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Breaking News – Taiwan’s Vice President attends human rights protest against the CCP

On 10th December, Taiwan Vice-President Lu Xiulian attended the “All People Stand to Protect Human Rights” activity, held by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) of Asian Branch, in the call to condemn the persecution of Falun Gong, religious groups and human advocates by the Chinese Communist Party.

Lu Xiulian said: [Recording]
“If a country self-proclaims to be affluent and prosperous with largest populace in the world, it tramps on human rights and freedom of belief, even persecutes its people by torturing them in jails, harvesting their bodily organs. What sort of government is this? I believe that Taiwanese people all deem it a very serious issue, viewing from the aspect of human rights.”

The 10th of December is International Human Rights Day, and the 1st Anniversary of the establishment of the Asia Chapter of CIPFG. The “All People Stand to Protect Human Rights” activity aimed at calling for people’s awareness toward the ideals of peace, freedom and justice.

In her speech, Lv Xiulian said, “The human rights situation in China is worse than it has been in the past. If the international community does not take action, and voice their protest, it would be the biggest insult to humanity.” She emphasized that one cannot stand by and watch as the Chinese Communist regime continue their deeds of harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners, abusing human rights. She expressed the Chinese Communist regime should undoubtedly hear, see and feel the protest from around the world, against their human rights abuses, and brutal crimes against humanity such as organ harvesting on Falun Gong practitioners, and subsequently act promptly to stop human rights atrocities.”

The chief of the Asian Chapter of CIPFG, Lai Qingde, pointed out in order to host the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the Chinese Communist regime had made promises to the International Olympics Committee to improve its human rights records in China. However, as the 2008 Olympic Game fast approaches, the human rights situation in China is increasingly deteriorated. Examples include the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, Catholic followers, Tibetans and Ughurs, who are secretly sent to prison without any legal proceedings. Countless deaths have arisen as a result of these persecutions. Furthermore, Beijing authorities are implementing forced relocations and expropriations, and such disputes are elevating day by day, as the Olympics is exploited as a tool to suppress the Chinese people.

Deputy delegation leader of the Korean branch of CIPFG’s Asian Chapter, Zheng Qiuchen said, the Olympic Games hosted by the Chinese Communist Party is comparable to when Hitler hosted the Olympic Games. Their ambition is to display a powerful nation, to show a China that is different, however, its innate character remains unchanged, and this can only intensify the illusory image of China to the world and speed up the development of darkness. Zhen Qiuchen said, the Global Human Rights Torch Relay has received the support of over sixty thousand signatures. The delegation aims to collect ten thousand support signatures, to be sent to the International Olympic Committee and relevant human rights organizations around the world, in order to end the Olympics in China where human rights are trashed.

Wang Fenglan, Chief Executive of the Asian Chapter of the CIPFG, also said, the Chinese Communist regime strictly retrain 43 types of people from joining in the Olympic Games. According to a representative of the International Olympic Committee, individuals of all religions can attend the Games in China, except for Falun Gong practitioners. Also, many media are currently under close and severe surveillance. Wang said this is openly contradicting the Olympic spirit, hence the CIPFG strongly condemns its actions, and hopes that the International Olympics Committee can handle this issue upfront.

The above was brought to you by Li Wei, reported by James Xu and Jenny Chang for Breaking News on Sound of Hope Radio Network.

The original Chinese article sourced from: http://preview.soundofhope.org/makearticle.asp?id=78813