John Deller, spokesperson for Falun Gong, received a call from DFAT on Tuesday 8 March, withdrawing the invitation for Falun Gong representatives to participate in the NGO meeting.
Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Alexander Downer, has used the Vienna Convention in an unprecedented manner regarding the Falun Gong appeals outside the Chinese Embassy, Canberra.
Next Stage of Australian lawsuit against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin for the persecution of Falun Gong. The civil case was filed in September 2004 by Australian artist and Falun Gong practitioner Ms Zhang Cuiying for torture and inhuman treatment, which she received during an illegal 8-month imprisonment in Shenzhen, China in 1999-2000.
“Jiang’s horrific form of genocide is a terror that does not just destroy lives, but [aims to] destroy faith… It is a terror that must be brought to justice.” Georges-Henri Beauthier Renowned human rights lawyer who successfully prosecuted Pinochet and Rwandan genocide perpetrators and now assisting in the Falun Gong case.
Australian women and Falun Gong victims of persecution will speak of continuing escalation of violence in China at a press conference in Sydney. This is a call for an end to the genocide in China against Falun Gong practitioners, particularly women and children. In past 2 months a mission began to rescue orphans who have…
The Waverly Council is hosting a series of events to bring attention to the hardships suffered by refugees who are escaping persecution in their homelands. This year’s theme at Bondi Pavilion is focusing on oppression suffered by Falun Gong practitioners in China.
The historic legal action against Member of the Chinese State Council Chen Zhili has taken a major step forward. The preliminary judgment in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, on August 3 was in favor of the Falun Gong practitioners in Ethiopia, on whose behalf attorneys brought the case.
The civil suit was filed on July 19th as the former Minister of Education, Ms. Chen Zhili, was visiting several African nations. The suit was filed on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners. Also on July 19th, Chen was summoned to appear before the Tanzanian court in reference to the case.
Australian Citizen Shot in South Africa – “This Was Not a Random Drive-by Shooting” – say Aussie Falun Gong practitioners in Pretoria. Australian High Commission Employee’s Claim is Unfounded.
Several gunshots were fired at a car full of Australian Falun Gong practitioners in Johannesburg, South Africa, seriously injuring one practitioner. The shooting took place Monday evening 28 June at approximately 8:30 P.M.
Hundreds of Falun Dafa practitioners around Australia will gather outside the Parliament House forecourt to celebrate the National Falun Dafa Day and to raise awareness about the repression of the meditation practice from China.
Canberra is the only place in Australia that has a Bill of Rights. Only residents of the ACT have rights legally protected allowing them freedom of ‘expression’ and ‘peaceful appeal.’ It is hoped that the restriction of using signs at the Chinese Embassy does not set a precedent for limiting the Civil Rights…