(Clearwisdom.net) On November 4, 2006, people in Melbourne held a
grand parade and rally to support the 15 million brave people who have quit the
CCP and its affiliated organizations. The parade set off at the city square,
wound its way to provincial library, Chinatown, and Swanston Street, spanning
several hundred meters. It ended in the city square where the marchers held a
rally. The parade lasted for one and a half hours.
 
A grand parade of people in Melbourne, supporting the 15 million brave
people who quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations |
Sydney Divine Land Marching Band supports the Chinese people who quit
the CCP and its affiliated organizations |
Leading the parade was the Divine Land Marching Band composed of Falun Gong
practitioners in Sydney. This was their first appearance made in Melbourne. They
wore blue and white uniforms and marched in good order. The scene was
spectacular, and the music was loud and clear. Many people stopped what they
were doing and started clapping with the rhythm. The marching band's performance
and the warm reception they got was fantastic.
Behind the Divine Land Marching Band was a huge banner with the words
"Supporting the 15 million brave people who have quit the CCP and its
affiliated organizations, creating a new era for China." Next were an
anti-torture exhibit and a simulated demonstration of harvesting organs from a
living person, re-enacting the brutal persecution carried out against the
practitioners by the CCP. Waist drummers were the last at the parade and gave a
rousing performance.
At the rally, Chairman of the Victoria Democratic Party Paul Kavenaugh,
representative of the Australia Human Rights organization Colin Mitchell,
spokesperson for Refugee Affairs in the Green Party in Victoria Peter Job,
Chairman of the Tibetan Group in Victoria Tupten Dhoudup, spokesperson for the
Melbourne Service Center for Quitting the CCP Wang Peng, representative for the
Epoch Times Maqi, representative of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution
of Falun Gong in China Lee, and spokesperson for the Victoria Falun Dafa
Association Michael Pearson made speeches. The speakers supported the great
deeds of the Chinese people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated
organizations, called on the Australian people to see clearly the evil nature of
the CCP and push the international community to put pressure on the CCP, and to
urge the CCP to open its doors to allow a third party to conduct an open
investigation on the persecution of Falun Gong.
Chairman of Democratic Party in Victoria Paul Kavenaugh said that not long
ago, he was honored to attend a seminar held by former Canadian Secretary of
State for Asia and Pacific David Kilgour and Vice-President of the European
Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott in Melbourne. The investigative report
submitted by David Kilgour and David Matas alleged that many hospitals and
forced labor camps in many cities in China have killed a large number of Falun
Gong practitioners. Right now, investigation groups around the world are
preparing to enter China for investigation. The Chinese government must give a
reply. If they think these allegations are false, then they should open their
doors. Mr. Kavenaugh also called on the Australian government to pay attention
to a former government official in Shanxi Province in China publicly renouncing
the CCP, and grant him political asylum.
Representative of the Australian Human Rights Organization Colin Mitchell was
also one of the participants of the seminar held by European and Canadian
politicians in Melbourne. He said that it is known to many people that the CCP
persecutes Falun Gong practitioners and dissidents. If the Australian government
overlooks human rights in favor of trade, it is being a party to the crimes of
the CCP.
Mr. Mitchell also stated that if a government does not pay attention to the
human rights in other countries, it may be a sign of not valuing the human
rights of its own people, because human rights do not have national boundaries.
Prior to the parade and rally, there was another parade with the theme being
protecting the environment in downtown Melbourne. Thousands of people from
different places in Victoria came to participate in the parade and watch the
performance given by the Divine Land Marching Band. They learned about the CCP's
persecution of Falun Gong and the fact that 15 million people have quit the CCP
and its affiliated organizations.
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