Documentary Wins Festival’s Justice Prize
Director Elefteria Kalogritsa has produced a documentary on the journey of Jane Dai and her daughter Fadu and how Ms. Dai’s husband was brutally killed for his belief in Falun Gong.
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The Relay for Human Dignity
A Global Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR), inspired by the Olympic torch, is to be lit in Greece on Thursday August 9 and will travel around the world to put human rights on the agenda in the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The Epoch Times: Israel Arrests Men Who Mediated China Organ Transplants
Four men accused of pocketing millions of dollars that patients had paid for organ transplants in Asia were arrested in Israel this week.
8 year persecution of Falun Gong must end now!
Sydneysiders will participate in a candlelight commemoration 6pm today at Town
Hall as part of a series of activities to commemorate lives lost and to call
for an end to the eight-year persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China
that began on July 20, 1999.
Falun Dafa Associations from Twenty-two Countries Send Statement of Protest to Top Hong Kong Official, Chief Executive Donald Tsang
Falun Dafa Associations from twenty-two countries joined forces to send a joint statement condemning Hong Kong’s refusal of entry and forced deportation of hundreds of Falun Dafa practitioners, most of whom were from Taiwan. Practitioners were traveling to Hong Kong to participate in demonstrations marking the tenth anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China.
Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue
Falun Gong practitioner ask DFAT to raise organ harvesting issue at the upcoming talks.
Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Rally and March to Protest Hong Kong’s Use of CCP Blacklist (Photo)
On June 26, 2007 Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong gathered at Charter Gardens to strongly protest the Hong Kong authorities’ use of a blacklist provided by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), to refuse entrance of Taiwanese human rights lawyer Theresa Chu and other Falun Gong practitioners. The practitioners were also treated with violence during the repatriation.
A Tragedy to be Repeated?
In the summer of 1936, an Olympic Games of unprecedented grandeur was held in Berlin, Germany, amidst the sly grins of the Nazis, with Adolf Hitler making the opening speech. The flames of the relay torch, the first in the games’ history, lit the sky throughout the Games, and in the end Germany was a proud winner of the most gold medals. Three years later, Germany blitzed through Poland, the Second World War broke out and the world was plunged into havoc.
President of the Australian National Civic Council Urges Investigation of CCP Organ Harvesting Atrocities
Member of CIPFG, Peter Westmore, national president of the National Civic Council, said during a recent interview that China must open its doors and allow the international community to conduct independent investigations.
Prisons and Forced Labor Camps in Shanghai Trample Human Rights and Violate WTO Principles (Photo)
Prisons and forced labor camps in Shanghai trample human rights and violate world trade principles. They produce large quantities of products made in labor camps for export to Europe and America, disrupting international trade markets.