Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Rally in Saint Petersburg

On April 9th, 2007, Russian Falun Gong practitioners rallied on the streets of Saint Petersburg to call on the Russian government not to bow to the Chinese Communist regime’s pressure at the expense of human rights and not to become an accomplice of the autocratic regime’s persecution, so as the Russian people are able to have a bright future.

Recently, bowing to the Chinese Communist regime’s pressure and temptation, the Russian government has repeatedly did something wrong in dealing with Falun Gong issues. Russia is a country that has just got out of the Communist Party’s rule. However, at this historic juncture, the head of the government has sought immediate interest at the expense of justice and conscience. They were even led by nose by the evil spectre of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Which direction is Russia heading for? What kind of future will the Russian nation have? They are really something that we need to worry about. The following are some of the examples:

In the past three years, the Moscow authorities, under the Chinese Communist regime’s pressure, have designated the square in front of the Chinese Embassy as a restricted area and any activities that Falun Gong practitioners applied to hold there were denied. Falun Gong practitioners who staged protests in front of the Chinese Embassy were illegally arrested. Moreover, though the national laws stipulate that there is no application needed for individual protests, this civil right was violate by the police according to their superiors’ orders. Some police even threatened practitioners saying that “If you stand here any longer, we will arrest you on the charge of trading.

On March 28th, 2007, Chinese special agents colluded with their Russian counterparts to abduct U.N. refugee Ma Hui and her daughter and secretly repatriated them back to China. It is evident that the Russian authorities have overtly broken international law and Russia’s national laws to help the Chinese Communist regime to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. To date, the Russian immigration authorities have failed to come up with the document regarding the decision of expatriating Ms. Ma Hui and her daughter. In this regard, some Russian organisations and over ten local mass media have condemned the Russian government one after another. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees also sent a letter asking the Russian government to come up with a explanation in this regard.