PERSECUTED Chinese group Falun Dafa brought their teachings of peace and compassion to the Spring Festival street parade with a vibrant cultural display. Led by a group dressed in the distinctive bright yellow exercise outfits, Falun Dafa were the most colourful participants in the parade.
In the morning, practitioners went to San Maries, which was already immersed in a festival atmosphere, and practitioners took the opportunity to clarify the truth to local people.
Tang Yiwen is the sister of Australian citizen Lisa Liang. Tang is currently in China and is under severe threat of being illegally imprisoned for the third time in the past four years. Previous detentions have crippled her legs due to the severe torture she endured.
The impressions and notions of one’s mind definitely affect related thoughts. So when he observed and analyzed the other person, he, unconsciously, connected the person to the impression and used it to explain the person’s every single action.
Who are “other people?” Where are they from? What relationship do they have with me?
“Other people” are many. I cannot remember when it was that I learned from “other people” to say: “I heard others saying it.”
To thousands of Western Australian citizens, the last weekend of August was not just a beautiful holiday after a week of rain and cold wind. It also was the first time that people in Western Australia witnessed the anti-torture exhibition, reenacted with real-life models depicting the cruel tortures being perpetrated on Falun Gong practitioners in China.
THE plight of an Ultimo man who believes he was shot for defending his Falun Gong beliefs was highlighted in a petition to Prime Minister John Howard last month.
Terri Marsh vowed to continue to use legal means to hold Jiang Zemin and the others responsible for the persecution accountable. The appeal of today’s decision will be filed with the Supreme Court forthwith.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s immunization of the former leader of China, Jiang Zemin, for alleged genocide, torture and crimes against humanity perpetrated against practitioners of Falun Gong in China.
Dr. Terri Marsh, attorney for the plaintiffs, commented, “[Former leader] Jiang Zemin does not enjoy immunity under US law or under the international standards created in the wake of Nuremberg and affirmed and re-affirmed by domestic and international courts around the globe.”
Plaintiffs will file an appeal to the US Supreme Court, and if necessary to the United Nations Commissions on Genocide and Torture.
The thirty-two-year-old Austrian of Chinese descent has serious problems: At the beginning of July, he applied for a passport extension at the Chinese Consulate in Vienna, but was refused. He was informed verbally that this decision was made because he is a Falun Gong practitioner, but a written refusal was not granted.
