Falun Gong practitioners and supporters are commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the Chinese regime’s persecution of the practice, a campaign that has been dubbed a “hidden holocaust.”
That theme was elaborated upon by Falun Gong spokesperson John Deller at a Wednesday July 15 forum at NSW State Parliament in Sydney, Australia.
“A holocaust is described as any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life, and I’m sure you would agree that’s what has been happening,” Mr Deller said.
First to speak was NSW Legislative Council member Rev Hon Dr Gordon Moyes. He told of being caught smuggling bibles into China and his advocacy efforts for Chinese students in Australia to be given permanent residency after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Dr Moyes said that when the first Falun Gong forum in State Parliament was to be held several years ago, the Chinese Embassy called, pressuring them to cancel it. Dr Moyes made sure that didn’t happen.
“We told the Embassy to shoot off. I have never subsequently been invited to China.”
He said he had met Chinese missionaries with scars and tales of torture and beatings, similar to how Falun Gong practitioners are treated today.
“In an earlier day it was Christians that went through that,” Mr Moyes said. “My concern is for human rights, whether it’s for Christians or Falun Gong people.
“China could be the greatest country in the world, but they need to understand that the rights of every single person are inalienable.”
That theme was elaborated upon by Falun Gong spokesperson John Deller at a Wednesday July 15 forum at NSW State Parliament in Sydney, Australia.
“A holocaust is described as any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life, and I’m sure you would agree that’s what has been happening,” Mr Deller said.
First to speak was NSW Legislative Council member Rev Hon Dr Gordon Moyes. He told of being caught smuggling bibles into China and his advocacy efforts for Chinese students in Australia to be given permanent residency after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Dr Moyes said that when the first Falun Gong forum in State Parliament was to be held several years ago, the Chinese Embassy called, pressuring them to cancel it. Dr Moyes made sure that didn’t happen.
“We told the Embassy to shoot off. I have never subsequently been invited to China.”
He said he had met Chinese missionaries with scars and tales of torture and beatings, similar to how Falun Gong practitioners are treated today.
“In an earlier day it was Christians that went through that,” Mr Moyes said. “My concern is for human rights, whether it’s for Christians or Falun Gong people.
“China could be the greatest country in the world, but they need to understand that the rights of every single person are inalienable.”
