Sydney Women Speak Out Against Brutality in China
SYDNEY
(FDI) – Australian women and Falun Gong victims of persecution will speak of continuing
escalation of violence in China at a press conference in Sydney. This is a call
for an end to the genocide in China against Falun Gong practitioners, particularly
women and children. In past 2 months a mission began to rescue orphans who have
become the youngest victims of the genocidal policy.
Torture
methods used on women: gang rapes, beatings, being thrown into male prison cells,
sleep deprivations, sexual mutilation, electrocution, forced abortions and many
more.
CONFERENCE DETAILS
WHERE:
Queen’s Square, Macquarie St
WHEN: Thursday 25 November, 12pm – 2pm
Ms
Zhang Cuiying, Sydney artist, is one of many Australian women who have suffered
such abuse. She was beaten, sleep deprived and tortured for 8 months. Ms Zhang
has travelled to over 40 countries in the past three years to raise awareness
of the plight of Falun Gong practitioners in China. She is the plaintiff in a
civil action in NSW Supreme Court against former Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin and
his ‘610 Office’* for torture. The case is listed for a Status Conference on December
10, which is also International Human Rights Day.
"As a woman, I was
beaten, humiliated, and tortured in China only because I believe in ‘Truthfulness,
Compassion and Forbearance’."
Ms Zhang Cuiying, Sydney artist and plaintiff
in legal action in NSW Supreme Court against former Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin
and his ‘610 Office’ for torture.
Background Information:
In the
62 months from July 1999 to September 2004, women make up 51.38% of Falun Gong
practitioners killed and on average 17 practitioners were killed by police each
month. The average of the victims is 45 years and many have left behind children
that are not of age, who are leading very difficult lives. www.faluninfo.net
*
The ‘610 Office’ is a Gestapo-like agency established by Jiang Zemin with the
sole purpose of carrying out Jiang’s personal orders to ‘eradicate’ Falun Gong.
The agency has authority over all levels of Chinese society including the judiciary,
police, education and housing.
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