France: Practitioners Hold a Press Conference and Prepare to Sue the Authorities Responsible for Unreasonably Arresting Falun Gong Practitioners (Photo)
By French Dafa Practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net, February 1, 2004) On the morning of January the 28th 2004,
the French Falun Dafa Association held a press conference outside the Supreme
Court in Paris. They announced that the Falun Gong practitioners who were badly
treated and arrested during Hu Jintao's Chinese New Year visit are preparing to
sue the responsible French authorities. The Vice-Chairperson of the French Falun Dafa Association, Ms. Christel Gassie,
said, "What we have encountered is an incident exporting the persecution of
Falun Gong from China to France."
"Our Association applied for participation in the parade to celebrate the
Chinese Lunar New Year. However, under pressure from the Chinese government, our
application was turned down. From January 24 to 27, there have been at least 30
Falun Gong practitioners rudely and unreasonably brought to the police station
for detention. There were also many practitioners harassed by the police. These
Falun Gong practitioners come from countries of freedom, including England,
Germany, Denmark, Norway, United States, Taiwan, and France."
According to Ms. Gassie, these people were arrested merely because they are
Falun Gong practitioners or because they wore clothes, scarves, or badges with
Falun Dafa printed on them. Some of them didn't even wear clothes, scarves, or
badges of this kind. Among them, there were practitioners' relatives who do not
practice Falun Gong. A lady from England could not get in touch with her
12-year-old son during the several hours that she was detained. Another lady
from Taiwan was sent to hospital because she was so frightened by the police
officers' unreasonable and forceful behavior that she passed out.
Some Falun Gong practitioners said that they come from democratic countries
in Europe, Asia, America, and Australia. They were astonished and felt deep
regret for what the French authorities did under the Chinese Communist regime's
pressure.
Falun Gong practitioners think that an incident such as this is an
infringement upon human rights in France. It has brought tremendous damage to
Falun Gong practitioners and is a serious matter. For this reason, practitioners
are currently actively explaining the truth about Falun Gong to the related
government departments. They are also actively contacting the legal circles, to
let them know the facts in preparation of suing the responsible departments in
order to stop similar incidents from occurring. Several famous lawyers have
already expressed their willingness to take this case to protect Falun Gong
practitioners' legal interests and rights.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/1/30/66138.html
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