Mr Law, who has lived in Australia for 25 years, said he had his own horrible experience with China three years ago when he was kidnapped and interrogated for three days and nights.
Director of the PIAC, Robin Banks, said the irony of the religious group being excluded from a meeting about human rights obligations, for exercising their right to protest, could not be ignored.
On 9 April 2005 more than 20 Falun Gong practitioners from Sydney and Mittagong came to Canberra, capital city of Australia. They gave a beautiful performance of colourful traditional Chinese dancing and songs in Belconnen’s shopping centre and a fresh food market in north Canberra.
Mr. Jiang Renzheng and his wife encountered severe persecution shortly after they went back China. Because they practice Falun Gong, when they were in Germany, they filed application for asylum status there. Unfortunately, their application was turned down and they had to go back China.
On April 5, 2005, Wu Jialong, the deputy Mayor of Chonqing City and his delegation visited Brisbane, the Capitol of Queensland. Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to conduct a peaceful appeal calling for an end to the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Inside China a mostbitter wind descendsmaking
cold of manya heart.
A ‘Party’ that wouldprolong a persecutionsend,
forge lies wheretruth departs.
In October of 2002, practitioners of Falun Gong filed a class action lawsuit against former Communist Party Chief, Jiang Zemin, the man who “mobilized a Mao-era mass movement against [Falun Gong…]” according to CNN’s Senior China Analyst, Willy Lam.
The Falun Gong practitioners mentioned in this article were good people of sound physical and mental health. Because they insisted on practicing Falun Dafa and wished to live by the principles “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance,” the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tortured them until they were physically disabled or had a mental breakdown.
Sit by my side Closing your eyes
Together in silence
We call for The end of torturing The end of killing The end of the persecution
Compassion grows in our hearts
Together in silence
Our wishes can make a difference
A student-run Falun Dafa club was invited to speak at a University of Western Sydney’s United Nations Society meeting. A practitioner met with society members at Parramatta campus on 22nd March 2005.
An organiser commented that at the last two festivals it rained, but this year the weather had changed from being very cloudy to warm and sunny. Another organiser said that he would invite Falun Dafa to attend upcoming community festivals.
The Federal government should reverse a decision to prevent members of a religious group protesting outside the Chinese Embassy, the Australian Greens said today.