A Verdict of Gross Injustice
From Falun Dafa practitioners in Queensland, Australia
(Clearwisdom.net) On August 15, 2002, the Hong Kong
courts carried out a gross injustice in delivering a guilty verdict without any
reasonable or justifiable grounds against 16 Falun Gong practitioners. The
verdict shocked many around the world who value democracy, human rights, justice
and freedom.
The 16 Falun Gong practitioners from Hong Kong, Switzerland
and New Zealand had earlier staged a hunger strike to protest Jiang's order to
shoot Falun Gong practitioners if they are seen putting up truth-clarifying
flyers. Their 3-day hunger strike was to appeal to all peace-loving people
around the world to help end the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Jiang
regime. Their actions of justice and unselfishness deserve recognition and
praise. However, the Hong Kong government, police and courts yielded to the
pressure from the Jiang regime in Beijing, charged the 16 practitioners with
"obstructing traffic" and "assaulting police" only hours
after they started their 3-day hunger strike and delivered an unjust verdict.
The evidence clearly shows that the practitioners were not in any way
obstructing the sidewalk as they only took up 7 square metres out of the 140
square metres in the area, and the violent actions taken by the police in their
arrest of the Falun Gong practitioners also tells a totally different story than
the prosecution.
The verdict is unjust and clearly shows that the persecution
of Falun Gong by the Jiang regime has already spread to Hong Kong. It indicates
that democracy and freedom in Hong Kong have reached a grievous crisis point and
the promise of "one country two systems" is rapidly disintegrating The
verdict also indicates that the people in Hong Kong no longer enjoy the civil
rights and freedoms they have long been proud of. The verdict is completely
wrong and totally unacceptable.
We would like to call upon all the peace-loving people and
governments around the world who promote democracy and freedom and who respect
basic human rights to uphold justice, oppose this verdict of gross injustice and
together put an end to the Jiang regime's crimes in its brutal persecution of
Falun Gong practitioners and savage violation of their human rights.
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