據(jù)新西蘭國家電視臺TVNZ報道，由于惠靈頓市政廳禁止法輪功組織參與圣誕街頭巡游，日前，該組織正就此向法院對市政廳提出訴訟。
繼先前古巴街嘉年華及中國農(nóng)歷春節(jié)巡游被拒絕之后，法輪功希望能參加此次圣誕巡游。
惠靈頓市政廳說，法輪功是個政治性組織，政治性團(tuán)體不能夠參與巡游。
但法輪功律師托尼·埃利斯說，它是一個精神組織。
該組織宣稱，惠靈頓市政廳正試圖與中國政府保持一種良好的合作關(guān)系，而中國政府完全禁止法輪功。
以下為原文：
Falun Gong takes council to court
Nov 2, 2007 1227 PM
The Chinese group Falun Gong is taking the Wellington City Council to court for banning the group from street parades.
Falun Gong practitioners want the right to participate in the Christmas parade after earlier being banned from the Cuba Street carnival and Chinese New Year festival.
Wellington City Council says the group is political and political groups are not able to participate.
But Falun Gong lawyer Tony Ellis says it is a spiritual group.
The group claim that Wellington City Council is trying to maintain a good relationship with China's government, which bans Falun Gong completely.
原文網(wǎng)址：http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/1426479
