Geneva: The United Nations Human Rights Commission raises Concern about the Human Rights Problems in China

The Epoch Times reported on March 9th that many U.N. non-governmental organisations (NGOs) spoke in the U.N.’s 61st session of the Human Rights Commission condemning China’s state terrorism. The Chinese Communist regime not only brutally persecutes its own citizens; ibu also entices international communities with money to violate their own values and principles. Various NGOs specifically cited the latest incident: soon after it signed a cooperation agreement with a Chinese Communication company, the European satellite operator Eutelsat is to discontinue its contract with New York-based independent Chinese television network New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) to transmit its free programmes to Asia.

Representing the San Diego branch of the U.N. association, Mr Chen Shizhong spoke in the conference: “We protest against China’s persistent violation and ignorance of the “World Human Rights Declaration”, superseding any country in the world. We noticed that the Chinese Communist regime recently released Rebiya Kadeer. But this is far from enough. Like releasing one or a thousand Jews among six million Jews from concentration camps could not represent an improvement in the Nazi’s human rights record. China’s act of using “human rights hostages” should not be rewarded.

“We are especially concerned with the inhuman treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China. To date, over one thousand six hundred Falun Gong practitioners are confirmed to have been persecuted to death and countless practitioners are missing. However these figures alone cannot completely reflect the seriousness of this persecution. In the crimes of genocide committed by Hitler and Stalin, the type that also occurred in Bosnia and Rwanda, the aims were physical destruction. While in the persecution by the Chinese communist regime, physical destruction is only a means. Its ultimate aim is to achieve spiritual murder, forcing the victims to make a painful choice between life and giving up one’s conscience. The persecution against Christians over two thousand years ago is a typical example of this kind of crime.

“There is nothing more evil than the crime against human conscience because conscience is the founding character of humanity. Any other thing, including life, can be taken away by external violence. But the change of conscience, even just a little bit, has to be achieved through one’s agreement from the heart. Therefore conscience is the most basic character of humanity and the right to conscience is the most fundamental human right.”

Mr Chen added: “Falun Gong practitioners, Christians, Tibetans, Uighurs and other minorities are not the only victims of the destruction of human conscience by the Chinese Communist regime. It is well known that many members of the United Nations Human Rights Commission are afraid of criticising China’s awful human rights abuses. The method used by China is not shrewd. It is very straightforward: ‘If you don’t cooperate with me, I will not let you do business with China.’ This is another reflection of the crime against human conscience, forcing international communities to make a choice between conscience and self-interest.”

“The most recent victim of this crime is the European satellite operator Eutelsat. To obtain some economic interests, Eutelsat decided not to continue its contract with an independent Chinese television maker, New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV), to transmit its programmes to Asia and China. The San Diego branch of the U.N. Association fully supports Reporters Without Borders, the International Federation of Journalists and sixty-three members of the European Parliament in condemning this cowardly behaviour of sacrificing principles for money. Like ‘following orders’ cannot be used as an excuse to kill innocent people, ‘business decisions’ can absolutely not be used as an excuse to assist a violent regime’s abuse of human rights.”

Lawyer Karin Park from International Education and Development has spoken out in every United Nations Human Rights Commission in condemning China’s human rights abuses. She said in this conference, “The consequences of state terrorism or terrorism supported by the state are far worse than any disasters by terrorist organisations. How to stop state terrorism or terrorisms supported by State is still a primary subject facing the international communities.”

Ms. Park continued, “In China, the state terrorism against Falun Gong practitioners is persistently increasing; almost every report by every human rights envoy pointed this out. The number of cases about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners has far exceeded the capacity of the U.N. Human Rights Commission. This fact forces us to ask why the U.N. Human Rights Commission has never dealt with this issue. In fact the U.N. Human Rights Commission has become a laughing-stock for its inaction in condemning the Chinese government.”

The above speeches attracted the wide attention of conference participants, especially various human rights organisations.