26 Human Rights Groups Call on Australian PM to End Persecution of Major Faith Group

The World Uyghur Congress has sent a joint letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urging him to take action against the “egregious human rights violations” targeting the faith group Falun Gong in China. Genocide Watch, the Australian Christian Lobby, the Italian Federation for Human Rights, and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation are among the 26 international organisations endorsing the appeal. “We … are deeply concerned over the ongoing human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China, which are in violation of international human rights treaties,” said the letter, which was published on the World Uyghur Congress’s website on June 19....