HRIC: Barred Falun Gong artist considers lawsuit against government
“The experience breaks my heart. There is no ‘One Country, Two Systems’ in Hong Kong anymore. Democracy does not exist,”
Australia News
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AFP: Australian Falun Gong practitioner allegedly detained at Hong Kong airport
HONG KONG, Aug 22 (AFP) – An Australian Falungong practitioner has been denied entry at Hong Kong’s international airport and allegedly detained by
immigration authorities, a spokeswoman for the spiritual group said Thursday.
Appeal from Amnesty International to the Australian Government
“Amnesty International Australia calls upon the government at the talks this week to do something about this ineffectual dialogue process and declare to the Chinese delegation that unless persecution of Falun Gong ceases it is apparent the bilateral dialogue policy lacks reality and should be abandoned.”
Canberra Times: Tucker slates ‘secret’ rights talks
Private bureaucratic talks between Australia and China were no way to address China’s human-rights abuses, ACT Greens MLA Kerrie Tucker said yesterday.
ABC Radio Australia: Australia to raise human rights at annual talks with China
Australia says it will raise concerns about the treatment of Falun Gong movement and individual human rights cases.
Media briefing on human rights abuses in China
Sydney, August 12, 2002 (Falun Dafa Information Centre) To coincide with the 6th Annual Bilateral China-Australia Human Rights Dialogue being held in Canberra during the week 12th to 16th August, witnesses to human rights abuses of Falun Gong practitioners in China will be holding a media briefing.
Sydney Practitioners Hold Press Conference Outside Chinese Consulate
At 1 pm, August 5, practitioners from the Sydney area held a press conference outside the Chinese Consulate in Sydney regarding Hong Kong’s trial of Swiss and Hong Kong practitioners. They called on people of all walks of life to express concern and help stop this “political persecution.”
Amnesty International Australia Newsletter: Falun Gong A peaceful protest in Canberra
Nicholas Johnson, a member of Amnesty International, visited the protest. He says, ‘Their banners are inoffensive, the area is kept clean and unobtrusive and the protestors in no way interrupt the running of the mission, spending most of their time in quiet meditation.
ABC Radio Australia News: No ‘forbearance’ for Falun Gong in Auckland airport lounge
New Zealand’s Auckland airport has defended its decision to order the
removal of a poster promoting the Falun Gong spiritual movement.