Melbourne (AFDI), September 12, 2003 – Up to two hundred Falun Gong practitioners will welcome the SOS Car Tour, when they arrive at the Chinese Consulate in Melbourne. Lisa Liang, Myrna Mack, Alan Fang and Helen Liu have been on a 900-kilometre journey from Sydney to Melbourne to raise awareness about the former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin’s brutal persecution campaign towards practitioners.
This weekend will mark the largest and the first international gathering of Falun Gong practitioners in Melbourne.
Schedule of Events in Melbourne:
| Date: Friday 12 Sept Time: 6:45pm- 8:10pm
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Candlelight Vigil Place: Melbourne Chinese Consulate 75-77 Irving Rd., Toorak (near cnr. with Toorak Rd.) |
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Date: Saturday 13 Sept |
Stop the Genocide of Falun Gong Practitioners in China Rally |
| Date: Saturday 13 Sept Time: 11:30am |
Media Announcement Place: Federation Square |
| Date: Sunday 14 Sept Time: 6:30am – 8:10am |
Grand Group Media Event More Details to be Announced …. Place: Batman Park (on the opposite bank of the Yarra River from the Casino, near heliport). |
Background:
Falun Gong is a peaceful practice of meditation and exercises with teaching based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compasssion-Tolerance. The practice was illegally banned by Chinese government on July 20 1999. Thousands have been subjected to persecution and brutal assaults in labor camps and prisons. Over 700 have been confirmed to be tortured to death. Currently 15 Australians are lobbying to rescue their family members, being illegally detained in Chinese Labor Camps as part of the global Rescue The Family Campaign.
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Contacts: Dr Michael Pearson-Smith 0409 500 271, Kati Vereshaka 0408 165 094
Websites: www.falunau.org ,Email: news@falunau.org
