Australian Falun Gong members hold Sydney protest

Updated August 7, 2008 16:39:13

About 100 protesters from Falun Gong have gathered in Australia's harbour city, Sydney, calling for greater scrutiny of China's labour camps during the Olympics.

The Falun Gong say about 8,000 of their members in China have been arrested since December in a crackdown before the Games.

About 50 people gathered in front of banners calling for justice, while two Falun Gong women who say they have survived torture, spoke about their experiences.

One of them, Jennifer Zeng, says the games should be used by international media as an opportunity to investigate torture claims.

"Just miles away from the Olympic venue, people are being tortured or even being tortured to death. I was detained in the Beijing female labor camp for one year for practicing Falun Gong."

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