On Tuesday morning a number of Falun Gong practitioners were in Cootamundra as part of a tour covering 200 cities and towns in Australia to raise awareness of what they say is the 17-year long persecution in China of their fellow practitioners.
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The group began at the council chambers in the Wallendoon Street before making their way to the main street with a megaphone telling their stories to locals.
They asked people to sign a petition asking the Australian government to urge the Chinese regime to immediately stop the forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience and publicly call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
They also issued a call to bring former Chinese President Jiang Zemin to justice, who they said started the brutal persecution single-handedly in 1999.
Falun Dafa Association President Dr Lucy Zhao said the protesters realise that most Australians know little about Falun Gong and the tragic situation in China.
She said the group hoped the 200-destination tour would help Australians learn more about what is going on in China today.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is practiced in Australia and around the world focusing on meditation and exercises with teachings based on the universal principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance.
In July 1999 Jiang Zemin ordered the eradication of the traditional Chinese practice.
The protesters in Cootamundra said it was at this time the the arbitrary arrest, torture, killing, incarceration, brainwashing, organ harvesting and demonisation of Falun Gong practitioners began, with these practices continuing to this day.
They travelled to Junee following their stop in Cootamundra.
