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The Communist Party regime in Beijing is violating international law by forbidding an entire class of defendants--Falungong believers--from having any access to a defense attorney. Party-state harassment of defense lawyers who try in vain to meet with Falungong defendants is also outrageous lawlessness on the part of the regime.
Aug 13, 2014 02:08 PM
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"The Chinese government labelling of the Falun Gong as an evil cult is a component of the repression of the Falun Gong, a pretext for that repression as well as a defamation, incitement to hatred, depersonalization, marginalization and dehumanization of the Falun Gong. But this labelling does not explain why that repression arose. The "evil cult" label is a manufactured tool of repression, but not its cause. The cause lies elsewhere." - from the book "Bloody Harvest" from David Matas and David Kilgour.
"Whereas Falun Gong is a peaceful and nonviolent form of personal belief and practice with millions of adherents in the People's Republic of China and elsewhere; Whereas propaganda from state-controlled media in the People's Republic of China has inundated the public in an attempt to breed hatred and discrimination;" - US Congress Resolution 188 from 2002
Aug 19, 2014 06:38 AM
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