[Ottawa] Global Urgent Appeal: China Orders “Kill Without Mercy”
- From: Falun Dafa Canada InfoCentre <info-centre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dafa-news-ottawa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
- Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 14:56:20 +0000
Attention News / Assignment / Photo Editors:
For Immediate Release March 7, 2002
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Global Urgent Appeal:
China Orders “Kill Without Mercy”
Lists of Falun Gong Practitioners Who Are to Be Put to Death Being Compiled
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OTTAWA, March 7th, 2002 — China’s state-run television program in Changchun
was suddenly interrupted by Pro-Falun Gong footage for 40-50 minutes, reaching
hundreds of thousands of viewers on March 5th, 2002. The President of China
was infuriated by this incident and is said to have issued orders: “Kill
Without Mercy,” immediately following the event. Regions across China are
reported to be compiling lists of specific Falun Gong practitioners to execute
without trial for their spiritual belief, following the President’s command.
Incidents of police gun-shooting Falun Gong practitioners have already occurred
in the past few days, giving rise to the grave urgency of this matter. Falun
Gong practitioners worldwide urgently appeal to the people of the world, as
well as all governments and international organizations, to help stop the
massacre that is about to happen in China.
Falun Gong practitioners in all major Canadian cities including Ottawa,
Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary will gather in front of the Chinese
Embassy/Consulates for an all-day appeal that will continue on for the rest of
the week.
In Ottawa, a press conference will be held in front of the Chinese Embassy
today:
Press Conference:
Time: 1:00pm
Place: In front of the Chinese Embassy
515 St. Patrick St., Ottawa
Contact: Lucy Zhou 613-599-7494, 613-862-7494 (Cell)
For local activities in other cities, please contact the following:
Toronto:
Joel Chipkar
416-622-1959, 416-709-8678(cell)
Cindy Gu
416-494-6002, 416-419-9981(cell)
Vancouver:
Ying Lee
604-738-8262 604- 318-5678(cell) Kai Liu
Montreal:
Yumin Yang
514-941-2203
Dan Sky
514-812-7723
Background Information
The surprise Changchun broadcast is completely without precedent in China,
where only the State’s voice may be heard in the media. One of the key
features of the broadcast was a segment entitled, “Self-immolation or
Deception?” which presented evidence that the January 2001 immolation in
Beijing was staged by the PRC government. An English version of the video
“Self-immolation or Deceit?” is available online at
http://www.faluninfo.net/devstories/tiananmen/immolation.asp
“Jiang’s persecution of Falun Gong survives on an arsenal of lies and
deceit, and the biggest weapon is the propaganda surrounding the
self-immolation incident; it’s the most potent and demonizing of the lies”
said Levi Browde, spokesman for the Falun Dafa Information Center. “And this
demonstrates exactly why Jiang has reacted with such fury: he’s scared
because the most terrifying thing for him is that people will find out the
truth about the self-immolation, which the broadcasts revealed, as well as the
truth about Falun Gong. He’ll do anything to stop this—even if it means
murdering his own people.”
The Falun Dafa Information Center has verified details of over 375 deaths since
the persecution of Falun Gong in China began in 1999. Government officials
inside China, however, report that the actual death toll is well over 1,600.
Over 100,000 have been sent to labor camps without trial. www.faluninfo.net
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