(Clearwisdom.net) From November 10 to 11 in Tottori, the Japan Federation
of Bar Associations (JFBA) held its 48th convention on the protection
of human rights. Nearly 2000 human rights lawyers attended the convention. On
November 10, they hosted a forum that was open to public. It was estimated that
several thousand people attended the forum, including lawyers and the general
public. Practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition outside the convention,
and with banners and posters exposed the ongoing persecution in China and told
people about Falun Gong. They also demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and
sent forth righteous thoughts. They called on the lawyers and the public to pay
close attention to the ongoing tragedy in China and the lawsuits against the
chief perpetrator of the persecution Jiang Zemin and other accomplices,
including the Chinese Embassy in Japan. A lawyer who attended the convention said that the persecution is wrong and
he supported the lawsuits against Jiang and other high-ranking Chinese Communist
Party officials. He commented that China had no freedom of expression or belief,
as during his visit to China he ran into a number of Chinese who didn't even
know that former Chinese President Liu Shaoqi had been persecuted to death. The
lawyer said that he would definitely read the "Nine Commentaries on
Chinese Communist Party." Falun Gong practitioner Yoko Kaneko participated in the torture reenactment
during the exhibit. She said that she wanted to let the Japanese people know
that such brutal persecution is still happening in China. Having experienced
torture in China for appealing for justice for Falun Gong, she knows the
suffering of practitioners in China and wants to take every opportunity to call
on the public to pay attention to this unprecedented persecution. At 4:30 p.m. on November 10, some practitioners and their Osaka attorney held
a press conference at the Tottori County Reporters Club. They detailed how
Japanese practitioners had been persecuted by the Chinese regime, including
entry denial, passport renewal cancellation, arrest during family visits and
intimidation. Yoko Kaneko recounted her experience in a Chinese forced labor camp. During
the one and a half years of detention, she was subjected to the
"dead-person's bed," force-feeding, and other abuse. She also took the
opportunity to thank the public and the international community for rescuing
her.
Anti-torture exhibition
Practitioners demonstrating the exercises
Practitioners and their attorney hold a press conference
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/11/12/114397.html