San Francisco: Several Groups Hold Rally Condemning Jiang's Political Group's State-Terrorism (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) Clearwisdom.net Correspondent Kelly Huang and Ying Wang
report from San Francisco -- On July 11, at San Francisco's Union Square,
several groups including Falun Gong practitioners in the Bay area and the "Grand
Global Coalition against the Chinese Party's Extension of State-run Terrorism"
held a rally and parade to raise awareness of the fact that members of Jiang's
political group hired gunmen to shoot Falun Gong practitioners in South Africa.
They condemned Jiang's political group for exporting the persecution of Falun
Gong and their state-terrorism to countries outside China. Stop Jiang's political group's extension of state-terrorism overseas Mr. Pan Jun, representing the "Grand Global Coalition against Chinese
Party's Extension of State-run Terrorism" spoke at the rally. He said that
the establishment of the coalition is to stop the Jiang group's extension of
state-run terrorism. Jiang places himself above the constitution and
manipulates the entire state machinery and social resources to conduct
terrorist activities in both China and other countries. Mr. Pan said that on June 28, some Australian Falun Gong practitioners
arrived at Johannesburg and planned to file a lawsuit against Chinese
Vice-President Zeng Qinghong during his state visit to South Africa. They were
attacked by a gunman with an AK47 on the highway. Mr. David Liang was hit and
his feet suffered injuries. This incident was not an isolated one. In
Australia, San Francisco and other places, there have been quite a few violent
incidents against Falun Gong practitioners. Representing the grand coalition, he called upon the Chinese people,
governments from all countries in the world, all international organizations
and groups and people from all circles to work together to stop the Jiang
group's terrorist activities. He called on all people to be vigilant to the
Chinese ruling party's exporting of state-terrorism. He said that we should
cooperate with each other to prevent tragedies similar to the South Africa
incident from occurring. Representative of overseas Falun Gong practitioners who have experienced the
persecution: Jiang's political group continuously harass overseas Falun Gong
practitioners. Mr. Cary Wang, representing overseas Falun Gong practitioners who have
encountered persecution, said in his speech that during Zeng Qinghong's visit
to South Africa on June 28, Falun Gong practitioners were shot by hired thugs.
This was the first shooting attack targeting Falun Gong practitioners overseas.
In recent years, when Jiang and his accomplices visited other countries, they
have constantly faced lawsuits against them. Therefore they hate and fear Falun
Gong practitioners for taking legal action against them. At such a dead end,
they have used this last move, that is, they hired thugs to shoot
practitioners. This act of terrorism exposes the evil nature of the Jiang
group. Mr. Wang said that in October 2000, in the Garden Corner Park in San
Francisco's Chinatown, some Falun Gong practitioners were attacked by hired
thugs. On that day, nearly 100 Falun Gong practitioners peacefully practiced
the exercises and distributed truth-clarifying materials. Suddenly, more than a
dozen thugs hired by the Chinese Consulate tore up practitioners'
truth-clarifying flyers. They also besieged practitioners and attempted to stop
them from distributing the flyers. Even worse, they beat some practitioners,
including Mr. Wang himself. Mr. Wang said that when he saw other practitioners being attacked, he wanted
to take photos of the scene as evidence. But when he held up his camera,
several thugs surrounded him and broke his camera. They even hit him in the
eyes and smashed his eyeglasses. Another two thugs tightly held his arms to
prevent him from moving. One of them stuck a finger into his face and verbally
accosted him. Fearing to have left evidence, they violently stomped on his
camera and smashed it. They also took the camera away with them. Later, the one
who stole Mr. Wang's camera was arrested by police officers. These incidents are not isolated. Mr. Wang said that since 1999 when the
persecution began, Jiang's group has utilized Chinese Embassies, Consulates,
secret agents and hired thugs to continuously harass and interfere with
practitioners and incite hatred among Chinese people against Falun Gong. San Francisco Free Forum: The South Africa incident is an attempted murder
Mr. Zuo Geyuan, representative of "San Francisco Free Forum" said that
state-run terrorism is the most severe violation of fundamental human rights
and it is not allowed by heaven's law. During Zeng Qinghong's state visit to
South Africa, Falun Gong practitioners went there to protest against him, as he
is a close follower of Jiang Zemin in persecuting Falun Gong. One of the
Australian Falun Gong practitioners' vehicles was deliberately attacked by a
hit man. This was the most severe incident. Mr. Zuo said, "This was absolutely not an attack based on individual hatred.
Apparently, it was an act of terrorism in which state power was abused and
local thugs were hired to export the bloody persecution of Falun Gong to other
countries. This kind of thing, which has also taken place in San Francisco and
Chicago is long-standing and has been intensified." He expressed that this was
the most severe act of terrorism taking place overseas. We believe that Jiang
and Zeng Qinghong's terrorist group will eventually be brought to justice for
the crimes they committed in suppressing Falun Gong. Press Freedom and Human Rights League: Chinese people cannot be devastated
by state-run terrorism any longer Mr. Ma Youzhi representing "Press Freedom and Human Rights League" pointed
out, we gather together to condemn the shooting incident against Falun Gong
practitioners. This incident exposes the Jiang group's nature as terrorists. It
was an evil action to openly suppress freedom of expression and violate human
rights. It was an extension of the state-run terrorism. Mr. Ma said that this incident occurred when Falun Gong practitioners went
to hold a peaceful protest against Zeng Qinghong and Bo Xilai's visit to South
Africa. People could not help asking, if these people even dared to hire gunmen
to shoot people overseas, to what degree they would violate the law and
persecute people in China? Representative from "Friends of Tibet": Nonviolent and peaceful means should
be used against violence, just like Falun Gong practitioners have been doing Mr. Giovanni, a representative of "Friends of Tibet" said at the rally that
it was unfortunate that a government deems the principle of
Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance as a threat. He hoped that people would take
peaceful, nonviolent means, just like Falun Gong practitioners have been doing
to oppose the violence. UC Berkeley's "China Forum": Urges South African authorities to investigate
the incident and punish the criminals Ms. Mi Xue, representative from "China Forum", a student organization in UC
Berkeley said in her speech, "We first strongly condemn the act of state-run
terrorism that took place in South Africa. This shocking incident was targeting
the five Falun Gong practitioners rather than an ordinary attack. We further
condemn the crimes against humanity committed by the Jiang group in torturing
Falun Gong practitioners in China." She continued, "We urge the South African
authorities to investigate the incident and bring the criminals to justice."
Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Bian Xuzhuang said, "Today, as a Falun Gong
practitioner from Mainland China, I came here to attend this rally against the
Jiang group's extension of state-run terrorism. Jiang's persecution of Falun
Gong has reached an extremely furious state. In March 2002, Jiang issued order
to 'kill (Falun Gong practitioners) without pardon'. Several practitioners were
shot on the streets by police officers. Mr. Bian pointed out that this kind of act of terrorism has been exported to
countries outside China. The recently occurring South Africa incident further
exposes the evil nature of the Jiang's group. We call upon governments from all
countries, international organizations and people with a sense of justice to
see through the Jiang group's nature and condemn its state-run terrorism.
Parade
Parade
Rally
Torture re-enactment: forced abortion
Cary Wang, representing overseas Falun Gong practitioners persecuted by
Jiang's group, gives speech at the rally
Mr. Zuo Geyuan, commentator from "San Francisco Free Forum"
addressing the rally
Mr. Ma Youzhi representing "Press Freedom and Human Rights League"
speaks at the rally
Mr. Giovanni representing "Friends of Tibet" speaks
Representative from UC Berkeley's "China Forum" speaking at the rally
Spectators
Spectators
Clarifying the truth
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