December 2002 - Page 4 of 8 - Falun Dafa Australia Information Centre

Moreland Community News (Australia): Prime Minister called on to lend hand

FALUN Gong practitioners Lucy Liu and Jennifer Zeng are caught in the shadows between diplomacy and human rights.

From Ms Liu’s Pascoe Vale flat, the pair last week described how relatives in China have been caught up in the Government’s crackdown on the Falun Gong movement. Like other followers who have fled the crackdown, the women are lobbying their new country’s government to pressure China on its human rights abuses.

ABC (Australia): China, US continue human rights talks

US Assistant Secretary of State Lorne Craner is leading the 11th round of the human rights dialogue and will meet the chief justice of China’s supreme court and other high-ranking bureaucrats.

Subjects up for discussion include workers’ rights, religious freedom, Falun Gong and issues related to Tibet and Xinjiang.

Family Torn Apart by Persecution Leaving Bereaved Practitioner Childless

At the time her child was ill and needed medical attention. In front of the 10 year-old child, the police twisted his mother’s arm, slapped her in the face and even tied her up. This shocked the child so much that he would not stop crying.

Unwanted Christmas Wish

18 December 2002, (Sydney Falun Dafa Information Centre) – December 24 marks the end of a public appeal for the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, expression, association, and the right to peaceful assembly, currently being challenged in Hong Kong.

Illawarra Mercury: Cycle marathon to support Falun Gong

To draw attention to his fiancee and other Falun Gong followers’ plight, Mr Lee arrived in Wollongong yesterday on the first leg of a cycling trip to Canberra.

Lee’s Pushbike Appeal Arrives in Wollongong

Wollongong is the first stop on his journey, where he will be visiting and asking local MP’s to sign the petition in support of his desperate and determined plea to the Australian Government to have his simple wishes delivered to his loved fiancee. Mr Lee went through a long and arduous journey to arrive in Wollongong around 9pm on Monday night.

“One Unprecedented Peaceful City Council Meeting” — City Council of Fairfield Unanimously Passes Resolution Supporting Falun Gong

Mr. Watkins said that he received an anonymous email slandering Falun Gong and asking him to stay away from Falun Gong. He said that he would continue to support Falun Gong and the establishment of a stele in Cabramatta on which the words of “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” are written.

ABC(Au): Protestors oppose Hong Kong sedition laws

“The provision concerns laws regarding treason, succession, subversion, and
sedition against China’s Communist Party, and the theft of state secrets.”

AFP: 12,000 march against proposed Hong Kong security law

It was the largest protest so far against the controversial legislation.
Organisers put the attendance at 25,000 while police said 12,000 joined the
march. Last week, a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Transition Project, an
academic-led group which monitors the effects of the handover from British
to Chinese rule in the territory, found the proposed security laws had
raised fears about personal freedoms to their highest levels since 1997.

AP: Hong Kong Subversion Law Draws Protests

At least 12,000 demonstrators marched on Sunday to protest
a planned anti-subversion law they fear will undermine Hong Kong’s freedoms
and put the territory more firmly under the thumb of mainland China.

Month: December 2002