(Minghui.org) Practitioners held a rally and did the Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) exercises on Commercial Bay Square on November 15, 2025. They wished to tell people about Falun Dafa and raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) persecution. Barry Wilson, former chair of the Auckland Council for Civil Liberties, and human rights lawyer Kerry Gore, addressed the rally. They called on the New Zealand Government, international organizations, and all circles of society to pay attention to the CCP’s persecution.
Many people stopped to watch, and they signed a petition calling an end to the persecution.
Falun Dafa practitioners did the exercises on Commercial Bay Square on November 15, 2025.
Practitioners demonstrate the exercises.
People learn about Dafa and sign the petition to end the persecution.
The CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting Is Ongoing
Barry Wilson, former chair of the Auckland Council for Civil Liberties, addresses the rally.
Barry Wilson, former chair of the Auckland Council for Civil Liberties, expressed his support for practitioners’ efforts to tell people about the CCP’s human rights abuses. He called on the international community to pay attention to the CCP’s decades-long persecution.
He first expressed admiration for practitioners by saying that they continued raising awareness of how the CCP illegally detains, tortures, and conducts the state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting. He said practitioners’ persistence is precious.
He pointed out that the China Tribunal in London in 2018 consisted of several international lawyers and experts and investigated the allegation of the CCP’s forced organ harvesting. The China Tribunal concluded that the CCP has committed this cruel and evil crime.
Mr. Wilson pointed out that the CCP commits human rights violations, including the systemic persecution of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, household churches, and human rights lawyers. He said that the CCP’s recent repression of Hong Kong is a continuation of its attacks on human rights and freedom.
He expressed his admiration for Falun Gong practitioners and commended them for raising awareness of the persecution and speaking out for the victims in China.
Calling on the International Community to Help Stop the CCP’s Persecution
Human rights lawyer Kerry Gore addressed the rally.
Human rights lawyer Kerry Gore addressed the rally and condemned the CCP’s 26-year-long persecution. He called on the international community to take action.
“For 26 years, the Chinese Communist Party has carried out a brutal, systematic persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. This campaign has been relentless and merciless. Documented abuses include unlawful arrests, arbitrary detention, coercive ‘re-education’ programs, indoctrination, pressure to renounce one’s beliefs, and both physical and psychological torture. Countless practitioners have been subjected to forced labor under slave-like conditions, driven to destitution to escape harassment, and, according to numerous independent investigations, victimized by state-sanctioned organ harvesting,” he said.
He continued, “These reports come from respected and independent organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, the United Nations Special Rapporteurs, Amnesty International, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Their findings paint a deeply troubling picture—a picture the world cannot afford to ignore.
“Yet, despite this overwhelming oppression, Falun Gong practitioners in China continue to risk everything to speak the truth. They work tirelessly and courageously to inform their fellow citizens about the reality of the persecution and the nature of the regime carrying it out. Their bravery, shown in the face of intimidation, violence, and even the threat of death, deserves our profound respect.”
Lawyer Gore called for action, “So the question is no longer whether we should act—it is how we will act. I urge everyone to contact their local Member of Parliament and voice your concern. Demand meaningful action. Advocate for Magnitsky-style legislation to hold accountable those responsible for human rights abuses. Support laws that criminalize transplant tourism and penalize those who facilitate or profit from these atrocities.
“Silence enables oppression. By raising our voices, by pressing for concrete measures, we can help protect those who continue to suffer—and move one step closer to ending this persecution.”
People are Interested in Falun Dafa
Nilay likes Falun Dafa.
When Nilay, who is a doctor and a yoga instructor, passed by the square, she was drawn by the peaceful exercise demonstration.
She said she learned qigong in Turkey and taught yoga and meditation. As she watched practitioners do the exercises, she said it was peaceful and could help modern people keep calm and balanced in their busy lives. She said cultivation can help people, “More clearly see their own life and connection to their true self.”
Nilay said Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance can help people better deal with difficulties, reduce conflicts, and find their true selves. “If a person is sincere, kind, and tolerant, they are magnanimous.”
As a doctor, she said meditating and cultivation can improve one’s health. She likes Falun Dafa and said, “Children and adults should learn this practice and its values.”
Alex admires practitioners’ perseverance.
Alex from France stopped and talked with a practitioner for a long time. He said he learned about Falun Dafa eight years ago when he visited Colombia. He felt practicing Falun Dafa can bring people peace and benefit them physically and mentally.
He learned the exercises while he was in Colombia, “We got up at 3 a.m. every day and did the exercises. I still remember the movements even though I learned them years ago.”
When the practitioner told him about the CCP’s persecution and forced organ harvesting, he was stunned and said, “Why? This practice doesn’t harm anyone.” He said the persecution was horrible.
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