A Chinese Leader Visiting Finland Has Been Accused of Human Rights Violations (Photo)
(Clearwisdom.net) A very high-level Chinese official, Luo Gan, is coming for
an official visit to Finland today. Luo Gan, accused in the world for human
rights violations, is coming to Finland. He has been invited by minister of
justice Johannes Koskinen and the minister of the interior Kari Rajam ki.
Luo Gan is a high ranking member of the Chinese communist
party. During his four-day visit he will meet the leading politicians of
Finland, including Prime Minister, Matti Vanhanen, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Erkki Tuomioja, and speaker of the parliament Paavo Lipponen.
Foreign governments and human rights associations have
criticized him about having made the already alarming situation of human rights
in China worse. According to the human rights association, Amnesty
International, thousands of people have been tortured to death under his
surveillance in the past few years.
One of Luo Gan's "achievements" is the crackdown on
the spiritual movement Falun Gong. According to the movement, thousands of its
practitioners have been tortured and sent to labor camps or mental hospitals
without trials. According to the leader of the Finland ministry of justice,
Matti Joutsen, human rights issues are not on the agenda during the meeting. The
defenders of human rights are putting their hopes on the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Erkki Tuomioja, who, during his visit to Beijing last year, criticized
the human rights situation of China. During his visit he discussed with the
Deputy Foreign Minister of China, Li Zhaoxing, and brought up also the human
rights violations against the practitioners of Falun Gong.
The violations of the human rights of Falun Gong
practitioners are causing concern in Finland and in other European countries,
states Tuomioja.
Tomorrow there will be a demonstration in central Helsinki.
There will be people coming from abroad as well, at least from Sweden and
Denmark.
According to Hannu J rvinen, a representative of the Falun
Dafa Association of Finland, the demonstration will take place in the central
park and last the whole day. The demonstrators will have banners with Chinese
text, for Luo Gan to read when he visits the Ministry of Justice in the morning.
According J rvinen, other demonstrations may also be held as well during this
4-days long visit.
"Luo Gan is the head of the Gestapo-like office. The
office is doing the dirty job, carrying out the persecution. It is unbelievable
that a man, that is committing an act of genocide, is invited to Finland."
China banned Falun Gong 1999, when the number of
practitioners exceeded the number of the communist party members. Falun Gong,
which is based on meditation and some exercise movements, is being held as a
threat in China.
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