Sweden: Letter from Falun Dafa Association to the Foreign Minister Regarding the Geneva UN Human Rights Conference
(Clearwisdom.net) Honourable Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh, Since November, 2002, over 85 Falun Gong practitioners have
been persecuted to death and the sinister details [of the persecution] have been
exposed. Since 1999, there is evidence of 598 practitioners being persecuted to
death. Based on the information offered by the Chinese government, over 1,000
practitioners died during this persecution to date. The death cases are scattered over 30 provinces in China,
which indicates that this persecution is nationwide. A catalogue of torture
methods has been used. Torture methods include forced abortion and forced
injections of unknown substances. There are several proven reports of female
practitioners being stripped naked and thrown into a cell with male inmates,
where they have been repeatedly raped. A female practitioner who had been almost
tortured to death was consequently burned to death. The atrocities are
indescribably shocking. According to one Australian report, half of the
detainees in the labour camps in China are Falun Gong practitioners who are
imprisoned because of their firm belief. Without a legal trial, over 100,000
Falun Gong practitioners have been sent to labour camps, while one million
innocent people have lost their jobs, been forced out of school or have been
made homeless. Swedish people are against the current persecution of Falun
Gong practitioners in China and are showing a lot of concern. We enclose with
this letter a petition singed by over 8,000 people. Falun Gong has been subjected to persecution for over four
years. China has violated nearly 30 articles in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and 10 articles in the constitution of the People's Republic of
China. However, in the annual UN Human Rights Commission there has been no
discussion of human rights situations in China. "Killing without mercy" and "practitioners beaten to death
will count as suicide": these are the instructions given by the Chinese
authorities to crack down on Falun Gong. Sweden and other countries have offered help with the
worsening human rights situations in China. However, China regards the bilateral
talks about its human rights situations as a kind of political game and a means
to escape from open criticism from the international community. The persecution
of Falun Gong is escalating. The persecution is not a common problem of law or
politics, but a campaign of terror and killing launched by Jiang Zemin, with its
orders and financial support from the Chinese authorities. Now when the world is focusing on the prevention of a war
with Iraq, the Chinese government is making use of global terrorism to force
Hong Kong to pass Article 23 of the Basic Law. Under this legislation, the
Chinese authorities will extend their persecution from mainland China to Hong
Kong citizens and organisations. The human rights and fundamental freedoms that
the Hong Kong people have enjoyed for decades will be destroyed. Though it is good to maintain long-term talks with China, the
whole world should immediately and correctly express its objection to the
measures taken by the Chinese authorities. You who earn our trust and support
should not allow such a large-scale persecution to happen in modern times. We urge the Swedish government to put forward a resolution in
this upcoming UN Human Rights Commission concerning China's violation of human
rights and in particular the persecution of Falun Gong. We humbly and sincerely
ask you to mention the human rights problems in China and particularly the
persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese government. Yours Sincerely. Swedish Falun Dafa Association.
The United Nations Human Rights Commission is about to be held in Geneva. We
hope that Sweden can take the initiative to nominate a resolution condemning
China for its serious violation of human rights as well as the brutal
persecution of Falun Gong.
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