Delegates Attending the Stockholm Conference on "Genocide in the New Era" Hold a Press Conference to Show Concerns About the Arrest of Dafa Practitioners in Paris (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net, February 1, 2004) On January the 28th, some
delegates attending the international conference on Genocide in the New Era',
together with practitioners from Europe, North America and Asia held a press
conference in the Swedish Parliament, regarding the French Government's
unreasonable arrest of Falun Gong practitioners who had done nothing wrong
during the Chinese New Year Parade and Hu Jintao's visit to France.
Marco Hsu, a Danish practitioner, introduced his experience
of being arrested by five French policemen when he was watching the Chinese New
Year Parade in Paris; he was arrested simply because he was wearing a yellow
scarf. He said, "On January 24, when I was watching the Chinese New Year Parade
in Paris, two plain-cloth police officers ordered me to put off my yellow scarf,
because they said that yellow was not legal that day. I said to the officers, 'I
am a Danish citizen. Both France and Denmark are democratic countries. Why is it
so in France?' The officers impatiently said, 'You will be responsible for your
behavior.' Later, I was taken away by five police officers. On the police van
and in the police station, I met more than 10 Falun Gong practitioners who came
from Germany and Taiwan. There were also French people who appealed for Tibet.
Hsu expressed that it was very improper for France to do so, especially France
is a democratic country. He said that he felt ashamed for this and he further
understood how harsh the situation that Falun Gong practitioners in China are
facing is.
A famous U.S human rights attorney, Ms. Terri Marsh,
facilitated a number of human rights lawyers around the world to write and send
an open letter to the French Government, expressing their deep regret for what
the French Government had done. They also emphasized that this incident has
breached the basic requirements of human rights. They urged the French
Government to hold an in-depth investigation into this unfortunate issue.
A Canadian human rights lawyer said that it was sad to hear
this news. In France, such a democratic country, everyone should be able to
express his views. Falun Gong practitioners were arrested without doing
anything. This violated the fundamental principles of democratic countries.
Furthermore, France was the cradle of democracy, human rights and freedom. When
Chinese leader visited France, it was a good opportunity to let him learn about
real democracy and freedom. The Chinese leader did not want to see protest, but
the western host could tell them that we could not forbid protests, because that
is part of the people's rights.
It was reported that at the same time of the press
conference, four Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit to the Paris
Procuratorate against visiting Chinese Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng, charging
him with "crimes of torture".
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/1/30/66141.html
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