New York: Brockport Student Government Passes Resolution in Support of Falun Gong

(Clearwisdom.net) On November 5, 2004, the Brockport Student Government from the State University of New York passed a resolution in support of Falun Gong. The resolution expresses the sense of the Brockport Student Government that the Government of the People's Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The resolution pointed out that the persecution has extended to the education system and urged the Chinese government "to stop using the public education system to incite hatred and perpetuate unlawful and inhumane policies of genocide in the population." The resolution also expressed that "Brockport Student Government should investigate allegations of illegal activities by academic institutions, including universities, in the People's Republic of China that Brockport Student Government has relationships with, including (but not limited to) institutions that have study abroad programs, student and faculty exchanges, and sister school designees."

Date: 11-05-04
Submitted by: Michael Pusateri, Jr. -Chairman
Subject: Falun Gong Resolution
Vote: 10-0-1

Whereas, Falun Gong is a peaceful and non-violent form of practice and personal belief based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance with millions of adherents in the People's Republic of China and elsewhere, and,

Whereas, Falun Gong is freely practiced in the United States and individual adherents make positive contribution to the communities in which they live, and,

Whereas, Brockport Student Government does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of personal belief and its mission statement "has the success of its students as the highest priority, encompassing civic engagement in a culturally diverse society and in globally interdependent communities," so consequently individuals who choose to practice Falun Gong are respected members of Brockport Student Government, and,

Whereas, The Government of the People's Republic of China has forbidden Falun Gong practitioners to practice their beliefs and has systematically attempted to eradicate the practice and those who follow it, and,

Whereas, this policy violates the Constitution of the People's Republic of China as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and,

Whereas, Jiang Zemin's regime has created notorious government "610" offices throughout the People's Republic of China with the special task of overseeing the genocide of Falun Gong practitioners through organized brainwashing, torture, and murder, and,

Whereas, the number of known deaths from torture has reached over 1000 so far, hundreds of thousands more have been tortured while confined in labor camps, prisons, and mental hospitals, and,

Whereas, official measures have been taken to conceal all atrocities, such as the immediate cremation of victims, the blocking of autopsies, and the false labeling of deaths as from suicide or natural causes when those victims were actually murdered while in official custody, and,

Whereas, women in particular have been the target of numerous forms of sexual violence including rape, sexual assault, and forced abortion, and,

Whereas, the campaign of genocide has been generated by the Government of the People's Republic of China, is carried out by government officials and police at all levels, and has permeated every segment of society and every level of government in the People's Republic of China, including the education system, and,

Whereas, propaganda from state controlled media in the People's Republic of China has inundated the public in an attempt to breed hatred and discrimination, and,

Whereas, this propaganda, based on lies and deceit, had been taught at the primary, secondary, and university levels of education and students have been forced to either publicly agree with the propaganda or otherwise face expulsion from school, denial of their rightfully earned academic degrees, and/or denial of entrance into academic institutions, and,

Whereas, several United States citizens and permanent resident aliens have been subjected to arbitrary detention, imprisoned, and tortured in the People's Republic of China, now, therefore be,

Resolved, by the Brockport Student Government, that it is the sense of the Student Government, that

• The Government of the People's Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and its representatives in the United States, and cease its attempts to put pressure on officials of State and local governments in the United States that support Falun Gong, and
• Brockport Student Government should use every appropriate public and private forum to urge the Government of the People's Republic of China -

1. To release from detention all Falun Gong practitioners and put an end to the practices of genocide, including torture and other cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment against them and other prisoners of conscience, and,
2. To abide by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by allowing Falun Gong practitioners to pursue their personal beliefs, and,
3. To stop using the public education system to incite hatred and perpetuate unlawful and inhumane policies of genocide in the population, and,

• Brockport Student Government should investigate allegations of illegal activities by academic institutions, including universities, in the People's Republic of China that Brockport Student Government has relationships with, including (but not limited to) institutions that have study abroad programs, student and faculty exchanges, and sister school designees, therefore,

Resolved, that the Board of Directors has approved this resolution by a vote of 10-0-1.

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