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"Clarify the truth thoroughly, eliminate the evil with righteous thoughts, save all beings, and safeguard the Fa with determination" (Dafa is Indestructible) Canadians Gather Outside Chinese Embassy to Call an End to the Persecution on Falun Gong Media Advisory For Immediate Release: August 11, 2001
12-Year-Old Student and His Mother Continue the
Round-the-Clock Vigil for Two Weeks
OTTAWA, MONTREAL - The round-the-clock vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy,
started on July 6th in protest against the brutal crackdown of Falun Gong in
China, goes on despite the heat wave.
On Monday, August 13, a twelve-year-old student, Chaochen Guan from Montreal,
will continue the vigil for two weeks along with his mother. Montreal artist
Jingyu Li will finish her vigil held for her husband.
Professor and 25-Year Friend of China Joins Falun Gong Vigil
to Protest Barbaric Brutality
On the same day, University of Montreal retired Professor Jacques Lamontagne,
who has been friend of China for 25 years, will join the Falun Gong vigil
together with his wife, Zhili Li, from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm. Zhili Li was refused
entry to China in May for being a Falun Gong practitioner.
Since 1980, Professor Lamontagne has lived and worked in China as a foreign
specialist, teacher and researcher on several occasions for a total of five
years. He is not a Falun Gong practitioner. For the past nine years, he has been
leading a Sino-Canadian research project in Peking University on "The
Regional Development of Education in China." He said: "I am appalled
that human beings act so cruelly towards other human beings. I appeal strongly
to the Chinese authorities: immediately cease the mistreatment of Falun Gong
practitioners in Chinese prisons." He will deliver a letter to the Chinese
Embassy on Monday.
Professor Lamontagne will be available for media interviews 11:30am- 3pm,
Monday, Aug. 13.
Round-the-clock vigil relay ceremony
Time: Monday, August 13, 2001, at 11:30 am
Place: In front of the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa (515 St. Patrick St.)
Background Information
On July 6, Gerry Smith started a 330 hour round-the-clock vigil in front of
the Ottawa Chinese Embassy. Gerry and people around the world were shocked by
the horrific news of the torture deaths of 15 female practitioners in Wanjia
Labour Camp, China. This vigil has been relayed by Bill Guan, and later by
Jingyu Li, and is part of the global campaign "SOS: Rescue Falun Gong
practitioners persecuted in China!"
Jingyu Li's vigil for her husband, Shenli Lin, began July 26. Shenli, a
prisoner of conscience, was scheduled to be released on July 23 after 18 months
of suffering in a Chinese labour camp for being a Falun Gong practitioner. But
on that day, his term was extended for another 6 months with no reason given.
Falun Gong (a.k.a. Falun Dafa) is a peaceful meditation practice of mind and
body based on Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Since July 1999, Chinese
president Jiang Zemin has engaged in a vicious persecution of the practice that
has affected the lives of millions of families. At least 263 practitioners have
died in custody.
Posting date: 8/13/2001
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