Posted on Apr 29, 2013 in China, Featured Stories, Human Rights Abuse, International, News/Media, Organ harvesting
7:30 ABC News Australia
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast: 29/04/2013
Reporter: Adam Harvey
An Australian university is under fire for honouring a Chinese professor linked to China’s controversial organ transplant program.
Transcript
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Every year in China thousands of prisoners are executed and their deaths provide kidneys, lungs and livers for the...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2013 in Human Rights Abuse, International, Legal, Refugees, Slave Labor/Concentration Camps
By The Australia Network News
April 15, 2013
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A Chinese man has sought protection in Australia after escaping alleged torture in his homeland. But despite the United Nation’s pleas for clemency, he is hitting legal hurdles in...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2013 in Featured Stories, Human Rights Abuse, International, Slave Labor/Concentration Camps
By Amnesty International USA
Falun Gong practitioner Chen Zhenping was detained in August 2008 and sentenced to eight-years behind bars. While imprisoned, she has endured brutal torture and ill-treatment- all because of her religious beliefs. Chen Zhenping is being denied access to legal representation. She has not seen her family since March 2009.
Tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2013 in China, Human Rights Abuse, International, News/Media, Slave Labor/Concentration Camps
The Epoch Times
By Rona Rui
Epoch Times Staff
At his first press conference on March 17, China’s new premier, Li Keqiang, announced that a plan will be released later this year to reform the controversial re-education through labor system.
Other high-level officials in the Communist Party have made recent statements that are in line with Li’s pledge. The original announcement was made on Jan....
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Posted on Mar 21, 2013 in China, Human Rights Abuse, International, News/Media, Organ harvesting
NTD Television
The local Falun Gong community from all over Australia gathered on Wednesday for a rally in Canberra, the country’s seat of government.
[Jansin Goldring, Falun Gong Practitioner]:
“I’m from Melbourne, it took me ten hours to get here, but I think it’s a very worthwhile journey for me.”
They are voicing their concern about state-sanctioned organ harvesting...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2013 in China, Human Rights Abuse, International, News/Media
Bangkok Post
Published: 8 Mar 2013 at 15.09
Online news:
An elderly falun gong practitioner says she was subject to rare harassment while doing her weekly meditation on a street opposite the Chinese embassy on Ratchadapisek Road on Friday morning.
Jariya Ritdechawong, who is in her 70s, said was sitting cross-legged on the pavement in front of the True building opposite the Chinese embassy, as...
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