Australian Politicians Join Online Rally Condemning Beijing’s 21-year Persecution of Falun Gong

Australian Politicians Join Online Rally Condemning Beijing’s 21-year Persecution of Falun Gong
A young Falun Dafa adherent holds a sign asking for China to stop killing prisoners of conscience for their organs in a parade in Washington on July 20, 2017. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Daniel Y. Teng
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Australian political leaders have joined an online rally condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its ongoing persecution of Falun Gong, amid a backdrop of increased scrutiny of Australia-China relations.

July 20 marks 21 years of persecution suffered by practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice in communist China, claiming the lives of over 4,300 adherents.