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Member of European Parliament: "Extending The Persecution To France Is Not Acceptable"
(Clearwisdom.net) Member of the European Parliament
Roger Helmer wrote a letter on January 23rd to the Ambassador of the French
Embassy in England regarding the incident in which Falun Gong practitioners were
stopped from joining the Chinese New Year celebration parade in Paris. It was
said that the French Falun Dafa Association's application to participate in the
parade on January 24th was stopped by the Chinese Government. The Chinese
Embassy openly infringed Falun Gong practitioners' legal rights in France, the
original upholders of human rights. At the same time, both the French police and
the Paris City Authorities were placed under pressure by the Chinese Embassy. Mr Helmer said in his letter, "I have received the
enclosed letter from my constituent, Dr Li Shao and I'm very concerned by the
contents of it. I have met Mr Shao and other Falun Gong Practitioners throughout
the course of my parliamentary term and know in detail of the persecution
practised by the Chinese regime against them. However, the possible exporting of
these practices to EU Member States is completely unacceptable and I would be
grateful of a reply to Mr Shao's accusations." He pointed out that the attempt to extend such a persecution
to member countries of the European Union is completely unacceptable.
"Although most of us will never practise Falun Gong ourselves, the very
democratic principles of the French Republic are there to protect peaceful
minority lifestyle choices." |