据新西兰国家电视台TVNZ报道，由于惠灵顿市政厅禁止法轮功组织参与圣诞街头巡游，日前，该组织正就此向法院对市政厅提出诉讼。
继先前古巴街嘉年华及中国农历春节巡游被拒绝之后，法轮功希望能参加此次圣诞巡游。
惠灵顿市政厅说，法轮功是个政治性组织，政治性团体不能够参与巡游。
但法轮功律师托尼·埃利斯说，它是一个精神组织。
该组织宣称，惠灵顿市政厅正试图与中国政府保持一种良好的合作关系，而中国政府完全禁止法轮功。
以下为原文：
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.
原文网址：http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/1426479
