House of Representatives of Pennsylvania Passes Resolution Recognizing the Plight of Practitioners of Falun Gong in China [October 7, 2003]

(Clearwisdom.net) On October 7, 2003, the House of Representatives of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed a resolution recognizing the plight of practitioners of Falun Gong in China and urging the United States Government to take appropriate action to stop the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and to rescue Ms. Jingfang Yang and Dr. Charles Li.

Introduced by Horsey, Belfanti, Corrigan, Cruz, Dailey, DeWeese, Frankel, Freeman, Herman, Hershey, James, Josephs, Laughlin, Leach, Markosek, Myers, Pistella, Readshaw, Reichley, Walko, Youngblood, Allen, Baldwin, Clymer, McGill, Petri and Schroder, September 16, 2003

Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, September 16, 2003

Whereas, Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual and meditative practice based on truthfulness, compassion and tolerance, which was taught in private for thousands of years before Mr. Li Hongzhi introduced the practice to the general public in China in 1992; and

Whereas, Falun Gong is practiced freely in more than 50 countries by tens of million of people; and

Whereas, Falun Dafa was officially declared illegal in China in July 1999; and

Whereas, According to the Falun Dafa Information Center, hundreds of thousands of people have been detained, imprisoned, treated with cruelty, tortured and persecuted in China in connection with their practice of Falun Gong; and

Whereas, The brutal oppression of peaceful practitioners of Falun Gong is a blatant violation of human rights; and

Whereas, According to the 2000 United States Census, there are 50,650 Chinese Pennsylvanians; and

Whereas, According to a December 1, 2002, Philadelphia Inquirer article, Jingfang Yang, who is the sister of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital psychiatrist Michael J. Yang, has been imprisoned since October 30, 2002; and

Whereas, Several permanent United States residents and citizens have been affect by this oppression and Dr. Charles Li, a United States citizen, is among the detained practitioners who have been isolated from their families and loved ones; therefore be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recognize the plight of practitioners of Falun Gong in China; and be it further

Resolved, That appropriate action by the United States Government is urged; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the presiding officers of each house of Congress, to each member of Congress from Pennsylvania and to The Honorable Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.

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