On Sunday, June 8, the Global Coalition against Article 23 Legislation rallied in Melbourne in the drizzle to peacefully protest the proposed Hong Kong Article 23 legislation. More than 100 people from different organisations and the public gathered in front of Federation Square.
The professors were glad to accept the invitation, and many of them showed support for the lawsuit and said, “It’s time to put Jiang on trial!”
When talking about Falun Gong, he said, “There are so many people practising Falun Gong, and they don’ give up even under such a brutal persecution. There must be some reason for this.”
Friends of Falun Gong USA is a human rights organization established to support Falun Gong practitioners’ freedom of belief. It is sponsoring the lawsuit that charges Jiang with torture and genocide in China and for conspiracy to deprive them of their civil rights here in the United States.
The confirmed death toll currently stands at 720, though the strict media blockade in China has undoubtedly prevented more cases from being exposed.
Falun Gong is a harmless and helpful practice that hurts no one and it would
be greatly appreciated if your government would assist in any way it can to
stop this awful suppression.
The police in Tianjin forcefully detained her even though she was found to be pregnant at the time. She was sent back home just before she was going to give birth to her baby yet her newly born baby was dead.
Zhang Cuiying, an Australian Falun Dafa practitioner and a highly acclaimed traditional Chinese artist, held a successful exhibit of traditional Chinese art in Slovenia.
(SFDI)Human rights groups said the government was taking advantage of the SARS
crisis to start a particularly brutal crackdown on political and Internet dissidents,
hoping the international community was distracted by the epidemic
Despite five weeks of detention without facing a single charge, a Swedish
Falungong practitioner said before being deported that she had no hard
feelings towards Thailand or its people.
The Icelandic government was told on Friday that it acted unlawfully when it blacklisted members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement ahead of the state visit of Chinese president Jiang Zemin to Iceland a year ago.
Melbourne Falun Gong practitioners have started a “Bring Jiang to Justice” petition drive. They composed a petition letter to Prime Minister Howard and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, asking them to express their support for the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin.