History Will Hand Down a Just Verdict -- Practitioners from Ottawa Protest Conviction in front of the Chinese Embassy (Photos)


By practitioners from Ottawa

(Clearwisdom.net)

August 15, 2002 was the darkest day in Hong Kong's history. Hong Kong magistrate Symon Wong enforced the will of Jiang and his political gang of scoundrels and sided with all accusations from the Hong Kong police, convicting the 16 Falun Gong practitioners of "public obstructions" and charging them different amounts of fines. The convicted practitioners include 4 Swiss nationals and a New Zealand citizen.

At noon on August 15, practitioners from Ottawa held a peaceful appeal to protest the Hong Kong court's unjust conviction of the Falun Gong practitioners.

The Hong Kong police's arrest of the Falun Gong practitioners was itself illegal. The subsequent accusations of "public obstruction" and "attacking police" were even more groundless in the presence of the truth. However, under Jiang's despotic power, the Hong Kong magistrate betrayed his basic professional ethics, the justice of Hong Kong's legal system, and the Hong Kong people's future under the public gaze. During the trial hearing, he even tried to ingratiate himself with the Hong Kong police by saying that the Hong Kong police's arrest of the practitioners was an act of "mercy." Whether it was violence or mercy, truth or fabrication, we believe that history and people will make a just verdict.

In the afternoon when the appeal concluded, it suddenly rained heavily, as if the heavens were telling people something.

Falun Gong practitioners from Ottawa and Parliament Members condemn the political trial in Hong Kong (Photos)

On the morning of August 14, Falun Gong practitioners from Ottawa and Canadian Members of Parliament held a press conference, calling on the Hong Kong government to dismiss the trial and urging the Jiang regime to stop persecuting Falun Gong.

First, a practitioner read a statement from the Falun Dafa Association and through photos pointed out that the "accusations" were in fact fabrications. Then Canadian Parliament member, Mr. Anders called on people all over the world to pay attention to the persecution of Falun Gong in China and its extension to Hong Kong. It is reported that a female Falun Gong practitioner from Ottawa went to Hong Kong to express support. At the press conference, her husband called on the Hong Kong government to dismiss the trial and to issue an open apology to Falun Gong practitioners. In the end, a statement from Canadian Parliament members to the press conference was read: We request that the Canadian government call on the Hong Kong government to vindicate basic human rights, including the freedoms of belief, speech and assembly. We also call on Canada to bring forth a strong condemnation regarding the politically motivated trial of the 16 Falun Gong practitioners.
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/8/16/34978.html

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