The “Global Coalition Against Article 23 Legislation” today organised
the “Breaking The Great Wall of Silence – Global Effort Against Article
23 of Hong Kong” gathering in front of the Chinese Consulate in Sydney
to raise public awareness of the impact of the current draft of Article 23,
and to support Hong Kong citizens’ July 1st Grand March.
Representatives of the “Chinese Labour Party”, the “Against
Article 23 Organisation”, Falun Gong group, UTS and the “Federation for a Democratic
China” spoke out to condemn the introduction of Article 23 legislation
in Hong Kong, legislation that limits freedom of speech and belief in Hong Kong.
They exposed the atrocities and lies committed by the Chinese Communist regime
that is now extending to Hong Kong and beyond.
A “Walk of Silence” march to Chinatown followed the event, where
a role play of real life examples of the impact of Article 23 on citizens and
travellers to Hong Kong took place.
Many Western and Chinese media, Reuters, AFP, SMH, ABC TV, Australian NewsDaily, Epochtimes and NTDTV also attended the event, reporting concern about
the consequence which Article 23 may bring to both the people of Hong Kong and
the rest of the world.
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Sydney Chinatown
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The Global Coalition Against Article 23 revealed that recently the number of
signatures on the Global Coalition Against Article 23 Legislation website has
rapidly increased. In the past five days, the number of signatures had reached
10,000 and the total number of signatures currently stands at 26,000.
Meanwhile, branch organizations of the Global Coalition Against Article 23 Legislation
around the world will also hold activities to support the event.
Please sign a petition to express your concern of against the Article 23 law
to be enacted in Hong Kong, http://againstarticle23.org/en/
Posting date: 29/June/2003
Original article date: 29/June/2003
Category: Australian News
