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American Dr Erping Zhang and Canadian David Matas will be in Australia from 4th to 17th August and will present at various functions in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra on issues relating to China’s Internet control, abusive organ sourcing, human rights, religious freedom and the Olympics.
With the International Olympic Committee having admitted prior consent to the Chinese authorities to block access for foreign reporters to certain websites (article), the Falun Dafa Information Center, in cooperation with Internet freedom activists, hereby offers journalists in Beijing a resource to gain free access to information during their stay in China.
July 20, 2008 marks the ninth year that Falun Gong practitioners have worked against the persecution. Practitioners have remained uncompromising and persevering in clarifying the truth and calling for an end to the persecution. Many people have shown support for Falun Gong, some by joining the practitioners in holding up display boards.
On the evening of July 20 2008, Australian Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney arrived at Town Hall and quietly ignited candles. They sat in the gentle breeze, in mourning for fellow practitioners who have been persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for upholding the principals of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. The practitioners called for an immediate end to the brutal persecution that has gone on for the past nine years.
With one month to go before the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, Chinese security agencies continue to arrest Falun Gong adherents throughout China in large numbers. In Beijing alone, hundreds have been arrested and dozens sentenced to labour camps without trial.
Third Confirmed Death Case of Falun Gong in Liaoning Province for April 2008. 38-year-old Activist Dies From Abuse in Chinese Custody Within Weeks of Arrest.
In the run up to the Olympics, Falun Gong practitioners in Australia and other countries including Japan, Poland and the US have become the victim of violent attacks instigated by Chinese officials.
Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Flushing, New York to practice the exercises, and to later pass out truth-clarifying materials to local people. Following the pattern of recent weeks, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) instigators organized a few attacks of practitioners, but for the most part, local Chinese seemed supportive.
New York City police have arrested at least six members of a pro-Communist mob which attacked Falun Gong practitioners in the New York suburb of Flushing. Pro-communist mobs, numbering as many as 600, have been a consistent presence in intimidating Falun Gong adherents since May 17th. The attacks have frequently escalated to violence. The events are believed to have been orchestrated by the Chinese consulate in New York, as revealed by a telephone recording with the Chinese consul general in which he boasts of his involvement.
Over 50 lawsuits have been filed against Chinese Communist Party officials for crimes of torture, genocide and crimes against humanity, with the assistance of over 70 lawyers across 30 countries. Lawsuits against former Chinese communist leader Jiang Zemin were filed in 15 countries.
