Radio Free Asia: UNHRC Meeting Opens; Falun Gong Practitioners Call for a Dialogue Concerning the Persecution

The annual UNHRC meeting has opened in Geneva. Nearly a thousand Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world, together with human rights groups from various countries, assembled at the United Nations building to call for a dialogue concerning the issue of human rights in China and for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Government. Below is a summary based upon a recording by Tian-yi, a special correspondent of Radio Free Asia accredited in Germany.

The 60th annual UNHRC meeting opened on Monday, 15th March. Since last Friday, nearly a thousand Falun Gong practitioners have arrived in Geneva from all over the world, to call for a dialogue concerning human rights in China. Reporters at the United Nations building interviewed Ms Zheng Zhihong, a scholar in the field of law who travelled from Berlin.

With the green hills and clear waters of Geneva as a backdrop, traditional Chinese costumes embellished with the bright yellow often sported by Falun Gong practitioners, and the music of the orchestra suggesting springtime, it seems likely that these activities will continue until the United Nations Human Rights Conference comes to an end on April the 25th.