(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, the Jiang regime has not only continuously persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China and used propaganda to deceive the Chinese people, but they also have disregarded the laws of nations, censure from international consensus and illegally arrested overseas individuals visiting China, simply because they are Falun Gong practitioners. The most recent case occurred on January 23, 2003. US citizen, Mr. Charles Li (Xiangchun Li) was arrested when he arrived at Guangzhou Airport in China.

In response to this issue, Falun Gong practitioners from Houston, Texas held a rally at noon on February 4th in front of the Houston Chinese Consulate to call upon the international community to pay urgent attention to the illegal arrest of Mr. Charlies Li. We strongly requested that the Jiang regime immediately release Mr. Charles Li. Meanwhile, we also urgently appealed to all governments, organizations, and individuals throughout the world who support justice and kindness to join us in condemning the Jiang regime's crimes and to immediately stop their criminal acts which trample basic international laws and the people's freedom of belief, so that US citizen Charles Li will gain his freedom and come back to the US as soon as possible. We also appealed for the hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners who are currently imprisoned in jails or labor camps and hope they too will be able to regain their freedom to practice Falun Gong and live in peace.