A lawyer representing the group says the suit is part of a world wide case against the former President, who is accused of encouraging the persecution of Falun Gong.
Dear Mr Howard, I am a 37 year old Chinese lady. My only sister and my cousin’s family are Australian citizens. Through them, I have been closely connected with Australia.
Freedom of religion and belief are universal human rights and are firmly enshrined in international law. The Democrats have an unswerving commitment to these rights and we will continue to condemn any form of detention, torture or other persecution on the basis of religion or belief.
A recent report by the Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners provides the details of the deaths of at least fivechildren ranging in age from eight months to 17 years who have died as aresult of persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual group in China.
Eastwood is where the Granny Smith Apple originated, thus the Granny Smith Apple Festival became a tradition in the North district of Sydney. This year marked the 19th anniversary of this festival and it is also the fifth time that Falun Gong practitioners took part in the celebration.
Falun Dafa practitioners from Southeast Queensland took part in the Queensland Multicultural Festival in Brisbane’s beautiful Roma Street Parklands. This was the largest multicultural festival to date sponsored by the Premier’s office, and an estimated 30,000 people attended the activities.
The Viva la Gong festival is 9 days of music, art, dance, fashion, film, sculpture, theatre, food and family fun. This is the 5th annual festival of arts, culture and innovation and the second year that Falun Dafa has been invited to participate.
For the second year in a row, Falun Gong practitioners from around Queensland took part in the Cairns “Festival of Lights Parade.” Cairns is a world-famous tourist destination in the far north of Queensland, home to many attractions including the Great Barrier Reef.
An international fight against persecution has gained support from the people of Macarthur. A petition calling for the Federal Government to protect the safety and basic rights of Australian Falun Dafa practitioners has been signed by 2000 residents.
India Falun Dafa Association registered as an non-profit organization in Bombay in September 2004, and the association then became a legal group recognized by the Indian Government. The founding of India Falun Dafa Association formally tells the world that the ancient nation with the second largest population in the world has formally embraced Falun Dafa.
A small nameplate beside the high, burnished metal gates announces the building inside as “Guangzhou City Law School”. But this grimy industrial area on the outskirts of China’s great southern commercial metropolis is an unlikely place for an academic institution.
According to the award-winning Melbourne-based writer Ouyang Yu, whose brother Ming died last year from ill-treatment during detention for his Falun Gong activities, the persecution has attracted little interest in human rights circles in Australia. “Over here you meet up with a wall of utter coldness, a wall of ice,” he said in a telephone…