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CIPFG Asia Delegation Formed on International Human Rights Day
By Fang Hui in Taiwan
(Clearwisdom.net) On December 10, 2006, International Human Rights Day,
the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) Asia
Delegation was formed. It is another regional delegation of CIPFG after the
establishment of the Australian Delegation. There are ninety members in CIPFG
Asia, including local council leaders, administrative leaders, non-governmental
leaders, figures from human rights circles, law, medicine, professionals and
media. In March this year, several witnesses disclosed the CCP's atrocities of organ
harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit. On July 6, a
Canadian independent investigation team released its report, which concluded
that allegations of the CCP's live organ removal for profit were true. The CCP's
atrocities of live organ removal caught the attention of the international
community. More and more important figures around the world have requested the
CCP to allow an investigation. The Director of CIPFG Asia is Mr. Lai Ching-te, a member of the Taiwan
Legislative Council and a doctor. Dr. Lai hosted a public hearing on live organ
removal in the Legislative Council during the visit of Canadian investigators in
October. Individuals in law and political circles in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and
Malaysia were appointed as vice directors in each country/region. The CIPFG Asia
delegation mainly consists of lawyers, doctors and non-governmental
organizations. The delegation will invite other regions in Asia to join and
expand the team. CIPFG Asia will cooperate with other CIPFG delegations to take joint actions
and request the CCP to allow an independent and unrestricted investigation of
jails, labor camps, detention centers and military hospitals in Liaoning,
Shandong, Henan provinces and Tianjin. It also requests the CCP to implement the
suggestions listed in the Canadian independent investigators' report to
safeguard human rights, and stop killing innocent people and harvesting organs
for profit. People throughout law, political and medical circles in Asia have formed a
delegation across borders to voluntarily support and safeguard Falun Gong
practitioners' basic human rights. Due to the Asian countries' geological and
historical relations with China, the delegates transcend political and
commercial interests and speak out on behalf of the kind practitioners. Their
actions will become a model for human rights in Asia and exert pressure on the
CCP over the brutal persecution of Falun Gong. |