AN Australian resident subjected to torture and persecution in China is to have her case championed in the United Nations and the International Court of Justice by eminent human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson.
Three evenings last week audiences in mainland China were able to watch programs banned by the central government, according to reports received by Falun Gong practitioners outside of China.
The 2003 Australian National Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference will be held during the period of 12th – 14th September, 2003. This the first time that the National Conference will be held in Melbourne, Victoria.
One of the plaintiffs in the case told Reuters on Tuesday
a number of Falun Gong members in countries including Belgium, the United
States and Australia were filing the suit for torture, crimes against
humanity and genocide.
The suit, which will be handed to federal prosecutors on Wednesday, accuses
Jiang — who remains China’s military head — of “torture, crimes against
humanity and genocide,” said lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier in a statement.
According to Martin Lee, Hong Kong’s leading opposition politician, the new Article 23 legislation proposed for Hong Kong was drafted to enable the Mainland Chinese government to outlaw Falun Gong on the territory.
I would like to make a request that during your upcoming meeting/s with the new Chinese leaders in China you forward the strong sense of concern and disgust that many Australians including myself feel at the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
MARTIN LEE: I think it started with Beijing looking at Falun Gong in Hong
Kong and wanted to have the activity stopped, but of course, these people
are not hurting anybody. They are behaving themselves. They are the world’s
quietest protesters because they don’t even speak a word when they protest.
A U.S. Magistrate in San Francisco recently issued a decision against a former mayor of Beijing, setting a precedent that could pave the way for proceeding to trial in a separate, higher profile lawsuit charging former Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin, for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Falun Gong is a treasure of traditional Chinese wisdom that is valued around the world and should be nurtured, not tortured, in its homeland.
