UK Falun Gong practitioner Lili Lin, after being imprisoned for 15 days in a deportation centre by the UK Home Office, was released around 2pm on March 14th. She left the deportation centre at London Gatwick Airport and is now back home in Liverpool.
According to an authority on Chinese law, there is no law in China that states that Falun Gong is illegal. Shortly after the ban of Falun Gong began in 1999, lawyers were forbidden to represent Falun Gong practitioners.
A CHINESE couple, accused by the government of faking a heart attack to stay
in Australia, will be deported to China where they could face persecution
because of their beliefs.
This unfortunate couple has suffered brutal persecution while in China for practicing Falun Gong and luckily made it to Australia alive to tell the tragic story.
I am writing to you as a representative of the Friends of Falun Gong in Ireland to express extreme concern for the safety of Mr. Wang Juntao (66) and his wife Mrs. Wang Liluan (62), who are due to be deported back to China.
There has been a call for Australia's Immigration Minister to show compassion and stop the deportation of a Chinese couple who practise Falun Gong.
We, Falun Dafa practitioners from Victoria, respectfully request your urgent attention to the plight of Mr. and Mrs. Wang who were near to being deported back to China yesterday in Sydney. Since they practice Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) they would face persecution for their practice.
I have noticed recently that a story is unfolding, which given the current course of events may result in the incarceration and deaths of a number of innocent people.
As an Australian citizen and Falun Dafa practitioner I would like to express
my concern in regards to the Australian governments position on Falun Dafa.
DIMIA insisted that ordinary Falun Gong practitioners would not be persecuted; however the couple had been persecuted before they came to Australia. Furthermore, one of their family members has been persecuted to death, and another one was sentenced to forced labour camp.
We respectfully request your urgent attention to the plight of Mr. and Mrs. Wang who were near to being deported back to China this morning in Sydney, where they would face persecution for their practice of Falun Gong.
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.