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Mayor of City of Port Moody, Canada Proclaims Month of May, 2002 as FALUN DAFA MONTH for Truth-Compassion-Tolerance
Proclamation
WHEREAS, Falun Gong also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice deeply
rooted in ancient Chinese culture. The practice is peaceful and apolitical. It
consists of meditation, gentle exercises, and the guiding principle of
Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance;
WHEREAS, the government of the People's Republic of China banned the practice
of Falun Gong in July of 1999 and began a brutal and relentless crackdown on
millions of Falun Gong practitioners, which has continued unceasingly up to the
present;
WHEREAS, according to UN International education Department's Statement,
Chinese regime's violent assault on Falun Gong practitioners is a case of "
State terrorism against its own people" and "produces far more gross
violations of human rights than any other form of terrorism";
WHEREAS, according to world media and human rights groups, as of January 23,
2002: At least 387 Falun Gong practitioners have died from torture and ill
treatment in police custody and tens of thousand of Falun Gong practitioners
have been detained, tortured, raped and brutally abused, physically and
mentally, simply for being Falun Gong practitioners:
WHEREAS, during the extreme violence and torture, Falun Gong practitioners
have shown unparalleled forbearance, with not one practitioner having hit back
or retaliated in any way, and with practitioners worldwide having used only
non-violent, and peaceful means to appeal;
WHEREAS, practitioners in Canada completed symbolic hunger strikes during the
month of March, 2002, to bring the urgent attention of the public to the severe
escalation of persecution to Falun Gong practitioners in China and to condemn
this escalation. And continuing 24-hour-around-the-clock vigils, and showing
their solidarity and determined hearts to stop this persecution with peaceful
means;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Joe Trasolini, Mayor of the City of Port Moody do hereby
proclaim the month of May, 2002 as
"FALUN DAFA MONTH for Truth-Compassion-Tolerance"
in the city of Port Moody,
Dated this 23rd day of April, 2002
Posting date: 5/9/2002 |