Hong Kong’s government on Friday scrapped plans to introduce controversial security legislation which sparked massive protests and triggered the territory’s worst political crisis since the 1997 handover.
In China, family members concerned for the welfare of their loved ones might ask, “Why not just say ‘I will give up practicing’ and then go back home and practice secretly. I would like to share a little of my understanding regarding this issue.
Due to persistent rescue efforts from overseas Falun Dafa practitioners and others who uphold justice, Australian practitioner, Lisa Liang’s sister was “released for medical care” on the afternoon of August 23, 2003 at 2 p.m.
And this year I received a letter from the Chinese consulate, this time I was more outraged, I wrote them a letter back. I said, “I reviewed all of your materials and I found your materials to be childish.” And I said, “They were not persuasive, and indeed the more information I get the more…
With the help of world-renowned lawyer and human rights campaigner Geoffrey Robertson, QC, I am filing a lawsuit with the United Nations against Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese leader.
Zhang Yaping commenced a hunger strike, starting on July 29, 2003 in protest. Around August 13, the police notified her family members to go to Dabei Jail Hospital in Shenyang City to pick her up. Zhang Yaping’s family saw that she was unconscious and her body was twitching.
Robertson’s involvement should strengthen Zhang’s case and would
ensure it is likely to become a benchmark fight against the persecution of
Falun Gong practitioners.
“The plan is that Geoffrey and I will do some things in New York in the lead
up to it. There’s also a possibility that there may be a separate action in
the international court of justice so that may also require us to make an
appearance in Geneva.”
Our lawsuit is the 11th international lawsuit to emerge in the last two years against Chinese government officials or entities for their role in the persecution of Falun Gong. Three of these lawsuits in the United States have already handed down judgments against Chinese officials for torture and other crimes committed in the persecution of…
An Australian Falun Gong practitioner is mounting a
case in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights against former Chinese
president Jiang Zemin.
The Australian Senate passed a motion on 21st of August 2003, expressing concern about Hong Kong’s proposed Article 23 legislation.
The World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong have found that one quarter of China’s financial resources are used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. As China is one of our largest trading partners this figure is cause for serious concern here in Australia.