Russia: Practitioners Hold a Press Conference to Commemorate the April 25 Appeal (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) April 25, 2006 was the seventh anniversary of the peaceful appeal staged by over ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners in China. Russian Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference on "the genocide in China," at Moscow's Central House of Journalists to mark the occasion. The purpose was to expose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution of Falun Gong, especially the atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners in various labor camps, prisons and hospitals.

Among the guests who gave speeches were chairperson of the Moscow Falun Dafa Association, a representative of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG), and Ludmilla Alexeeva, a representative of Moscow Helsinki Group, who is a renowned human rights activist.

The chairperson of Moscow Falun Dafa Association said, "The brutal persecution launched by Chinese communist Regime against Falun Gong has been going on for seven years. Russian practitioners have introduced the magnificence of Falun Dafa, with their personal experience of cultivation based on the principals of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance," to various government agencies, media and the general public during the past seven years. In order to put an end to the persecution, they also exposed CCP's atrocities against Falun Gong practitioners and CCP's lies to slander Falun Gong. Some people might wonder that our exposing the Chinese communist regime's persecution against Falun Gong is tantamount to opposing China. In fact, the Chinese communist regime does not stand for China. China has five thousand years of civilization and glorious traditional culture. It is simply because we loved traditional Chinese culture and started to learn qigong that many of us began to cultivate Falun Dafa. Our protest against the persecution of Falun Gong not only can help rescue the practitioners in China, but it can also defend our sacred belief. Wherever the persecution happens, all of us will definitely protest against it. We hope that the international community can help put an end to the persecution.

The Chinese communist regime has stepped up efforts to destroy evidence in various labor camps and other establishments that imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. In the meantime, all organ transplantation centers and relevant hospitals have been making efforts to proceed with organ transplant operation. As a result, a massacre is on going in China. With the coordination of the Falun Dafa Association and the Minghui Website, the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) has been established. We hope that governments of various countries, mass media and human rights organizations are able to participate in this investigation. If the international communities turn a deaf ear to such an evil act, it will certainly endanger the safety of the whole world including Russia. Such crimes must be condemned and brought to justice."

The representative of the CIPFG said, "The inside story of the on-going persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese communist regime has been exposed to the public worldwide. The atrocity of harvesting and selling living Falun Gong practitioners' organs is a systematic sinister work colluding with officials at all levels. It proves that the Chinese communist regime's fascist-style systems are leading China toward the evil path. Anyone of good conscience, regardless of whether they are government officials or presidents, if they are really concerned about our national future, should take a stand on this matter. If they turn a blind eye to the atrocity of illegally harvesting and selling living human organs for profit, the Russians will certainly meet with a great misfortune, no matter whether they agree with it or not."

Human rights activist Ludmilla Alexeeva said: "I have no special connection with Falun Gong, but the persecution we talked about at this conference is really horrible. Falun Gong is a peaceful cultivation group. Their persistence in their own belief is understandable. I believe that in addition to Falun Gong practitioners, all righteous people will never turn a deaf ear to the Chinese regime's persecution, and instead they would help stop it. After the World War II, we pledged not to let the Holocaust concentration camps be repeated again. Today, sixty years have elapsed, but the evil atrocities in the concentration camps have resurged, and moreover, it is beyond what we can stand. We must do our level best to stop China's brutal atrocities that have directly endangered the world's civilization and culture.

Sixteen news agencies attended the press conference including Pravda, Sound of Moscow, AFP, Moscow University State news, and the People's Daily.