(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners and supporters in Sydney held a rally at Martin Place on July 20, 2015, which marked 16 years of Falun Gong's peaceful resistance to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution.

Rally speakers included Lucy Zhao, president of the Falun Dafa Association of Australia, James Shaw, Parramatta City Councilor, human rights activist Bob Vinnicombe, China expert Dr. Ling Xiaohui and persecution victims. Many stopped to show support and to sign a petition calling for an end to forced organ harvesting.

Australians sign to call for an end to the CCP's forced organ harvesting.

Lucy Zhao, president of the Falun Dafa Association of Australia, gives speech at the rally, and calls for all circles of society to help stop the persecution.

Parramatta Councilor James Shaw gives a speech. He pointed out that because of the Free Trade Agreement, “There's a real opportunity to say to the Australian government that the concerns about human rights we have in China are very much an issue not just in China, but here in Australia.”

Human rights activist Bob Vinnicombe calls for the Australian government to make laws banning organ transplant tourism.