(Clearwisdom.net) On May 26, 2004, before the court debate regarding
the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in the U.S. Federal Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals in Chicago, Falun Gong practitioners in Canada held a symbolic
trial of Jiang in front of the Chinese Embassy. Symbolic trial of Jiang in front of the Chinese Embassy in
Canada Lawsuit moves forward along with global lawsuits against Jiang In March of this year, Professor Zhang Kunlun filed a lawsuit against Jiang
Zemin for instigating the crime of torture. Since then, nearly 100,000 postcards
from Canadian citizens calling for an end to the persecution and supporting the
lawsuit against Jiang have been mailed to the Minister of the Department of
Justice, the supreme prosecutor, Mr. Irwin Cotler. At the same time, many members of Parliament (MP), university professors and
student organizations have written to the Canadian Prime Minister to request
Canada's support for the lawsuit against Jiang. Members of Parliament Scott
Reid, Svend Robinson, Keith Martin, Libby Davies, Chuck Cadman, Reed Elley,
Stockwell Day, David Kilgour, Rajam Jaffer, Andrew Teledi, and Raynell
Andreychuk wrote to Mr. Cotler and requested his approval of Prof. Zhang's
lawsuit against Jiang and his followers. MP Reid said in his letter that between 2000 and 2001, Professor Zhang was
arrested four times in China for his practice of Falun Gong and that he was
tortured with electric batons, deprived of all freedoms, subjected to
brainwashing and other forms of physical and mental torture. For Jiang's crimes,
Mr. Reid said that the systemic persecution through the instigation of hatred,
economic penalties, torture, and killing are crimes against humanity. At the end
of his letter, Mr. Reid said that the judicial system in China did not provide
any legal assistance to Falun Gong practitioners, but became a tool for Jiang to
use in his attempt to eradicate Falun Gong. Those who commit crimes against
humanity must receive justice. On April 25, MP Martin, in his letter
to the supreme prosecutor encouraged the Canadian government to sue Jiang and
other persecutors according to the Criminal Code of Canada. Mr Martin said that
all evidence clearly demonstrates the extent and depth of the persecution, which
is a crime against humanity. Jiang's persecution is genocide From the Canadian parliament to the government of Ontario, from Toronto city
hall to dozens of universities, even on streets of Canada, people have seen the
symbolic trials of Jiang and his followers for their crimes in persecution of
Falun Gong. On the evening after the symbolic trial, the Chairman of the Canadian Falun
Dafa Association, Mr. Xun Li said in an interview, "Jiang's group tortures
and kills Falun Gong practitioners who believe Truthfulness, Compassion,
Tolerance. In reality, Jiang is attempting to eradicate the human conscience. In
the persecution of Falun Gong, Jiang forces people to choose between belief and
material benefits, thus distorting humanity's conscience."
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/5/29/75861.html