Media Advisory: Parliament Hill, Ottawa, April 14, 2003
- From: "Falun Dafa Canada InfoCentre" <info-centre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:28:06 +0000
Media Advisory For Immediate Release April 14, 2003
Communist Regime Retaliates Against Falun Gong Plaintiff & Victim of torture
-Former Chairman of China Jiang Zemin Sued for Genocide and Crimes against
Humanity
Press Conference
2:00pm, Monday, April 14, 2003.
Charles Lynch Conference Room, 130-S Center Block, Parliament Building
Contact: Lucy Zhou 613-599-7494, 613-862-7494 ( c )
Ottawa, April 14 After a dramatic escape and rescue to Canada last November,
Ms. Yuzhi Wang, a Falun Gong practitioner, made her imprisonment and torture in
China’s labor camp public and is launching a lawsuit against China’s former
chairman Jiang Zemin for torture, genocide, and other crimes against humanity.
Following that Ms. Wang’s brother and two sisters (non-practitioners) in China
were arrested. None of them had committed any crimes.
Despite these attempts at intimidation, Ms. Wang, supported by local MP Scott
Reid, will hold a press conference on the Hill, to expose Jiang Zemin’s crimes
and call for help to release her brother and sisters and end the persecution.
Jiang Zemin has already been sued for torture and genocide and crimes against
humanity last October during his visit to USA. Jiang Zemin will be charged with
these crimes in many countries as soon as he sets foot in one of these
countries.
Background Information
Ms Wang endured 9 months of brainwashing, beatings, force feeding and torture
in a notorious labor camp in China. When she was nearly blind and on the verge
of death, she was removed from the labor camp.
She escaped to the United Arab Emirates. On the verge of being sent back to
China and re-arrested, the Canadian government intervened and brought her to
Canada under a special visa last November.
The suffering of Ms. Wang is one out of millions of Falun Gong practitioners in
China.
Last October, local MP Scott Reid moved a private motion M-236 in the House of
Commons calling on prime minister to urge China to release Falun Gong
practitioners who are family members of Canadians. The motion was passed
unanimously. It marked a turning point in the awareness of the Canadian Members
of Parliament about the atrocities being committed in China.
Up to now 10 Falun Gong practitioners who hold Canadian ties have been
released, thanks to the global "Rescue our Family Members" campaign and to our
Canadian government.
Falun Gong is a peaceful meditation and exercise practice with teachings based
on the principles of truth, compassion and tolerance. Its practitioners have
been persecuted in the People’s Republic of China since July 20 1999. To date
648 deaths from torture have been confirmed. The actual death toll is
considerably higher. ABC reports that half of China’s forced labor camps are
used to incarcerate Falun Gong practitioners. http://www.faluninfo.net/
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