The Federal government should reverse a decision to prevent members of a religious group protesting outside the Chinese Embassy, the Australian Greens said today.
Describing the Chinese Government’s brutal persecution of tens of thousands of followers of Falun Gong – a pacifist and apolitical movement based on the tenets of truth, compassion and forbearance – Zeng’s book inspires such outrage that readers will probably feel the need to research the situation for themselves to see if the author has…
ONCE a month, Alexander Downer signs a certificate banning adherents of Falun Gong from displaying banners and making excessive noise outside the Chinese embassy in Canberra.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has locked a non-government
organisation out of human rights talks because it planned to protest outside the
building where the discussions are taking place.
Paintings by traditional Chinese artist Zhang Cuiying aim to give viewers a sense of peace.A selection of paintings from work she has produced during the last 30 years will be on show from Monday, February 14 at the Momoya Restaurant in Chatswood as part of Chinese New Year celebrations and she has a very personal…
Despite a life-threatening illness, Jennifer Zeng was given fresh hope through practising Falun Gong. Soon after she discovered it, however, Falun Gong was banned in the most far-reaching suppression and persecution experienced in China since The Cultural Revolution.
Zeng’s account of her ordeal, Witnessing History: One Woman’s Fight for Freedom and Falun Gong (Allen & Unwin, $29.95), will be released in Australia. It is the first book by a Falun Gong follower who has suffered imprisonment and torture — and it has been black-listed in China.
A SYDNEY woman allegedly imprisoned and tortured for eight months in China will be a test case for the Australian court system, the president of a Falun Gong group said today.
You have to wonder about China’s leaders. In the past couple of years, they’ve spent millions of dollars and a great deal of energy trying to play down their human rights abuses and persuade the rest of the world that China is a suitable country to host the world’s greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games.
THOUSANDS of people have been killed in China for doing the exercise Falun Gong, but a steady group of people practise freely every day on the Gold Coast.
BEAUTY and brutality are the themes of an exhibition of 43 paintings from
the Uncompromising Courage exhibition being hosted by the Australia Chinese
Cultural & Art Association.
Bankstown artist Zhang Cuiying, 42, yesterday formally began her lawsuit against Mr Jiang’s and his “610 Office”, alleging they were responsible for her “brutal torture” at a Chinese detention centre.