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Spanish Newspaper Twenty Minutes: Falun Gong Practitioners Seek Justice in Spain (Clearwisdom.net) Three
Falun Gong practitioners from different countries testified in a Spanish court
on July 30, 2007. They accused Chinese high-ranking officials of committing
crimes of genocide and cruel torture againstFalun Gong practitioners. The largest Spanish
free daily newspaper, Twenty Minutes, interviewed these three
practitioners. The newspaper reported that tens of thousands of innocent people were
slaughtered by the Chinese Communist autocratic regime just because they
practice a spiritual movement based on "Truthfulness, Compassion,
Forbearance." This is the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the
Chinese regime. The Spanish judiciary is investigating the ongoing atrocities in
Chinese jails. The Spanish Supreme Court has accepted the lawsuit that began on
June 20, 2006, ruling that the Spanish court can hear the case on genocide and
cruel torture against innocent people in China. The three victims of the persecution, Zhao Ming, Dai Zhizhen, and Chen Ying
appeared last Monday before Judge Ismael Moreno in the Spanish state court. They
gave detailed accounts of their horrifying experiences in Chinese jails. Zhao Ming is an information sciences student, currently living in Ireland. He
described his experience while returning to China to visit relatives. "I
was kidnapped by secret police upon returning to China and thrown into a jail.
They used all kinds of cruel torture, trying to force me into giving up my
belief. They forcibly pressed down my upper body toward my legs, bending my body
at the waist and stuffing me under the bed for several days. The pain was
unbearable. The reason I could survive was because I was thin. Others were less
fortunate. One of my fellow practitioners became permanently paralyzed after his
lumbar vertebra was broken." He also gave accounts of other types of
tortures, e.g., forced standing for over 10 hours with hands touching the feet,
electric shock and deprivation of sleep. "I was handcuffed to a chair and
several policemen beat me as soon as I closed my eyes." With the pressure
from the Irish government and the international society, Mr. Zhao was finally
released. Dai Zhizhen works in the tourism industry. With her little daughter Fadu by
her side, she was seeking justice for her husband. Her husband was murdered by
Chinese Communist authorities because he spoke out for Falun Gong. "He was
arrested after he sent a letter to the Beijing authorities stating that Falun
Gong was good and did no harm to society. Fadu was only 9 months old at that
time." As she spoke about her husband, Ms. Dai was grief-stricken. She said
that she would not stop appealing until the murderer of her husband was brought
to justice. "Fadu was still a small child when we went to Tiananmen Square
to protest. The police beat both of us regardless of her age." Although
they now live in Australia, Ms. Dai said she was often followed by strangers and
harassed over the phone. "The Chinese Communist regime has a persecution
network all over the world." Chen Ying was forced to divorce as a result of the persecution of Falun Gong.
Her husband was a civil servant and was forced to disavow her. She was forced
out of China and is residing in France now. She was arrested three times without
just cause. She was imprisoned in a forced labor camp, where she endured extreme
suffering that she would never forget. "The guard ordered ordinary
criminals to beat me. They stripped me naked and poured ice-cold water on my
body in the winter time. This torture continued for two days. It was
horrible." Ms. Chen suffered partial memory loss as a result of being
forcibly injected with unknown drugs. She was subjected to whole body physical
examinations, which raises suspicions that she may have been a target for organ
harvesting. Organ Trade Black Market A report, written by David Kilgour, former Canadian MP, Secretary of State
for Asia-Pacific and renowned human rights lawyer David Matas, confirmed the
allegation that "organ harvesting from living Falun Gong
practitioners" does exist. "We have concluded that the government of
China and its agencies in numerous parts of the country, in particular hospitals
but also detention centres and 'people's courts', since 1999 have put to death a
large but unknown number of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. Their vital
organs, including kidneys, livers, corneas and hearts were seized involuntarily
for sale at high prices... " What is Falun Gong? Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline based on the
principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." It was first
made public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in 1992, and received several awards from the
Chinese government until [the persecution began in] 1999. Falun Gong is
different from other Qigong practices as it is free of charge. Because of its
outstanding benefits to health, it spread widely in China. Posting date: 8/14/2007 |