ABC Radio: Criminal allegations against Chinese official visiting Australia

Zhou Yongkang one of the nine members of the standing committee of the political bureau or the leadership group of China's Communist party. The 66 year old Mr Zhou is the minister for public security and was the head of security for the Beijing Olympics. Mr Zhou is accused by three Falun Gong members living in Australia of overseeing a system allowing torture and they've lodged a criminal complaint against him in the Supreme Court in Sydney.

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Torture and Death of Falun Gong Continue, Say Submissions to United Nations

Submissions by Amnesty International, the Conscience Foundation, Chinese Human Rights Defenders, and Interfaith International cite persistent reports of torture and death in custody of Falun Gong practitioners in recent years, as well as the culture of violence and impunity surrounding them.
China ratified the United Nations Convention against Torture in 1988 and will be undergoing its fourth periodic review by the body's panel of independent experts on Friday in Geneva.

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Sydney Morning Herald: Falun Gong followers caught in dangerous immigration Catch-22

The Immigration Department is endangering failed Falun Gong asylum seekers by forcing them to apply for travel documents from the Chinese consulate in Sydney, exposing their status to authorities and putting them in danger of persecution, refugee advocates say.

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Celestial Band Performs in Fisher's Ghost Parade at the Campbelltown City Festival

Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in the Fisher's Ghost Parade at the Campbelltown City Festival on the afternoon of November 1, 2008. More than one hundred different groups participated in this annual parade.

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