The principal Foreign Affairs spokesperson of the Liberal Democrat Party in the UK, Menzies Campbell MP, recently signed an Early Day Motion in support of a campaign for a 21 month old girl who has been denied a passport by the Chinese Embassy simply because her parents practice Falun Gong.

The baby girl's mother is a postgraduate student at the University of Dundee in the UK. She was detained for 7 days in China in 1999, for possessing a Falun Gong banner and was kicked for practicing Falun Gong exercises despite the fact that she was 8-months pregnant at the time.

After the baby was born, she went to the Chinese Embassy in London to obtain a passport for her daughter, whom she had named Minghui. However, she was told by the embassy that if she continued practicing Falun Gong, there would be no way to get a passport for her daughter, who is now effectively a person without citizenship in a country.

The campaign for baby Minghui has been going on for over a year and has been reported widely in the media, including Bella Magazine [a national women's magazine], BBC News On Line, BBC radio stations, and many local newspapers. The mother's MP, Mr Iain Luke offered strong support to the campaign, which has also received support from many Members of Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament, and local council leaders, including Jean Corston MP and the Leader of the Edinburgh City Council in Scotland.

Mr Iain Luke MP tabled the Early Day Motion on 24 October, as a means of urging the Chinese authorities to issue a passport to the baby girl. The Motion also "calls upon Her Majesty's Government to do all in its power to ensure that the Government of the People's Republic of China upholds the human rights of all Chinese citizens, and all minority groups within Chinese society including those who choose to become Falun Gong practitioners"

Reported from the UK

15th November 2001

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