(Clearwisdom.net) On December 10, World Human Rights Day, a symbolic public
trial of Jiang Zemin was held in front of the Art Museum in downtown Vancouver.
Ms. Mary-Woo Sims, former chief commissioner of the British Columbia Human
Rights Commission, Sadie Kuehn, a local activist for racial justice, and
a Falun Gong practitioner acted as judges.
At 12 noon, judges, witnesses, and lawyers from both sides entered the court
and sat down. Then the Vancouver Branch of the Global Coalition to Bring Jiang
to Justice started the symbolic public trial of Jiang Zemin. Witnesses stepped
forward one after another to narrate their suffering, and the sufferings of
their family members and friends during the last four years of Jiang's brutal
persecution of Falun Gong. The righteous voices of justice were heard loud and
clear in downtown Vancouver. Passers-by stopped to watch, ask for Falun Gong
information and look at posters about Falun Gong.
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| Site of symbolic trial |
Passers-by interviewed by reporters |
Many passers-by condemned Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong and encouraged
the Canadian government to step forward to stop the persecution and demand that
the Chinese government respect human rights. One tourist from Britain said that
he saw a similar symbolic trial of Jiang in Britain. He believed that such
trials were meaningful, and that they could help local residents to learn about
the persecution and reach a common understanding.
Several local media outlets covered the event.
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