Photo Essay: Australians Show Support for Falun Gong During the G20 Summit

(Minghui.org) The 2014 G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane this past November provided Australians an opportunity to learn more about Falun Gong and the persecution the practice faces in China. While the eyes of the world were on Brisbane, Falun Gong practitioners took the opportunity to raise awareness about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal 15-year persecution of the peaceful cultivation practice. Practitioners' peaceful protests over the duration of the summit impressed the local media and won support from the police and Brisbane citizens.

Australian Media Cover Falun Gong's Peaceful Protest

Falun Gong practitioners hold banners along Ann Street, Brisbane, calling for an end to the 15-year persecution in China

Practitioners hold banners outside the Hyatt Hotel to raise awareness of the persecution

A woman reacts as she reads a flyer about the Chinese Communist Party's state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners

A reporter from Channel 7 Television Station covers a Falun Gong rally

The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) runs a live broadcast of Falun Gong rally

SBS Television Station reporter interviews a Falun Gong practitioner

Peaceful Falun Gong Protest Greets World Leaders and Impresses Locals

The Italian delegation's motorcade drives near Falun Gong informational banners on William Street in Brisbane

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's motorcade passes the peaceful protest, unable to avoid seeing the prominently displayed banners.

Falun Gong practitioners marching during the 2014 G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane, Australia

Spectators applaud and cheer for Falun Gong practitioners at the end of the march

Police Protect Falun Dafa Practitioners from Pro-Communist Groups

Passersby take photos of the pro-CCP group's violence against Falun Gong practitioners.

Police officers in Brisbane ask students organized by the Chinese Consulate to show their ID and take down their information to make sure that they would not make trouble for Falun Gong protestors.

To keep their banners from being blocked by pro-CCP groups, practitioners attached them to helium balloons and floated them high above the crowds

Aboriginal Australians invited Falun Gong practitioners to enter their sacred circle to introduce Falun Gong and the persecution in China.

Police officers pose with practitioners for a photo after the march