The Thirty Six Western Falun Gong Practitioners from Twelve Countries Were Alleged to Have Violated the Jiang Zemin Regime's "No-Protest Law"

Written by Fei Ming

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, the heroic appeal of thirty-six Western Falun Gong practitioners at Tiananmen Square in Beijing became the focus of worldwide attention. Since the Jiang Zemin regime could not block people in Mainland China from learning about the appeal on the internet, they had to report the news. But because the Western practitioners were not affiliated with any governments, did not have any political background, and came from many different countries, Jiang Zemin could not frame them as "anti-China forces" "who caused emotional harm to the Chinese people." These descriptions, which are often used to criticize Western governments, would have sounded totally inappropriate. Therefore, the state-run media created something new and alleged that the Western practitioners "violated the protest regulations."

Indeed, any country will have its own regulations for protests and demonstrations; nevertheless, in civilized countries, people's freedom of speech is well protected. Anyone can express his or her viewpoints on the streets, so long as their presence does not hinder traffic or other people. An official permit will usually not be refused, and the police are present only to insure that the protest goes smoothly. Numerous appeals and protest activities by Falun Gong practitioners in front of Chinese Embassies in the United States have been like this. Even on the day US President George Bush had his inaugural ceremony, over ten thousand US citizens demonstrated and protested over the way the ballots had been counted. (Of course, according to Jiang's logic, this would have been considered "besieging the government.") It is very clear that in the US the regulations governing protests are indeed regulations to protect protests.

In China, under the dictatorship of Jiang Zemin, there is also a "protest regulation/law," but it is really a "no-protest-is-allowed law." With the exception of several government-sponsored anti-American demonstrations that were designed to whip up extreme nationalism, and parades inciting hatred toward Falun Gong in the aftermath of the fabricated "Tiananmen Self-Immolation Incident," Chinese citizens do not have any right to voice their points of view through demonstrations or parades. If a citizen applies for a permit to demonstrate or have a parade, this is like applying for a ticket to go to jail. Therefore, what the Western Falun Gong practitioners "violated" is not a "protest law" but a "no-protest-is-allowed law" or a "protest-is-prohibited law."

Jiang Zemin's regime consistently deceives the common people in China. For example, the much touted "running the State according to law" is really the turning their own will into law. The original meaning of "running the State according to law" is supposed to be that while executing the powers that are given to them by citizens, the government officials should abide by the law and be constrained by the law. The ruling party should be punished by the law if it breaks the law. The constitution in a civilized country is used to impose restrictions on the government's power instead of restricting the citizens' rights. The law in the hands of Jiang Zemin's regime is a shackle around the neck of the populace--their laws are used to rule over the people and declare the innocent guilty. If all regulations made by governments are to be accepted as infallible laws, then should not the laws Hitler and the Nazis used to persecute the Jews also have been followed?

The most evil demon is the demon that disguises itself as something good, but when we rip off its mask, we will clearly see its ferociousness.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/11/23/20209.html

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