over religious groups like Falun Gong or much
smaller ones? Why do leaders still lose sleep over academics
questioning their decisions?
The proposed legislation will cover a range of complicated and sensitive issues. We look to the Hong Kong Government to allow sufficient opportunity and time for full public consultation to allay concerns that basic freedoms will be affected, and to enable balanced and carefully drafted legislation to emerge.
A compilation of letters showing the global sentiment against Hong Kong’s Article 23.
The Global Coalition against Article 23 Legislation is composed of many non-government organizations around the world. We may have diverse backgrounds, but we come together for one thing in common, that is: we all believe the proposed Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong is in violation of the “One Country, Two Systems” policy. It is…
FALUN Gong practitioners Lucy Liu and Jennifer Zeng are caught in the shadows between diplomacy and human rights.
From Ms Liu’s Pascoe Vale flat, the pair last week described how relatives in China have been caught up in the Government’s crackdown on the Falun Gong movement. Like other followers who have fled the crackdown, the…
Wollongong is the first stop on his journey, where he will be visiting and asking local MP’s to sign the petition in support of his desperate and determined plea to the Australian Government to have his simple wishes delivered to his loved fiancee. Mr Lee went through a long and arduous journey to arrive in…
US Assistant Secretary of State Lorne Craner is leading the 11th round of the human rights dialogue and will meet the chief justice of China’s supreme court and other high-ranking bureaucrats.
Subjects up for discussion include workers’ rights, religious freedom, Falun Gong and issues related to Tibet and Xinjiang.
18 December 2002, (Sydney Falun Dafa Information Centre) – December 24 marks the end of a public appeal for the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, expression, association, and the right to peaceful assembly, currently being challenged in Hong Kong.
To draw attention to his fiancee and other Falun Gong followers’ plight, Mr Lee arrived in Wollongong yesterday on the first leg of a cycling trip to Canberra.
At the time her child was ill and needed medical attention. In front of the 10 year-old child, the police twisted his mother’s arm, slapped her in the face and even tied her up. This shocked the child so much that he would not stop crying.
It was the largest protest so far against the controversial legislation.
Organisers put the attendance at 25,000 while police said 12,000 joined the
march. Last week, a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Transition Project, an
academic-led group which monitors the effects of the handover from British
to Chinese rule in the territory, found the…
“The provision concerns laws regarding treason, succession, subversion, and
sedition against China’s Communist Party, and the theft of state secrets.”