Falun Gong urges PM to raise human rights issue with China
FALUN Gong practitioners are urging Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to raise the issue of human rights with the Chinese government when he visits Beijing next month.
Month: March 2008
Falun Gong call on PM Rudd to raise human rights issue during China visit
In recent weeks, the New York Falun Dafa Information Centre has been receiving regular reports from adherents and their families inside China of door-to-door searches and arrests. According to statistics compiled from these reports, there have been 1,878 arrests taken place.
Punitive detention for peacefully expressing beliefs, Act Now, Amnesty International Australia(Photo)
Amnesty International considers Bu Dongwei to have been detained for peacefully exercising his fundamental human rights to freedom of expression and religious belief. The organisation considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
US reports large-scale arrests of Falun Gong before Beijing Olympics
Chinese security agencies have been conducting large-scale arrests of Falun Gong adherents throughout China in recent months as authorities step up efforts to “stamp out” the practice in advance of the Olympic Games in August, according to the New York Falun Dafa Information Centre (FDI).
Judge to Decide re Attorney General’s Intervene in Falun Gong Case
A hearing today will decide whether or not the federal government will be allowed
to intervene in the civil action against a Chinese official for his role in
the torture and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Guangdong province,
China.
An Open Letter to the Australian Public – Please Help Uphold Justice
Recently, under pressure from the Chinese Communist regime, the Attorney-General of the Australian Government has filed three submissions with the Supreme Court of NSW to intervene in three separate lawsuits filed by Australian Falun Gong practitioners against officials of the Chinese Communist regime for torture and crimes against humanity.
Large Number of Beijing Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested Before Olympics
According to sources from Beijing, from the end of 2007 to early this year, at least 100 Falun Gong practitioners with confirmed names have been arrested in Beijing.
Taiwan: International Forum Held to Consider Extending Human Rights Torch Relay into Mainland China in Advance of 2008 Olympics (Photos)
In order for the Chinese people to see a world with the same human rights, the Forum announced the launching of a plan to promote the Human Rights Torch Relay into China by the end of March, 2008 in response to the Chinese people’s call for human rights and against the Olympic Games.