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Support from All Over Taiwan as Falun Gong Practitioners Worldwide Take Legal Action Against Jiang Zemin 7/27/2003
(Clearwisdom.net) This July 20 marked the fourth year of the persecution
of Falun Gong in China. This year, using a new approach to oppose the
persecution, Falun Gong practitioners launched a campaign to bring Jiang to
justice, charging him with genocide and torture of Falun Gong practitioners.
Events with this theme were held in Taipei and Kaohsiung on July 20.
Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Taipei's Daan Forest Park to
attend the "Respect Life and Stop the Persecution" memorial activity.
Many organizations attended this event, including the Democratic Progressive
Party, the Nationalist Party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, representatives from
various cultural and intellectual communities and the Chinese Human Rights
organization. The event in Kaohsiung was organized by Ms. Yang Shuoying, a
professor from Zhongshan University's Business Management Department. Kaohsiung
Mayor Chang-ting Hsieh and Deputy Mayor Yao Gaoqiao both sent flower baskets to
show their support of Falun Gong practitioners' call for human rights and
condemnation of the Jiang regime's persecution.
The press conference in Taipei was organized by Mr. Zhang Qingxi, Director of
Taiwan's Falun Dafa Association, and Mr. Ming Juzheng, Department Chair of
Taipei University's Political Science Department. They expressed sincere
appreciation for the support from various circles in Taiwan. Professor Zhang
made a special note of Falun Gong's lawsuit against Jiang Zemin to let more
people know the facts about the persecution.
The Director of Social Advancement for the Democratic Progressive Party said
that the whole world would recognize Falun Gong practitioners' struggle for
their spiritual belief and freedom. He said that Falun Gong's spiritual belief
is far above politics and could never be suppressed by it.
The director of Taipei's office of the Nationalist Party, Mr. Du Jiande,
representing the Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan, expressed their support by
saluting the Falun Gong practitioners. He said that the Nationalist Party
supports people in mainland China because we all come from the same ancestors,
Yan and Huang. He called on people from all circles to come together to condemn
the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong.
The director of the Taiwan Solidarity Union Mr. Xiao Guanyu pointed out that
respect for life is a value that is shared worldwide. He used historical
examples to illustrate that evil could never overcome righteousness. He also
wished Falun Gong practitioners well and expressed his confidence that they
would overcome this persecution.
Poet Li Minyong praised Falun Gong's search for freedom. Lastly, Professor Wu
Huilin, a representative of the Human Rights Association, voiced their support
for Falun Gong and human rights.
After the press conference, Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil
in the Daan Forest Park. Other activities included a poetry reading, music,
singing and films in the candle-lit park.
This year, Falun Gong practitioners from Kaohsiung also held a signature
campaign, Falun Gong exercise demonstrations, a thousand person march, and a
large conference -- four activities designed to appeal for an end to the Jiang
regime's four-year long persecution of Falun Gong.
The march after the conference was magnificent, consisting of people
supporting the old and carrying the young, circling the city of Kaohsiung. The
participants held banners, display boards and a large cloth signed by 20,000
people listing the various crimes committed by Jiang and his supporters.
Posting date: 8/13/2003 |