Greens councillor David Risstrom, who voted against excluding Falun Dafa in
a six-to-three council vote in February, said that limiting community
involvement because of a group’s political affiliation was a dangerous
precedent.
Judge John Bowman found Melbourne City Council had breached the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 when it refused the Falun Dafa Association of Victoria a place in the March Moomba parade.
On the afternoon of December 1, motion no. 704 initiated by Senator Stott Despoja, Australian Democrats’ Foreign Affairs spokesperson, at the Australian Senate about the relatives of Australian citizens who are being persecuted for practicing Falun Gong, was passed at Senate in the Parliament House in Canberra.
Despoja further indicated, “The stories of murder, torture…
The second of two autopsies performed on the body of a Falun Gong practitioner who was beaten to death in police custody revealed that several internal organs had been removed, presumably shortly after her death.
World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), established on 23rd January 2003, is committed to systemically investigating the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China by Jiang Zemin and the 610 Office system under his command and the forced labor camps, detention centers, prisons, etc. This report focuses on the evidence of…
On December 7, 2003, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao arrived in New York, and practitioners unfurled two prominent banners reading, “Welcome Wen Jiabao to the U.S.” and “Bring Jiang Zemin To Justice,” capturing the attention of all. Is there any special significance to this event?
On June 29, 2003, the “News Overview” program broadcast on Dalian’s TV Station reported on the situation of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned in the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. The TV station also showed the staff in the labor camp singing, dancing, and playing in a yard that was full of flowers and grass. Is this…
A motion raised by Democrat Senator Natasha Stott Despoja on the Falun Gong issue was passed by the senate in Canberra on Monday 1st December 2003.
This indicates Australias commitment to supporting freedom of belief and the freedom to practise Falun Gong.
I visited several countries and everywhere saw a similar scene: all kinds of foreigners practicing Falun Gong, telling people how Jiang’s regime deceives people by spreading lies to incite hatred against Falun Gong.
Seven Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners, including Lin Hsiao-Kai and an under-aged victim, filed a lawsuit in a Taiwan High Court accusing former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, former Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing and member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo with genocide. The lawsuit is based on a Taiwanese law for…
On the Chinese side is inhumane persecution, while on the Taiwanese side there is widespread sympathy from people all over the country. Three hundred thousand Taiwanese people now practice Falun Gong; including their family members, they number a million.
Legal experts say the trial is poised to test the boundaries between freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and the right to be protected from defamation and hate.