Prior to head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Hu Jintao's state visit to Canada, Canadian Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference on August 31st in front of the office of Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. Practitioners urged the Canadian government to bar criminals who violate Falun Gong practitioners' human rights from entering Canada.
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| Practitioners call to bar entry of those criminals who violate Falun Gong practitioners' human rights |
According to a report compiled by World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), during his tenure as the Mayor and municipal party committee secretary of Dalian and Governor of Liaoning Province, Bo Xilai summarised and directed the suppression of Falun Gong at numerous meetings and in a number of reports. As a consequence, Liaoning Province became one of the provinces where the persecution of Falun Gong was most severe.
A practitioner who was from Liaoning Province recounted her experience of being detained for one month in a detention centre and later imprisoned in a labour camp and brainwashing centre simply because she went to Tiananmen Square to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. She called upon the Canadian government to bar Bo Xilai, the current Chinese Minister of Commerce from entering Canada as a member of Hu's delegation in accordance to the related law on anti-human and war crimes.
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| A practitioner who had suffered the persecution in Liaoning Province speaking at the press conference | Reading out letters from David Kilgour and David Matas |
Practitioners also read out a supportive letter from Canadian Parliament Member David Kilgour to the Canadian Falun Dafa Association and a letter from international renowned human rights attorney David Matas to the Minister of Canadian Department of Safety, Minister of Immigration, and Minister of Foreign Affairs to urge the government to reject issuing a visa to Bo Xilai and other criminals who participated in the persecution of Falun Gong.
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| Delivering a packet of materials to Anne McLellan's office |
After the press conference, practitioners delivered materials to staff members of Anne McLellan's office.
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