This survey was prepared by the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (Australia Branch) to investigate claims of harassment of Australian citizens because of their practice of Falun Gong.
The motion regarding Falun Gong was passed in the senate on 20 June.
On June 11, 2005, New South Wales Falun Dafa Association held an anti-torture exhibit and a press conference in the Belmore Park located in downtown Sydney to further introduce facts about Falun Gong and the CCP’s suppression.
According to New South Wales Falun Dafa Association spokesperson Kay Rubacek, on March 16, 2002, the day before Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan visited the Australian capital, Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Alexander Downer first issued certificates which prevent the use of banners and amplified music within 100 meters from the Chinese Embassy in…
My wife and son went to visit our parents in China during the Chinese New Year holidays late in January this year. The day after my wife arrived in our hometown in southern China, two Chinese secret policemen came to my parents’ home.
Mr. Tang Xianhui, 42, a former democracy activist and current Falun Gong practitioner of six years, has been blacklisted in China for his democratic activities several years ago and is currently facing severe persecution for his practice of Falun Gong if he is deported back to China.
After the success of launching Jennifer Zeng’s book “Witnessing History – One Woman’s Fight for Freedom and Falun Gong” (Allen & Unwin) on the Sunshine Coast in early April, Falun Gong practitioners once again invited the author to attend further activities in late May to further share her story in China.
Hundreds of Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) practitioners travelled from all parts of Australia to participate in the national World Falun Dafa Day celebrations in Sydney from Friday to Sunday. The annual Grand Parade took place on Sunday, May 15 and the practitioners from Queensland, Victoria, ACT, South Australia and regional NSW attended the event.
On May 1, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from Australia gathered in front of the Singapore Embassy to hold a peaceful appeal and a news conference. They were protesting the Singapore court’s unjust conviction of Falun Gong practitioners.
Australian Prime Minister Mr. John Howard will visit China at the end of April and sign trade agreements between the two countries. Before his departure, Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney held a candlelight vigil and urged Mr. Howard to put forward the Falun Gong issue to the Chinese government during his visit.
Hundreds of people who visited the exhibition were deeply moved as they learned of the persecution that is being experienced by the countless and innocent Falun Gong practitioners in China. They were shocked that such a cruel and widespread persecution is happening in the 21st Century.
Witnessing History is a tale of courage and conviction over the most grueling adversity, revealing a hidden tragedy that is continuing to this day behind closed doors in Mainland China.