By a UK practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) In July, Falun Gong practitioners were invited to perform at Asian Comments - the Asia-EU Summit's art program in Copenhagen on September 21.

The event organizer, the Copenhagen International Theatre (KIT), liked the practitioners' proposed art performances, which had won the Community First Prize at the Queen's Jubilee Cavalcade of the Edinburgh International Festival 2002.

However, the Chinese Embassy threatened to pull out all Chinese community performances unless Falun Gong practitioners were excluded from Asian Comments. According to the event organizer KIT, the Danish Foreign Ministry, which sponsors the event, bowed to the pressure.

The Jiang regime has recently been exporting its strong-arm tactics and persecution to the international community on a regular basis: it pressured Iceland to bar Falun Gong while the Chinese dictator was visiting the country, Ukraine to harass practitioners, and Cambodia to deport practitioners with UN refugee status.

Each of these incidents has drawn strong international condemnation and, in the case of the Ukraine, a clear-cut court decision against the harassment.

The pressure applied by the Jiang regime at the EU-Asia Summit art event is not only a persecution of peaceful Falun Gong practitioners, but also a persecution of the EU's democratic tradition and way of life.

We hope that the Danish and relevant EU authorities will resist the Chinese regime's strong-arm tactics and support the participation of Falun Gong practitioners in this art event.

http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/7052.html

Posting date: 9/20/2002
Original article date: 9/19/2002
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide

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