The Epoch Times: Victims Want Torture Theme Song Stopped (Photo)
By John Nania
Epoch Times New York Staff Jan 18, 2006 (Clearwisdom.net) NEW YORK - Three women who survived the torture and
brainwashing of communist China's slave labor camps stated their case about
why the musical performance "The Same Song" should be banned in the
U.S. They spoke Tuesday on a street corner opposite Radio City Music Hall, where
the prospect of a Jan. 23 showing of "The Same Song" triggers
excruciating memories for the three. Amy Lee, Huimin Wang, and Weixun Li each told of how they were incarcerated
for their practice of Falun Gong--a hugely popular spiritual and meditation
practice in the 90's that was made illegal and violently persecuted starting in
1999--and what role "The Same Song" played in the persecution. "My heart is bleeding when I see 'The Same Song' coming to New
York," said Lee, a fashion designer who escaped from China in 2001.
"It is a symbol of brainwashing and torture of Falun Gong
practitioners." "The Same Song" is a Chinese pop song employed in the slave labor
camps to break the will of prisoners and mark the renouncing of their beliefs.
Prisoners are subjected to repeated recordings of the song, and are forced to
sing the song together with their torturers and prison guards after they have
signed a renunciation statement. "They sing the song to celebrate their victory," said Wang, who
escaped from China this past November. "Singing it would amount to selling
my soul." "We are not here to protest Radio City Music Hall. They are victims of
deception of the Chinese communist regime," said Levi Browde, spokesperson
for the assembled group, which included more than 20 Falun Gong practitioners
who were meditating, handing out information to passersby, and re-enacting
scenes of torture from China's prisons. The organizers of "The Same Song" paid for the date at Radio City
in cash, according to a reliable source. Browde stated three requests by the assembled group: to have the U.S.
government not permit the "Same Song" show performers to enter the
country, to encourage Radio City to "not allow its prestige to be used by
China's communist regime to lend legitimacy and grandeur to its despotic rule
over the Chinese people," and to ask all New Yorkers and all Americans to
oppose the show. They were also concerned that the show would be filmed and used in propaganda
videos in China to show implied support by Americans for what the song
represents. "We should refuse to allow this show, which promotes communist ideology,
to come to a democratic country," said Wang. Outside Radio City, a banner held on the corner summarized the group's
purpose: "Torture Songs from Communist Regime Not Welcome Here: Keep 'Same
Song' Out." Source http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-1-18/37098.html
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