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Minister of Foreign Affairs: Canada Concerned About Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsMarch 10, 20160Comments

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion recently emailed Li Xun, the president of the Canadian Falun Dafa Association, affirming the government's support of Falun Gong. “Canada is concerned about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, including those with family ties to Canadians,” Dion wrote. “The promotion and protection of human rights is an…

Rally and Parade Become the Focus of Attention Outside the APEC Meeting Site in Sydney (Photos)

Australia News, Events, Main Page, Media Release, ScrollingSeptember 10, 20070Comments

Sponsored by the organization, Free China, and co-sponsored by over 20 groups, a large-scale rally and parade with the theme, “The CCP Must Immediately Stop the Killing” was held on September 6, 2007 in downtown Sydney. A major focus of the rally and parade was a reenactment that exposed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) organ…

Call to Consulates of APEC Member Countries to End the Persecution in China (Photos)

Australia News, Events, Main Page, Media ReleaseSeptember 8, 20070Comments

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is being held on September 3 to 9, 2007, in Sydney, Australia. Falun Gong practitioners from different states of Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand and other places gathered in Sydney.

SMH: Flak for Hu on organ harvesting

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsSeptember 6, 20070Comments

The Canadians supervised calls to several hospitals by Mandarin speakers purporting to be acting for patients seeking urgent transplants, getting some doctors and officials to admit taking organs from young and healthy Falun Gong prisoners.

SMH: Falun Gong Mark Hu’s Visit with Vigil

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsSeptember 6, 20070Comments

Members of the spiritual movement Falun Gong will hold a candlelight vigil outside the Chinese embassy in Canberra to coincide with the visit of China’s president Hu Jintao.

SMH: The protesters the police won’t touch

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media Reports, ScrollingSeptember 6, 20070Comments

They are the quiet, constant protesters who are always left alone by police, even during this security-mad week. “We’re trying to raise awareness of the fact that human rights are never on the APEC agenda.”

theWest.Com.Au: Falun Gong mark Hu’s visit with vigil

Events, Main Page, Media Release, Media ReportsSeptember 5, 20070Comments

Falun Gong and other groups have a regular presence outside the Chinese embassy in Canberra, where they protest against Beijing’s alleged human rights abuses.

Falun Gong urges Australia to deny Chinese Minister of Commerce entry for APEC on torture claims

Australia News, Events, Main Page, Media ReleaseSeptember 3, 20070Comments

The Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) Association of NSW is urging the Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Kevin Andrews, to deny Chinese Commerce Minister, Bo Xilai, entry to Australia. He is expected to arrive in Sydney on 5 September for the APEC forum.

The Australian: Falun Gong to cover APEC summit

Events, Media Release, Media Reports, ScrollingSeptember 1, 20070Comments

“We’re not protesting against APEC, we’re not protesting against the Howard Government, we just want people to realise thousands of Falun Gong people are held in camps in China and they’re killed for organ transplants,” said Falun Gong spokeswoman Kay Rubacek.

Falun Gong voices during APEC

Events, Main Page, Media ReleaseAugust 30, 20070Comments

During the time of APEC meetings in Sydney, Falun Gong practitioners from around Australia request that our Prime Minister, John Howard, openly urge the Chinese Communist Party delegates at APEC ’07 that Australians want the Chinese Communist regime to immediately and unconditionally end the persecution of Falun Gong and release all Falun Gong prisoners of…

Falun Gong Practitioners Clarify the Truth at the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting on the Sunshine Coast (Photos)

Events, Main Page, Media ReleaseAugust 9, 20070Comments

Upon the Finance Ministers’ arrival, a small group of practitioners greeted them with large banners highlighting the message of human rights abuses in China.

Attendees of the APEC’s Health Ministers Conference in Sydney Are Concerned about the CCP’s Organ Harvesting (Photos)

Australia News, Events, Main Page, Media Release, ScrollingJune 9, 20070Comments

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held the Health Ministers Conference on June 6, 2007, in Sydney. Falun Gong practitioners from Australia held a press conference outside the conference hall and hosted an activity titled ” Great Wall of Facts” to expose the CCP’s harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.