On Sunday morning, in a grove at Sydney’s Darling Harbor, Falun Gong practitioners held a large group practice. The peaceful exercise music attracted many passersby and tourists, who stopped to watch. Some even learned the movements and joined in.
132 deaths of Falun Gong practitioners in Heilongjiang Province have been verified since the spiritual practice was ordered “eradicated” by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in 1999.
On 1 December 2003, the day when the Australian Senate was passing a motion on ‘Australian Family Members Rescue’, some 200 Falun Gong practitioners and supporters gathered in front of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra. It was a day of mixed feelings of happiness and sadness among those present.
Last December, Mr Lee arrived in the Illawarra on a bicycle trip from Sydney to Canberra to highlight the plight of his fiancée who was then in a labour camp for handing out Falun Gong leaflets.
Petals of Peace was recently launched outside the Chinese Embassy in Irving Rd. The campaign aims to reveal the persecution suffered by followers of Falun Gong and gather support in the fight to stop the suffering.
On June 29, 2003, the “News Overview” program broadcast on Dalian’s TV Station reported on the situation of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned in the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. The TV station also showed the staff in the labor camp singing, dancing, and playing in a yard that was full of flowers and grass. Is this really the truth? The following will unmask the staged kindness of the Dalian labor camp staff.
A motion raised by Democrat Senator Natasha Stott Despoja on the Falun Gong issue was passed by the senate in Canberra on Monday 1st December 2003.
This indicates Australia’s commitment to supporting freedom of belief and the freedom to practise Falun Gong.
The anti-discrimination claim by the Falun Dafa Association of Victoria (FDA) against the Melbourne City Council (MCC) was heard in the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal yesterday.
Mr Lee received his best Christmas gift with joy is that his fiancée, Ms Li Ying, just arrived in Sydney after two years illegal imprisonment for practising Falun Gong in a labour camp in Shanghai.
On November 29, 2003, about 1500 Falun Dafa practitioners from North America and other countries gathered at the World Congress Center in Atlanta to attend the 2003 Southeast US Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference.
