Washington, DC: Protesters at Chinese Embassy Demand the Release of Gao Zhisheng (Photo)

By Li Jingfei

(Clearwisdom.net) A rally was held in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC at 6pm, September 24, 2007, to protest the arrest of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Organizers ask the world to be aware of this matter and to demand Gao's immediate release. Since Gao's letter to the United States Congress was published on September 21, the human rights violations and evidence provided in the letter have received wide attention.

Human rights lawyer Terri Marsh speaks at the rally

Representative from Falun Dafa Association of Washington, DC, Dr. Lai Shantao, said that he had notified the State Department of United States that lawyer Gao had been arrested. The officials said they were inquiring on this matter.

Human rights lawyer Ms. Terri Marsh, the first lawyer to sue Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese dictator who launched the persecution of Falun Gong, spoke at the rally. "Gao has exposed the truth about the international crimes perpetrated by Jiang Zemin, Lou Gan, Zhou Yongkang and Liu Jing. He has provided lawyers and law abiding people everywhere with evidence to support and prove their guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. "

Ms. Marsh emphasized Gao's statement in the letter, " Judging by the definition of crimes of humanity and genocide given in the international laws, a large number of CCP officials meet all the criteria for both crimes, including Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang and Liu Jing. As for evidences, they are nothing but ample. So after all it's a question of whether the mainstream society around the world has the sense of responsibility and courage to honestly face these evidences. "

She said, "As lawyers ourselves, we add our voices to Gao's and ask the good people in the United States Senate and Congress to urge China to extend the rights guaranteed by the Chinese Constitution and the Declaration of Human Rights not only to Gao, but to also extend these rights and legal guarantors to all Chinese citizens."

The Human Rights Legal Foundation (HRLF), headquartered in Washington, issued a statement saying. "Jiang Zemin, Lou Gan and all others implicated in the illegal arrest, trial and sentence of GAO Zhisheng, rights advocates in China, and all other persons persecuted in China based upon their religious or moral beliefs are subject to criminal prosecution for their crimes under international law, Chinese law and the laws of most democratic nations around the world." "HRLF has issued a global alert to locate them, and to have them extradited to stand trial for their crimes."

Chinese Expert Mr. Zhang Jielian mentioned that Gao Zhisheng's public letter used more space to talk "Falun Gong" issues because the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong is a disaster for the world. He said, "By looking at the whole process, attorney Gao is totally awakened, and the Chinese Communist Party is totally mad. Why? Because the CCP greatly fears seeing Chinese people awaken to the truth."

Epoch Times columnist Mr. Zhang Tianliang spoke at the rally. "Today, we have to send our strongest protest to Chinese Communist Party, because what it is doing has violated the basic moral standard of human being."

Zhang said, "Just like what stated in Gao's public letter, every matter is a live evidence, every argument is a simplest basic knowledge. To recognize Chinese Communist Party's evil and crime, it doesn't require wisdom but courage and righteousness. With these two, all the Chinese people will stand up against Communist Party."

Zhang Tianliang cited a reminder in Gao's letter, "Being a lawyer, a victim, I want to remind everyone frankly. For one more day Communist Party exists, the justice in China is impossible."

Zhang said, "When we are appealing for Gao and protesting CCP, don't forget we have a very powerful weapon "Nine Commentaries on Communist Party". Keep our courage, keep our righteousness, we must promote the Nine Commentaries and quiting the CCP. Only this way can we end the suffering of Gao and all the others."

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/9/26/163368.html

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