By practitioners in Montreal, Canada
(Clearwisdom.net) After two weeks of court proceedings were conducted in
November 2003, final arguments will be presented by both sides in practitioners'
lawsuit against the slander and hate-incitement by Les Presses Chinoises
in a Montreal courtroom from February 23 to 25, 2004. The case that has gone on
for more than two years, and should finally reach a verdict. Dafa practitioners
from Toronto and Ottawa, overcoming many difficulties, have arrived to work with
local practitioners to comprehensively explain the facts to local people and
attend the three days of court hearings.
Practitioners expressed that the purpose to file the lawsuit is to restore
the reputation of Falun Gong, and stop the Chinese Embassies and Consulates from
using overseas Chinese media to spread Jiang's slander, lies and hate propaganda
to Canada. Recently, Falun Gong practitioner Joel Chipkar won a lawsuit against
Pan Xinchun, the Deputy Chinese Consul-General in Toronto for libel. Falun Gong practitioners have sued Jiang Zemin for the crime of genocide in
the US, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Taiwan and Korea. Practitioners in Canada are
preparing for a similar case here. The Les Presses Chinoises case is only the beginning of a series of
human rights cases related to Falun Gong in the world. The case will likely have
tremendous influence over later human rights cases and related cases involving
slander propaganda. Canada is a country that is free and democratic, and has a proud record in
safeguarding human rights. However, Chinese Embassies and Consulates in Canada
incite hatred against Canadian citizens and residents on Canadian soil. Writings
and pictures slandering Falun Gong have been displayed on the wall of the Visa
Application Room at the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto since June 2002.
Every day, as many as 200 people risk having their minds poisoned by reading the
deceptive propaganda. In China, the persecution against Falun Gong is still
going on, Dafa practitioners are tortured to death daily. Stopping hate
propaganda needs our unremitting efforts. We will continue our efforts until
justice is served.
Dafa practitioners come to Montreal's Chinatown
Posting date: 2/25/2004
Original article date: 2/25/2004
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/2/24/68385.html