Hundreds of people from all circles and representatives from different groups in Sydney held a large parade and rally in downtown Sydney, celebrating the 14 million Chinese people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
On October 4, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Sydney and Canberra started a van tour to clarify the truth of the persecution against Falun Gong to people in the small towns along the coast north of Sydney.
Falun Gong practitioners from Sydney assembled in front of City Hall to hold an activity to protest against Bo Xilai, the Chinese Minister of Commerce, and one of the main culprits in the persecution of Falun Gong.
Father John planned to write to the Prime Minister and tell his church members about the cruel persecution and call for signatures. On the first weekend of September, Father John asked church members to sit down after the service and told them about the tragedy of innocent Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Recently, a seminar on organ harvesting was held at the New South Wales State Parliament. The seminar was hosted by Phil Glendenning, director of the Edmund Rice Center. Former Canadian Secretary of State, David Kilgour and Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice President of the European Parliament, were the keynote speakers.
In early August, Canberra practitioners held a 4-day “Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance” art exhibition at a bustling shopping centre in Queanbeyan to clarify the truth to local residents. The city is located on the border between New South Wales and Canberra. After the practitioners clarified the purpose of the exhibition, the shopping centre administration, the shopping centre offered…
On Tuesday 8 August, erected mass banners will be included in the ongoing protest by Falun Gong practitioners outside the Chinese Embassy in Canberra for the first time in four years – a peaceful act that Foreign Minister Alexander Downer had prohibited from March 2002 until March 2006.
Australian MP Andrew Bartlett recently joined the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG). He stated in an interview that the Australian government is obliged to take more actions in the face of the allegations of the CCP’s organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, and make sure the public learns all facts.
In the letter, the Falun Dafa Association of Australia stressed that they were very much concerned about the two trials that Singapore authorities initiated against Falun Gong practitioners in Singapore. They think that the charges do not have any legal bases or rationality.
Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in front of the Australian Foreign Ministry. They also held a press conference to call on the Australia government to take note of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) atrocities of live organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners, and ask for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong.
Canberra Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in Canberra to protest the seven years of persecution.
Ms. Zeng Aihua, a 57-year-old Hong Kong resident and Falun Gong practitioner from Shanghai, was illegally arrested from her home on May 22, 2006. Shanghai’s Pudong New District Police Department carried out the arrest. They also ransacked her home. Zeng Aihua is currently being detained in the Pudong New District Detention Center.