Woman Tortured in China, Settles in U.S. as UN Refugee
With assistance and support from the U.S. State Department, Members of Congress and several NGOs, Ms. Weixun Li arrived in the U.S. last week as a UN refugee. Li had fled China where she had been tortured to the brink of death.
Dedicate this to all of the countless Falun Dafa practitioners in China who continue their peaceful appeal for justice under the spectre of a most brutal persecution – our hearts are one
The Ryde Aquatic Festival was held in Ryde, suburb of Sydney. Falun Gong practitioners took part in the activity for the sixth year in a row.
In the beginning of winter in 2001, two-year-old Tianhao visited his grandmother’s home, and noticed that the house was empty and covered with a layer of dust. He immediately thought of his mother, grandmother, aunt and uncle. With tears in his eyes, little Tianhao said to his father, “There used to be lots of people in this house, but now there are only you and me left.”
The idea that the Internet would help bring democracy to China seems to have been long forgotten; instead, China seems to be doing a good jog of keeping change at bay.
The Third Directions Hearing was held on September 13, 2005 at Canberra High Court regarding Australian Falun Gong practitioners’ lawsuit against Foreign Minister Downer for abusing his power. Lawyers for both parties agreed to hold the next hearing on November 14.
CAIRNS saw the opening of the high profile art exhibition, Uncompromising Courage, at The House art gallery in Cairns on Tuesday.
“This exhibition will make people aware of the extreme human rights violation that is happening in China.”
A highly spiritual practice that combines philosophy, meditative aspects and specified body movements, drawing on Buddhism and Taoism to explain its teachings, Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, has snowballed over the past few years into a veritable synonym for Chinese state persecution.
According to statistics on the Minghui website (the Chinese version of Clearwisdom), in August 2005, the torture deaths of 61 Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China have been verified through civil channels.
