On April 15, 2004, the 60th session of
the United Nations Human Rights Commission entered its voting period. Sixteen democratic countries including the U.S., Australia, Japan and some
European countries voted against China’s “No-Action” measure, but
twenty-eight other countries voted for the measure.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
ordered the Melbourne City Council (MCC) to publish an open apology within 14
days in three Chinese newspapers – the Chinese Melbourne Daily, SingTao Daily
and The Australian Chinese Daily – and to pay the Falun Dafa Association’s legal
costs. This ruling marked the end of a year…
Renowned Chinese Australian
artist and Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Cuiying filed a Petition
to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights via human rights attorney
Mr. Christ Nyst. Australian Nyst…
In a quiet corner at the United Nations building in Geneva where the annual Human Rights Commission meeting is taking place, sunlight brightened the marble floor through the large window. Little Fadu, who turned four years old on April 3rd, was excitedly watching a pretty peacock just outside of the window.
The annual “Day of Peace” celebration was held at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba on March 17, 2004. Organizers of this event had strongly hoped Falun Gong practitioners would again come to give a dance performance in Tang Dynasty costumes.
On March 20, nearly 30 Falun Gong practitioners participated in the annual Warrandyte Festival held in Melbourne.
TANG Yiwen’s life is confirmed to be in a critical condition according to a telephone conversation to Australia this morning from her father, Mr Liang.
Around two hundred Australian Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of
Parliament House on Monday 8 March to urge the Australian government to raise the human
rights violations against Falun Gong practitioners in China at the UNHRC in Geneva.
This car tour is an attempt to appeal to the Australian government and the public to initiate a resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to condemn China’s persecution of Falun Gong. It consists of Australians who have been directly affected by the persecution.
On Friday evening, 27 February 2004, Brisbane’s King George Square was transformed
by a candlelight vigil held in memory of all Falun Gong practitioners tortured
to death over the past four and a half years.
On the evening of the Valentine’s Day when couples celebrate being together, we cannot forget our friends, relatives and fellow practitioners in China who are suffering persecution. Recently, more Falun Gong practitioners died as a result of the persecution.
Recently, it was reported that a number of Falun Gong practitioners in China died as a result of the persecution, and more practitioners were imprisoned and tortured.