Media Release
The civil suit was filed on July 19th as the former Minister of Education, Ms. Chen Zhili, was visiting several African nations. The suit was filed on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners. Also on July 19th, Chen was summoned to appear before the Tanzanian court in reference to the case.
Australian Citizen Shot in South Africa – “This Was Not a Random Drive-by Shooting” – say Aussie Falun Gong practitioners in Pretoria. Australian High Commission Employee’s Claim is Unfounded.
Several gunshots were fired at a car full of Australian Falun Gong practitioners in Johannesburg, South Africa, seriously injuring one practitioner. The shooting took place Monday evening 28 June at approximately 8:30 P.M.
Hundreds of Falun Dafa practitioners around Australia will gather outside the Parliament House forecourt to celebrate the National Falun Dafa Day and to raise awareness about the repression of the meditation practice from China.
Canberra is the only place in Australia that has a Bill of Rights. Only residents of the ACT have rights legally protected allowing them freedom of ‘expression’ and ‘peaceful appeal.’ It is hoped that the restriction of using signs at the Chinese Embassy does not set a precedent for limiting the Civil Rights of Australians.
The plaintiffs in the legal action are distressed by the publication of that article and by the statements and suggestions made. They view the publication of such statements most seriously.
The Falun Dafa practitioners of Australia are proud to host a grand parade on Saturday, 8th May 2004 in the city centre of Sydney, joined by hundreds of practitioners from all states, to celebrate the 5th World Falun Dafa Day.
Australian Lisa Liang’s sister, Ms TANG Yiwen, was released on 15 March 2004 from Chatou Brainwashing Class in Baiyun District of Guangzhou City due to the rescue efforts of Falun Gong practitioners and kind-hearted people all over the world.
OVER THE LAST four years, China watchers have proposed a variety of socio-political reasons for why the Chinese regime moved to crush Falun Gong – a benign exercise and meditation practice with ancient Chinese roots. The answer, however, has proved to be simpler and far more disturbing than most initially guessed.
When the nationwide persecution campaign against Falun Gong began in China in July 1999, many believed the campaign to be another mass movement orchestrated and backed by the Communist Party leadership as a whole. Since that time, however, facts have emerged to cast light on the maneuvers of then-Communist Party head Jiang Zemin.
As the United Nation’s Commission on Human Rights convenes in Geneva this week, the Falun Dafa Information Center joins the growing chorus of voices urging the Commission to censure China for the horrific and widespread abuses of human rights against Falun Gong practitioners throughout China.
To this end, on March 8th the U.S. Congress passed resolution H. Res. 530 urging the international community to rebuke the People’s Republic of China for a litany of human rights abuses. Additionally, last week 40 non-governmental organizations adopted a resolution of their own, urging a resolution to be introduced in Geneva “to call upon the People’s Republic of China to end its human rights violations and meet internationally recognized standards for human rights.”
