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French Government Shows Concern Over the Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners (Clearwisdom.net) Recently, the French President's Office, the French Parliament Leader,
the Office of the French Foreign Affairs Secretary, advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the
French Domestic Affairs Minister, and some members of the France Parliament sent letters to the
French Falun Gong Association, the French Guadalupe Falun Dafa Association, as well as individual
Falun Gong practitioners. The French Foreign Affairs Minister also answered an inquiry by a member
of the French Parliament regarding the persecution of Falun Gong in China. These letters showed that
France and Europe as a whole have started to pay attention to the persecution of Falun Gong in
China. They also showed concern towards the extensive, cruel tortures implemented by the Jiang
regime during the persecution that has gone on for more than three years. France and the European
Union have made efforts in improving the human rights situation in China. Every six months they
bring up to the Chinese government issues such as the trampling of human rights, freedom of speech,
freedom of assembly, the freedom of belief, the use of torture, and sending people to forced labor
camps without going through legal procedures. The French Prime Minister addressed the issue of human
rights with the Chinese Premier during his visit at the end of September this year. Some of the letters addressed the incident where the Cambodian government turned over two Falun
Gong practitioners to China, even though they were under the protection of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees. The letters indicated that those two Falun Gong practitioners' rights
must be protected. Posting date: 11/26/2002 |