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Sydney, Australia: Rally Calling on the UN to Condemn China's Human Rights Situation (Photos) By Sydney Falun Dafa practitioners (Clearwisdom.net) The 60th Session of the United Nations Human
Rights Commission is now meeting in Geneva. The world is paying more and more
attention to the worsening human rights situation in China where freedom and
beliefs are being trampled upon, especially the brutal persecution of Falun Gong
practitioners. On April 5, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners and several social groups from
Sydney held a joint rally at the Town Hall Square, calling on the Australian
government, human rights organizations and non-governmental organizations to
help at the UN Human Rights Commission to pass a resolution to condemn China's
human rights situation, and to stop the Jiang's group from continuing destroying
China's human rights. At the same time, Australian people are shocked and concerned over the brutal
persecution against freedom and human rights taking place in China. The Chinese
government has never stopped the persecution of religious groups, dissidents and
peaceful groups. The representative pointed out that since the beginning of the
persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, China's human rights condition has become
worse. She called upon the different groups and people in Australia to support
the resolution condemning China's persecution of human rights, and urge the
Chinese government to stop the persecution. Mr. Qin from the Democratic Chinese Front (Australia Branch) pointed out that
China's human rights situation has not made any improvement. He condemned the
Chinese government suppressing and killing people of different religions,
dissidents and people from peaceful groups. He expressed his support against the
Chinese government (Jiang's group) persecuting Falun Gong and human rights. Mr.
Qin hoped that the Australian government deliver stronger message regarding
China's worse human rights condition at the UN Human Rights Meeting, and support
the US to propose a resolution condemning China's persecution of human rights. Ms. Li Jian, a representative for "Petals of Peace" expressed that children
are the hope of the future, but in China, countless innocent children are being
unfairly treated. She hoped that people from all walks of life in Australia will
pay attention to and help these children. The "Petals of Peace" campaign
originated from the fact that Australian citizen Ms. Dai Zhizhen's husband died
as a result of persecution in China amidst the Jiang's group's suppression on
Falun Gong. Ms. Dai and her less than one-year-old daughter traveled around the
world to call for an end of the persecution. The "Petals of Peace" campaign
helps people learn about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China, and help
those children who are suffering the persecution in China. A spokesperson for the New South Wales Falun Dafa Association pointed out
that the persecution against people who believe in
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" is the killing of people's conscience and
human nature. Keeping silence is, in a way, condoning the persecution. An
Australian citizen's younger brother, Falun Gong practitioner Ouyang Ming, has
been listed on the report of Australia and China Human Rights Dialogue for two
years, but in that time, Ouyang Ming suffered all kinds of torture in a Chinese
labor camp and eventually was tortured to death. The facts show that the private dialogue between the Australian government
and the Chinese government fail to result in any improvement in the situation in
China. The representative expressed his hope that the Australian government
would support a resolution that openly condemns China's human rights condition
at the UN Human Rights Commission. At the same time, he reiterated the situation
of global lawsuits in several countries against Jiang Zemin for his crime of
genocide against Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu was once an associate researcher at the
Institute of Remote Sensing at the Chinese Academy of Science. She expressed in
an interview that she was once sentenced to three years of forced labor for not
renouncing Falun Gong. During her detention, Ms. Liu was force-fed three times,
and was forced to do long hours' heavy labor and was forced to attend
brainwashing classes. All this is resulted in tremendous harm on her both
physically and mentally. In Australia, she felt the preciousness of freedom and
human rights, but some of her friends and colleagues are still being illegally
imprisoned in China. She called upon Australia to help pass the resolution
condemning China's human rights at the UN Human Rights Meeting, and stop the
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners Posting date: 4/7/2004
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