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.
On September 9, 2005, Canada Prime Minster Martin raised the issue of Falun Gong during his meeting with Hu Jintao. On the evening of September 8, Stephen Harper, leader of the Official Opposition, shook hands and talked with practitioners appealing in front of the Governor General’s Office. He encouraged the practitioners to “Keep up all the good work.”
AUSTRALIA’S $900 million education export trade with China is under attack from a Chinese Government campaign to block internet access within the country to the banned spiritual group Falun Gong.
On September 3, 2005, St. Mary’s Town celebrated its annual spring festival. Tens of thousands of people watched the grand parade that opened the festival.
Falun Gong practitioners who set up an elaborate sting to catch a man repeatedly vandalising their campaign vehicle claim the Chinese Government may have ordered the attacks.
Former mayor claims a Chinese consulate official approached him to cut off support for Falun Gong.
THE TORTURE of Falun Gong followers in China is depicted in an art exhibition opening in Townsville tomorrow.
