Australia: Divine Performing Arts Performs in Sydney (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) After eight successful shows in four cities, the Divine Performing Arts played in Sydney on March 29, 2007.

NTDTV held a pre-show reception. More than 150 politicians, media, representatives from business community, Chinese community and art community attended. Reporters from the mainstream media in Sydney, such as Channel 7 and 9, 2UE Radio Station, FM 99.3, and newspapers from the Italian and Thai communities watched and reported on the show. The first show in Sydney amazed the audience. Many Chinese people expressed that they were proud of it, and many Westerners said that it was the best show they ever saw. The sponsors of the show expressed that the show was fabulous and they would like to sponsor it every year.

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) News Brief: Chinese Asylum Seeker and Her 8-Year-Old Daughter forcibly Deported From Russia

30 March 2007

Source: Media Relations & Public Information, UNHCR, Geneva

(Clearwisdom.net) According to credible information received by UNHCR, a Chinese asylum seeker and her 8 year-old daughter were taken by the Russian authorities from their St. Petersburg residence last Wednesday (28 March) and put on a plane departing to China via Novosibirsk. The woman and her daughter had submitted a claim for asylum in accordance with the Russian Federation Law on Refugees. Their appeal against a first negative decision was scheduled to be considered by the Dzerzhinky District court in St. Petersburg this afternoon. Both had been registered by UNHCR as persons in need of international protection.

Ottawa, Canada: Rally on Parliament Hill to Support 20 Million Withdrawals from CPP (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) March 30, a rally was held on Parliament Hill to support 20 million Chinese who have formally quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. MP Rob Anders gave a speech at the rally. Former senior diplomat Brian McAdam also attended the rally. In addition, renowned Jewish scholar Rabbi Reuven Bulka and Senior Fellow for Terrorism and National Security with the Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD) David Harris also wrote support letters to the rally.

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