I am counsel to the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (“WOIPFG”). WOIPFG is dedicated to protecting the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners around the world, to investigate and expose violations of those rights, and to restore and uphold justice in society.
On Wednesday, over 50 practitioners gathered at 11:30am at the gate of the Villawood detention
centre, where the Wang’s were being held. The gathering was very peaceful and
orderly, despite rain falling on and off throughout the event.
The Flagstaff Gardens is the oldest and one of many Falun Dafa practice sites in Melbourne. Every Sunday since 1998, people have been gathering to practise together the five sets of tranquil exercises.
We ask that you intercede to stop this deportation and to allow consideration of Ms Lin’s application for asylum. We trust you will find our request is clearly reasonable and one to which you can accede in good conscience once the ramifications are truly known to you.
Jane Dai is an Australian-Chinese widow and mother to her almost 3 year-old daughter. Jane Dai’s husband was tortured to death in China in 2001 because he practiced Falun Gong and had appealed to the Chinese government to stop killing and persecuting innocent people.
All costumes and props have been painstakingly prepared and personally funded by Falun Dafa practitioners who wish to make this heartfelt contribution to the community.
We write to call your attention to the plight of Dr Charles Li, a United States citizen from Menlo Park, California who was seized and illegally detained in China on January 22, 2003.
One week after she was released from China, Australian citizen Nancy Chen flew to Washington D.C., calling upon all circles to help rescue U.S. citizen Charles Li, who was illegally arrested in China on the same day as she.
With the collective efforts of the Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners, Falun Gong practitioner Chen Ruichang in China, the former Deputy Chief of the Editor-in-Chief’s Office at Guangdong Province TV Station, was released on January 15, 2003.
Starting from two months ago, everyday at tourist attractions in Sydney including Chinatown, the Sydney Opera House and Macquarie Street, people can see an information van decorated with Falun Dafa truth-clarifying photos.
The “Nancy Chen Kidnap Case in Sichuan, China” which lasted 10 days, finally had a successful result on the Chinese New Year’s eve. This kidnapping case drew the attention of the Australian government and media.
(SFDI) – Due to the joint efforts of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the “Nancy Chen Urgent Rescue Team,” and many other concerned parties, Nancy Chen was finally released at about 10:30 a.m. on January 30, 2003 (Beijing time).