New York: Protest in front of the Russian Consulate Asking Russia to Respect International Laws (Photo)

By a practitioner from New York

(Clearwisdom.net) On May 14, 2007, dozens of Falun Gong practitioners went to the Russian Consulate in New York to protest the Russian government's assistance to the CCP in its persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners submitted a letter asking the Russian government to get rid of the influence of communism, respect international laws, and to protect Falun Gong practitioners in Russia.

Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Gao Chunman

Gao Chunman was kidnapped and deported back to China.

The Falun Dafa Information Center has reported the case of 73-year old Mr. Gao Chunman, a Falun Gong practitioner and a professor at Tsinghua University, also a United Nation's refugee. Mr. Gao's wife, a Russian citizen, said that at 11:30 am on May 13, several officials from the Federal Immigration Bureau of Russia lied that they wanted to rent Mr. Gao's house, and entered the room. Without showing any legal documents, they cut the phone line and kidnapped Mr. Gao. She pointed out that the whole procedure was similar to what happened to Ma Hui, a practitioner recently kidnapped and deported back to China by the Russian government.

Covering the persecution

The Minghui website reports that on the day of the deportation, May 14, Mr. Gao Chunman went to his son's house in Beijing. Mr. Gao didn't see any Chinese government officials at the airport when he arrived in Beijing.

Russian police are trying to collect more information about Chinese Falun Gong practitioners now living in Russia. Mr. Gao Chunman pointed out that there might be a contract between the Russian and Chinese government--the Russian government kidnaps and deports Chinese Falun Gong practitioners, and to deceive Western society and cover the eight-year long persecution of Falun Gong, the Chinese Government doesn't publicly arrest them.

Since more and more persecution cases have been exposed, the CCP tries to perpetuate the persecution in a sneaky way. According to Falun Gong practitioners in China, Chinese police often kidnap and jail practitioners secretly nowadays.

Practitioners hope that Western society pays attention to the Russian government's assistance to the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong.

The protest in front of the Russian Consulate drew a lot of attention. Many people came and asked what was going on. Lemaitre, an American, expressed that the Russian Government's behavior is too horrible.

Lidiya Talaizadeh, an American citizen from Russia, submitted a letter to the Russian Consulate. The official from the consulate was surprised by the incident. He asked if Mr. Gao is a UN refugee. Lidiya told him that Mr. Gao became a UN refugee in 2003. She also told the official that Ma Hui and her daughter, who were deported back to China several weeks ago, are also UN refugees, so the Russian Government's action contravenes international laws protecting refugees.

Mrs. Talaizadeh said that even some small countries can protect refugees, and that as a big country, Russia should respect international law and not bow to pressure from China. The official from the consulate promised to transfer all the materials to the ambassador.

Mrs. Talaizadeh expressed that the Russian government should know the CCP is about to collapse. She hopes that the Russian government can make the correct choice and not assist the CCP.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/5/15/154910.html

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