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Practitioners Gather in Boston's Harvard Square and Expose Beijing's Human Rights Violations
(Clearwisdom.net) During the 60th United Nations Human
Rights Commission session, Falun Gong practitioners in Boston and several
organizations gathered in Harvard Square to expose the true situation of human
rights in China. Dr. John Jaw, president of the World Organization to Investigate the
Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) revealed a series of reports
entitled "On Products Made by Illegally Detained Falun Gong Practitioners'
Slave Labor in Forced Labor Camps in Mainland China." These reports point
out that many forced labor camp inmates in Mainland China participated in the
production of goods made by slave labor and made tremendous profits by
exploiting detainees. These products include toy rabbits, Zhenglin brand
watermelon seeds and disposable chopsticks. These products are cheap and they
have great economic impact when dumped onto the international market. Dr. Jaw
quoted a Falun Gong practitioner who was unlawfully detained at the Shuangkou
Labor Camp in Tianjin City as saying, "The camp police arranged for me to package chopsticks into paper
wrappers or make vegetarian shish kabobs. Many detained practitioners in
the food processing plant had contracted scabies, and some even had yellowish
pus oozing out of the blisters on their fingers. Without the use of gloves, the
pus contaminated the food and the chopsticks. The forced labor camp pays no
attention to the well-being of the detained practitioners. They also ignore the
health issues of the consumers! Obviously, the camp products are not
sanitary." WOIPFG invited Dr. He Haiying, president of the Global Mission to Rescue
Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners to speak. He pointed out that in
the past several months, the Chinese Ruling Party released a few dissidents and
wrote the phrase, "respect and uphold human rights" into the
constitution, while it continued to arrest and persecute innocent people. The
arrest and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners has never stopped. Ms. Li Guangzhen, the mother of New York resident Xiao Jin, Ms. Qiu Yanyan,
the sister of Philadelphia resident Qiu Qingqing, Ms. Fan Weihuang, mother of
Maryland resident Fan Yagu, Ms. Zhang Jun, sister of New York resident Zhang Wei
and Ms. Li Chiyue, niece of Zhang Wei are illegally detained in camps and are
being tortured. According to Dr. He, three Falun Gong practitioners in Massachusetts have
family members who are illegally detained and are deprived of human rights. The sister of Mr. Liang Yufeng who lives in Peabody has been held at Maoming
City's "Legal School" [a brainwashing center] for more than
four years, during which time she was not allowed to meet with her family. The
mother of Mr. Wu Tie, a resident of Waltham City, has been detained at the
Guizhou Female Labor Camp for two-and-half years. Dr. He's mother, sister and
brother were unconstitutionally sent to labor camps and prisons. His 32-year-old
brother who is also a physician was sentenced to ten years in prison for
refusing to give up Dafa practice and is currently being held at Chongqing
Prison. Dr. He concluded by telling the audience that so far, over 60 human rights
organizations around the world have signed a NGO resolution to be delivered to
the United Nations. This resolution condemns China's human rights persecution
and calls for the release of all detained and persecuted Falun Gong
practitioners, Christians, Tibetans and Buddhists, dissidents, human rights
advocates and other people who are "guilty by conscience." It also
calls for the international community and the UN to pass related resolutions to
condemn human rights violations and urge real improvements in human rights
conditions in China. A global alliance against human rights abuses is forming
and growing. Dr. Wei Pengfei, a spokesman for the Global Alliance to Bring Jiang Zemin
to Justice told the story of a 72-year-old church leader recently being
beaten in prison until both legs broke; three mothers of Tiananmen Massacre
victims were arrested for writing to the UN and 35-year-old Falun Gong
practitioner Zhao Xudong was tortured until his hair turned white within 53 days
and he died. These cases show that the human rights conditions in China are worsening.
Jiang Zemin, the current head of the Chinese military forces and also the head
criminal responsible for the persecution, is being charged with genocide in many
countries. Mr. Chen Du, head of the Friends of Hong Kong and Macao Association of
Boston, Xie Zhongzhi, one of the people in charge of China Democracy Long
March Foundation of Boston, Erik Meltzer, spokesman for Society of Life
and Science Exploration in New England, Chen Zhiqiang, person in charge of
the Boston Foreign Language Institute and representatives from The
Press of Overseas Chinese Students. Mr. Xu Wenli, the person in charge of Paying
Attention to the Human Rights in China, and Mr. Wang Xingai, person in
charge of Love of Foundation of Taiwan were unable to attend the meeting
but sent their videos and written speeches. |