The Canada-wide campaign to free Ying Zhu and Shengli Lin has gained support
on several fronts:
- Concordia University Student Union (CSU) has unanimously voted in favour
of participating in the campaign to free Ying Zhu and has called on other
members of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to join the campaign
and to take action.
- A coalition of MPs from all five major political parties has been actively
working on obtaining the immediate release of Ying and Shengli. (Contacts:
Mr. Irwin Cotler, Mr. Scott Reid, Ms. Francine Lalonde, Ms. Libby Davies,
Mr. Bill Casey)
- Amnesty International has repeatedly made public statements condemning the
brutal persecution of Falun Gong and has called on the Canadian government
to do more to assist Ying and Shengli to regain freedom and to help bring an
end to the repressive crackdown against Falun Gong in China. Amnesty
International of Canada launched a letter writing campaign four months ago
to free Shengli Lin.
- More than 10 NGOs have cosigned a letter to Mei Ping, the Chinese
Ambassador in Ottawa, urging the release of Ying Zhu and Shengli Lin. More
NGOs are joining the campaign on daily basis.
- Falun Gong practitioners in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver continue to
demonstrate in front of the Chinese Embassy and Chinese Consulates every
working day until Ying and Shengli are released.
- Department of Foreign Affairs has responded that "She [Ying] has
close ties to Canada and we will do whatever we can, on behalf of her family
in Canada."
- A Web Page dedicated to the campaign to Free Ying and Shengli has been set
up: http://falundafa.ca/appeal
- The people of Canada have shown tremendous support to Falun Gong. In the
past year, some 80,000 people in Canada have signed petitions calling for an
end to the persecution and the immediate release of all Falun Gong
practitioners in China.