(Clearwisdom.net)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Over the past six years, Chinese and overseas practitioners have exposed the persecution of Falun Gong, and many Westerners have learnt the facts. However, some Westerners have the impression that the persecution has nearly stopped. These people have been deceived by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP uses the practice of "inner pressure, outer peace," designed to oppress dissenters secretly under a veil of serenity.
The CCP has in fact escalated the persecution of Falun Gong and painstakingly spread deception. On September 7, 2005, eighty practitioners were arrested in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province. Arrests continue as we speak. Practitioners in other areas are also arrested daily.
After Jiang Zemin stepped down, his diehard followers, Zeng Qinghong and Luo Gan, have maintained the persecution. Hu Jintao makes saving the CCP his top priority. He has not evaluated Falun Gong correctly.
According to Clearwisdom.net, 209 practitioners were persecuted to death in March 2005, 350 in April, 429 and 230 in May and June respectively. Since the onslaught of this persecution on July 20, 1999, 2742 deaths of Falun Gong practitioner have been verified. These cases occurred in over 30 provinces and autonomous districts.
Chinese farmers will lose their land if they practice Falun Gong. Workers will be fired if they practice Falun Gong. During the Chinese Industrial Commerce Bank's personnel rearrangement, the policy mandated that "Falun Gong practitioners will be the first to lose their jobs." Promotion of a government official is predicated on his not practicing Falun Gong. A Chinese citizen who wants to obtain a passport must not practice Falun Gong.
The Sichuan Province Chinese Youth Travel Agency website on "Chinese Citizen's application to travel in Hong Kong and Macao" states that applicants must obtain proof that they are not Falun Gong practitioners from police or employer. The CCP wants to confine Mainland practitioners in China, so they cannot expose the CCP's atrocities in the persecution.
Falun Gong practitioners simply will not relinquish their belief in the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." They have no political agenda. Their very yearning for goodness scares the CCP, which claims that China's human rights situation is now the best ever. However, the "best" by CCP standards only means that citizens have the right to survive. Basic human rights are in fact not protected in China.
In the past six years, tens of millions of innocent people have been hurt in the oppression of Falun Gong. Hundreds of thousands have been sentenced to labor camps or prisons. Many sentence terms exceed 20 years.
On September 9, 2005, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin discussed the importance of human rights with Chinese President Hu. Prime Minister Martin specifically mentioned the Falun Gong issue.
Western society is partly founded on human rights and freedom of belief. I hope you will call on the Chinese government to protect Falun Gong practitioners' basic human rights and to bring the persecutors to justice.
Best regards,
A Mainland China Falun Gong Practitioner
September 19, 2005
Category: Perspective
