Three evenings last week audiences in mainland China were able to watch programs banned by the central government, according to reports received by Falun Gong practitioners outside of China.
According to Martin Lee, Hong Kong’s leading opposition politician, the new Article 23 legislation proposed for Hong Kong was drafted to enable the Mainland Chinese government to outlaw Falun Gong on the territory.
One of the plaintiffs in the case told Reuters on Tuesday
a number of Falun Gong members in countries including Belgium, the United
States and Australia were filing the suit for torture, crimes against
humanity and genocide.
The suit, which will be handed to federal prosecutors on Wednesday, accuses
Jiang — who remains China’s military head — of “torture, crimes against
humanity and genocide,” said lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier in a statement.
MARTIN LEE: I think it started with Beijing looking at Falun Gong in Hong
Kong and wanted to have the activity stopped, but of course, these people
are not hurting anybody. They are behaving themselves. They are the world’s
quietest protesters because they don’t even speak a word when they protest.
I would like to make a request that during your upcoming meeting/s with the new Chinese leaders in China you forward the strong sense of concern and disgust that many Australians including myself feel at the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
A U.S. Magistrate in San Francisco recently issued a decision against a former mayor of Beijing, setting a precedent that could pave the way for proceeding to trial in a separate, higher profile lawsuit charging former Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin, for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Falun Gong is a treasure of traditional Chinese wisdom that is valued around the world and should be nurtured, not tortured, in its homeland.
Three Sunnybank sisters and a young friend joined in a peaceful parade in Brisbane last month.
According to a statement received from Falun Gong practitioners in China, as residents of a southern Chinese city settled down to view a popular Chinese television program recently.
We hope every practitioner can act as if “he is full of great aspirations while minding minor details” (Essentials For Further Advancement). Please be appreciative of each grain of rice and drop of water.
After three years of torture and abuse, a university professor from Jilin Province, who was detained on several occasions for his practice of Falun Gong, died on July 18, 2003 in a Chinese Labor Camp.