(Clearwisdom.net) Jiang Zemin has been sued for genocide, torture and crimes against humanity. Dafa practitioners have done a lot of truth clarification work, which has helped many Chinese to gradually learn the facts. In our truth clarification materials, we have focused more on genocide and torture, which are easier to perceive directly. Genocide is about Jiang Zemin's order to destroy Falun Gong practitioners both physically and mentally, and torture is to cause various kinds of pain and suffering to Falun Gong practitioners. To a large extent, these two crimes are directly related to Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

This article intends to deeply dig into Jiang's third crime: crimes against humanity. This is about Jiang's persecution of all the Chinese people and even the people in Western countries.

About five years ago, Jiang launched his catastrophic persecution of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Suddenly, from central government officials to ordinary citizens, from the media, academia and students to the public security and the judiciary, all the people in China were forced to get involved in activities such as exposing, criticizing, and signing petitions against Falun Gong. Many were reluctant but went along in order to protect themselves.

In the past five years, Falun Gong practitioners' persistent efforts have made many people think and awaken. Many people have come to know the truth that Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted and the suppression is sustained by lies. They sympathize with practitioners and support their courage. However, for many Chinese people, including the thugs and 610 officers involved in persecution, I don't know whether they have truly thought of the following: the victims of this catastrophe are not only limited to Falun Gong practitioners and their families; in fact every Chinese is a victim of this catastrophe personally initiated by Jiang Zemin. Falun Gong practitioners' worldwide lawsuits against Jiang not only seek justice for Falun Gong practitioners, but also for all the Chinese people.

Let's look at the facts:

If you are a news reporter, your professional ethics and morality guide you to make truthful reports. In recent years, however, under Jiang's abuse of power, many media have been forced to lie. I believe nowadays many people are reflecting: what is going on with the society? When reviewing its ten years of achievements, CCTV's "Focal Point Interview" did not mention their anti-Falun Gong programs. Looking back at what they've done in the past several years, wouldn't the producers and reporters in this group feel as if they've betrayed their profession? But who forced them to do so? Who has been limiting the news media's ability to be fair and true?

If you work in public security or the judiciary, you would hope to see that the country is ruled by law. Jiang's suppression of Falun Gong, however, has fundamentally negated this. For example, in the persecution, the rule is that deciding guilt is first, followed by legislation, and the murderers are not investigated. No legal professionals have dared to stand up and speak out. This is a betrayal of the conscience of the entire judiciary system.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supposed to be China's window to the world, but this window has also been used to extend the suppression of Falun Gong overseas. With Jiang's abuse of power, some diplomats had to betray their motherland's interest to make deals to meet Jiang's personal will.

Today, many have seen the corruption in Chinese society, yet few dig into the root of this corruption. Can a country that suppresses Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and forces its citizens to lie and betray their conscience have a bright future? The root of China's five thousand years of culture and moral standards is being destroyed by Jiang.

Most recently, through the dark minions in the education circle, Jiang's group has struck another vicious blow to all teachers, students and their parents in China.

Now a lot of people are awakening. But most people are learning the truth from the perspective of a by-stander. They are sympathetic and supportive of Falun Gong; however, they haven't realized that everyone in China, and even Western societies (for example Germany, Iceland, France, etc.) themselves are also victims of this persecution. Everyone is an insider, not an outsider. Many people know that Falun Dafa is good, but if you ask them whether they have the courage to practice, they would say "I dare not" or "I only dare to practice behind closed doors" or "I'll wait until the day it is not suppressed and see." Of course, there are courageous people too.

Who has deprived Chinese people's right to freely learn and choose such a good practice to improve health and fitness? People who have experienced the Cultural Revolution, especially the "Red Guards," have painful memories. Only after the Cultural Revolution did they realize that they were a deceived generation. My personal understanding is that, as Dafa disciples, we have the responsibility to let today's people know that they too are a deceived and hurt generation, instead of waiting until the moment when the Fa rectifies the human world. Master said,

"That's the situation we see right now, and going forward it will become even easier for you all to clarify the truth, because the people of the world are becoming more and more aware. People will come to you on their own to hear about the true situation, and people will come to you on their own to learn our practice. That's about to happen, and in Mainland China the entire population is going to step forward to oppose the persecution."

("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Western U.S. Fa Conference")

Every practitioner has the responsibility to clarify the facts thoroughly and clearly, to let every Chinese truly realize that the persecution is not just directed at Falun Gong practitioners, so as to propel and greet "the entire population stepping forward to oppose the persecution."

Jiang is being sued in many countries. Through more than a year's effort, many Chinese have gotten to know about the lawsuits. Many look on from the perspective of "respecting Falun Gong practitioners' courage," without realizing that these lawsuits are in fact for the sake of all people, and are closely related to themselves - because Jiang is persecuting the entire population in China, including those involved in the persecution, and is attempting to spread it around the world through his Consulates and Embassies.

This article intends to offer a few introductory remarks so that others may offer their valuable ideas. I hope that practitioners of various professions such as teachers, lawyers, news media personnel, etc., can combine their professional expertise and write articles that more deeply awaken people's realization of Jiang's persecution of your profession and of all people in China and even around the world, and to produce truth-clarifying materials and videos that more deeply expose the essence of the persecution.

Above is my personal understanding. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.

May 1, 2004