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ABC Radio: Criminal allegations against Chinese official visiting Australia
There has been an attempt to bring criminal charges against a high ranking Chinese
official (Zhou Yongkang), who is due to meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd while visiting
Australia.
Breaking footage: China’s Brutal Labour Camps, Part 1
Today we begin a special series on the shocking conditions within China’s “re-education through labour” camps. Now, with cell phone camera footage that has just been smuggled out of China, the international community is being given a rare glimpse of life within these camps.
Read MoreBeing a Falun Gong practitioner
Often in the news but rarely understood, Falun Gong is regularly associated
with Chinese human rights issues. Leeshai Lemish gives his understanding of what
Falun Gong practitioners actually believe I would have laughed if ten years ago
you told me that my search for a meditation practice would land me on Beijing’s
blacklist.
Falun Gong: defying the odds
If this persecution is so severe, why is it so rarely in the news and why isn’t more being done about it?
Read MoreChina’s other world
It was 2:00 am and we were sitting on the floor of a Bangkok slum. We had a flight to catch the next morning, but after interviewing Falun Gong refugees for a week we still couldn’t pull away from what they were telling us.
Read MoreThe World Today – Falun Gong prisoners targeted for organs: report
China’s human rights record is again under scrutiny, this time at an International Transplantation Congress in Sydney. A Canadian human rights lawyer says he has new evidence of forced organ removals from prisoners and Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Read MoreWhy is Falun Gong Banned?
Leeshai Lemish looks at the history and causes of the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign against Falun Gong.
Read MoreBeijing Reporters, Tear Down This Firewall (and How To)
With the International Olympic Committee having admitted prior consent to the Chinese authorities to block access for foreign reporters to certain websites (article), the Falun Dafa Information Center, in cooperation with Internet freedom activists, hereby offers journalists in Beijing a resource to gain free access to information during their stay in China.
Read MoreAs the Australian Senate supports an end to the persecution of Falun Gong Thousands arrested in run up to Olympics
With one month to go before the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, Chinese security agencies continue to arrest Falun Gong adherents throughout China in large numbers. In Beijing alone, hundreds have been arrested and dozens sentenced to labour camps without trial.
Read More38-year-old Activist Dies From Abuse in Chinese Custody Within Weeks of Arrest
Third Confirmed Death Case of Falun Gong in Liaoning Province for April 2008. 38-year-old Activist Dies From Abuse in Chinese Custody Within Weeks of Arrest.
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