U.S. House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging Chinese Government

U.S. House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging Chinese Government to Cease Its Oppression of Falun Gong Practitioners in the United States and in China

At 8pm Eastern Time on October 4, 2004, the House of the Representatives in the U.S. unanimously passed H. Con. Resolution 304, expressing the sense of Congress regarding oppression by the Government of the People's Republic of China of Falun Gong in the United States and in China. The resolution expressed the sense that the Government of the People's Republic of China should immediately stop interfering in the exercise of religious and political freedoms within the United States, such as the right to practice Falun Gong, that are guaranteed by the United States Constitution, cease using the diplomatic missions in the United States to spread falsehoods about the nature of Falun Gong, and release from detention all prisoners of conscience, including practitioners of Falun Gong.


The H. Con. Res. 304 was initiated by Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and co-sponsored by 75 congresspeople. It was unanimously passed yesterday evening (October 4) by the representatives.


The resolution expressed the sense that the president of the United States should take actions such as working more closely with Chinese human rights activists to identify Chinese authorities who have been personally responsible for acts of violence and persecution in the People's Republic of China; and the Attorney General should investigate reports that Chinese consular officials in the United States have committed illegal acts while attempting to intimidate or inappropriately influence Falun Gong practitioners or local elected officials, and, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determine an appropriate legal response.

Whole article here:
www.clearwisdom.net...

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what is falun gong in principle and why does a;; this tied in to the NWO issue

Serious human rights violations in the world should be concerned by the persons who care of the new world Order, I think.


Amnesty International annual report
China

Covering events from January - December 2002

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Head of state: Jiang Zemin
Head of government: Zhu Rongji
Death penalty: retentionist
International Criminal Court: not signed

Serious human rights violations continued and in some respects the situation deteriorated. Tens of thousands of people continued to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association or belief. Some were sentenced to prison terms; many others were administratively detained without charge or trial. The �strike hard� campaign against crime launched in April 2001 was renewed for a further year. According to interim figures available, the crack-down led to at least 1,921 death sentences, many imposed after unfair trials, and 1,060 executions. Torture and ill-treatment remained widespread and appeared to increase as a result of the campaign. The anti-crime crack-down also extended to people accused of being �ethnic separatists�, �terrorists� and �religious extremists� in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Further regulations were introduced to control access to the Internet. Labour protests increased and were frequently met with excessive use of force and arbitrary detentions. In Xinjiang, restrictions increased on the cultural and religious rights of the mainly Muslim Uighur minority. In Tibet, freedom of expression and religion continued to be severely restricted, although seven prisoners of conscience were released before the end of their sentences.

web.amnesty.org...

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Is Falun Gong a good practice to people and society?

Governmental Awards and Recognition of Falun Dafa
from China and the World

Since its public introduction in May 1992, Falun Dafa has attracted over 100 million practitioners worldwide in just ten years. Falun Dafa cultivation emphasizes that one should conduct oneself according to the principle of "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance". Regardless of gender and age, regardless of nationality and race, every practitioner who persistently cultivates his/her heart and practices the exercises has benefited tremendously. Constant diligent cultivation has brought significant changes to many practitioners in both physical conditions and moral values. At the same time, Falun Dafa is gaining worldwide understanding and appreciation, especially in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
Listed below are some awards issued by some local governments and organizations in China, Canada, US and other countries in recognition of the extraordinary contribution made by Master Li Hong Zhi and Falun Dafa to people's mental and physical health.


You can check the awards (more than one thousand) at the link below.

www.clearwisdom.net...

So essentially the falun gong is the newest version of an old golden rule

"Do ye unto your brothers and give unto your sisters as ye wish done and given to you" ?????

Originally posted by drbryankkruta
So essentially the falun gong is the newest version of an old golden rule

"Do ye unto your brothers and give unto your sisters as ye wish done and given to you" ?????

Falun Gong practitioners try to assimilate to the nature of the universe---Truthfulness, Benevolance and Forbearance. Therefore, the practice is good for people and society.

NEW YORK - On Sept. 30, Jianfen Zhou of Queens called her family in China and received heartrending news: her little sister was in a labor camp. Her 27-year-old sister, whose English name is Theresa, was arrested for placing flyers about the persecution of Falun Gong in mailboxes. According to Jianfen's parents, Theresa, a graduate student at Shanghai Medical University, has been sentenced without trial to one year in the Moganshan Labor Camp.

Moganshan Labor Camp is part of China's Laogai system. According CNN, this system of at least 1,100 known forced-labor camps is driven by hard-line ideology, Chinese Communist Party directives and the whims of local cadres. It is designed as a repressive mechanism to control and, in effect, eliminate anyone whose political, religious or societal views differ from those of the Communist Party.

whole article here:
english.epochtimes.com...

It is about time! People need to understand China still has BIG problems.

Wait where are the right-wing fag-wavers telling the House of Reps to stop getiing involved in other peoples business.

Oh sorry the business of the rest of the world IS US business.. sory i have to remember these double standards

Originally posted by Corinthas
Wait where are the right-wing fag-wavers telling the House of Reps to stop getiing involved in other peoples business.

Oh sorry the business of the rest of the world IS US business.. sory i have to remember these double standards

The US doesn't have a right to say anything about the internal policy of a soverien nation ..... true

But I wanted to understand the religious issue so I hadn't gotten to that yet, but Im not a right winger.

I just believe if you dont contribute to a society daily, dont gripe once in a while you hav no rights unless you earn them.