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The CCP Must be Held Responsible for its Crimes Against Humanity
By Long Zhijie
(Clearwisdom.net) In recent history, as early as the 17th century, a nation's leader
was held legally responsible for any brutality committed by officials or
soldiers to the people. The king of England, Charles I, was the first leader of
a nation who was tried, sentenced, and executed because of brutality to his
people and the crime of perpetrating a war. The primary prosecutor cited a
famous saying of John Locke: "The people cannot delegate to government the
power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves." In the 20th century, it was internationally recognized that when a
national leader's action to his people was considered brutal, other nations
might intervene according to basic principles of humanity. Although lawyers at
that time were unable to fully address "intervention rights"--which
was morally strong yet judicially weak, leaders felt the necessity to intervene
on the grounds of morality and human rights. This led to the agreement that,
when actions targeting citizens were considered crimes against humanity, other
nations were granted the privilege to intervene. During World War II, the Nazi's brutal massacre of the Jews was shocking and
painful. Society has learned from history. Numerous rules and guidelines have
been established to both prevent and stop genocide, brutal torture, and other
crimes against humanity. International human rights law and humanitarian law
punish such severe crimes in order to create a peaceful, happy, compatible, and
prosperous environment. This is based on the requirements of humanity and
morality. As a result, preventing and ending severe crimes has become an
important responsibility shared by all countries. Right now in the 21st century, we have witnessed many Chinese
stepping forward courageously--even risking their lives--to condemn the large
scale and brutal genocide that began in China as early as 2001. Under the
supervision of CCP, specialized medical staff in Sujiatun area, Liaoning
Province began removing the organs of imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners while
they were still alive, and cremated the remains to remove evidence of the crime.
The killing has been so widespread and cruel that it has affected medical staff
and their family members, some of whom could no longer suffer the mental pain
but chose to expose it to the world. They called on the international community
to take immediate action to end this brutality. They have provided solid
evidence of widespread live organ harvesting, murder, and selling the organs for
profit. The international community cannot allow the crimes of Auschwitz to be
repeated in any corner of the earth. The CCP's genocide against Falun Gong has
spread all over China, systematically and comprehensively in the past 7 years.
The killing is not just limited to Sujiatun. The international community is
waiting for the truth, and must investigate this. We hope President Bush, other leaders in western society, the UN Human Rights
Commission, the UN Committee against Torture, as well as other human rights
organizations go to China to investigate the torture, mistreatment and killing
that Falun Gong practitioners suffer. We also invite legal experts, medical
professionals, individuals and interested organizations throughout the world to
conduct an investigation along with CIPFG (the Coalition to Investigate the
Persecution of Falun Gong in China). By collecting all relevant evidence on
"Who, what, when, where, and how," this way, we will be responsible to
the victims, and meet the expectations of their families. All those who gave orders or knowingly participated in the killing and live
organ harvesting should be brought to justice once solid evidence is available.
They need to be held responsible for their brutal deeds historically, morally,
and judicially. This will also act as a warning for future generations. April 15, 2006
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