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The five Canadian residents suing Chen Zhili, who was China’s education minister, claim she made key decisions and had control over those who carried out torture and persecution.
A lawsuit by spiritual group Falun Gong against the foreign minister over protest restrictions outside the Chinese embassy would affect all Australians’ right to demonstrate, the group’s lawyer says.
The tribunal heard expert testimony about popular religions in China, and determined that Falun Gong constitutes a creed, and is therefore protected under Ontario’s Human Rights Code.
Comparing Google’s English and Chinese language search engines highlights how far the company has gone to win the approval of China’s authorities. Entering sensitive terms into the Chinese search engine throws up unusual results, with official Communist Party viewpoints taking precedence.
The result of censorship, it argued, was that the internet in China was “becoming more and more isolated from the outside world” and freedom of expression was shrinking.
Several human rights-related organizations in the U.S. have filed a civil complaint against China Central Television (CCTV) for programming that aids and abets illegal arrest, prolonged detention, torture, and brainwashing of Falun Gong practitioners.
After many hesitations, I decided to write this article before my performance, especially for the audience at Radio City Music Hall who will be watching our Gala.
Han explains that “The Same Song” is used in forced labor camps throughout China amidst torture sessions as a way of celebrating the breaking of a person’s spirit through intense brainwashing and brutal violence.”
Shortly after being warned to retract a second open letter about
his Falun Gong cases, Gao received a new summons from the judicial bureau. “I’m not sure how much time I have left to conduct my work,” Gao said. “But
I will use every minute to expose the barbaric tactics of our leadership.”
The Falun Gong spiritual movement seems innocuous anough but the Chinese
Government is torturing thousands of practitioners, claims its WA followers.
NORMAN AISBETT reports.
