| BEIJING (August 18) |
| According to Reuters news agency, China's crackdown on Falun Gong calls into doubt Beijing's pledge to uphold human treaties, a senior Australian diplomat said on Wednesday. |
| Miles Kupa, Australian deputy foreign secretary, SIA-PACIFIC said Chinese moves to stamp out Falun Gong featured prominently in three days of bilateral human rights discussions in Beijing. "The ban on Falun Gong does raise some serious questions about China's international commitments relating to freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of expression," he told a news conference. |