Immediately Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong

To The Chinese Embassy and the Chinese Government Leadership: Since July of 1999, when Jiang Zeming and his followers senselessly cracked down on Falun Gong, the situation in China has become increasingly severe. According to the latest news, someone has plotted to launch a larger-scale suppression of Falun Gong around the Chinese National Day (October 1), and claimed that Falun Gong will be thoroughly eradicated within three months. Therefore, all Falun Gong practitioners overseas express extreme indignation and the most serious concerns. Jiang Zemin and those like him, due to their arrogance, selfishness and ignorance, have conspired, directed and played the tragedy of the largest scale known in human history. According to current, incomplete statistics, more than 50 Falun Gong practitioners have died following maltreatment while in police custody, over 500 practitioners have been illegally sentenced to prison terms, over 5,000 practitioners have been sent to forced labor camps without trial, some 600 practitioners have been forcibly committed to mental hospitals, tens of thousands of innocent practitioners have been repeatedly detained, and tens of millions of ordinary practitioners of Falun Gong have been enduring extremely brutal mental and physical torture in the past fourteen months. Jiang Zemin and his followers' suppression of Falun Gong has entirely violated the Chinese constitution and related laws. Their actions have brutally trampled the basic human rights acknowledged by the international community. They have severely damaged the positive image of China's reform and opening up -- an image that the Chinese government has painstakingly promoted over the past 20 plus years. Their persecution of Falun Gong has caused a major setback in the progress of Chinese history, and brought an irretrievable catastrophe to the whole country. Jiang Zemin himself will forever be condemned by all the kind-hearted people, and he will forever be considered a great shame in history. "Peace and Progress" should be a big trend in the world. The Chinese people have already suffered many hardships and tribulations, and they have just emerged from a painful history filled with wounds and injuries. They are now putting all their efforts to develop and reconstruct the country. Since Falun Gong was made known to the general public by Mr. Li Hongzhi, in Mainland China in 1992, over one hundred million people have become physically healthy and morally upgraded. They should have been the mainstays in supporting and facilitating the country's development and reconstruction, and they should have also been respected, protected and regarded as a great blessing to the country. However, Jiang Zemin and his followers single-handedly exhausted all their measures and focused all their efforts to go against the will of the people of the world, launching a frenzied suppression of Falun Gong. They have ruined the promising future of the Chinese people, and created the most harrowing injustice in Chinese history. Over the past fourteen months, Jiang Zemin and his followers have mobilized, tempted and coerced the entire country's propaganda machinery -- the police force, spies, courts, prisons, forced labor camps, drug-rehabilitation institutions, psychiatric hospitals -- to slander, smear and brutally crack down on Falun Gong. They have weakened the whole country, putting it into a miserable state. As the leader of a country, Jiang Zemin has been seriously negligent in his duties. He has allowed the growing corruption and crimes to run rampant in society, and has disregarded the needs of the country and its people. Even worse, he has punished the righteous and advocated the evil, and brutally persecuted the ordinary citizens who practice Falun Gong. These are people with lofty morals who have entrusted themselves to the government. Therefore, it is inevitable that Jiang Zemin will be punished by justice and fair law. At the same time, the absurd suppression of Falun Gong has seriously damaged the Chinese government's reputation in the world. Over the past year, Jiang Zemin and his followers have gone all out to spread lies and rumors and vilify Falun Gong around the world. Yet, no other governments have followed the Chinese government to ban or suppress Falun Gong. On the contrary, many countries and leaders have openly condemned and criticized the criminal act of suppressing Falun Gong. Furthermore, Falun Gong has constantly received awards and recognition from various countries and regions. The people around the world have gradually realized the physical and spiritual well-being that the principles of "Zhen (Truthfulness), Shan (Compassion), Ren (Tolerance)" advocated by Falun Gong have brought to people . They have acknowledged, understood and supported Falun Gong, and some of them have even become practitioners of Falun Gong. However, under such circumstances, Jiang Zemin, in the name of the Chinese government, has widely pronounced that "The present time is the best period of human rights in Chinese history." He concocted lies and spread rumors in front of the world media. These despicable tactics of a shameless dictator have been ridiculed and despised by the international community. The Chinese National Day is drawing near. Jiang Zemin and his followers are attempting again to use such an opportunity to launch and escalate a new round of large-scale arrests and suppression of Falun Gong practitioners. However, Falun Dafa practitioners are firmly holding on to the principles of "Zen (Truthfulness), Shan (Compassion), Ren (Tolerance)". Their determination to protect the Fa (the laws and principles of the universe) using great compassion and upright conduct, is unshakable by any vile forces. We hereby appeal to the Chinese government and all the people in the government who still have conscience to distinguish clearly the essence of the evil. We ask them, for the sake of the country's future and its people, to safeguard truth and justice by standing up and stopping the evil deeds of Jiang Zemin and his followers. This will bring good fortune to the country and its people. History will remember your great contributions. The truth of the universe will fairly evaluate all sentient beings. All of the Falun Gong practitioners in Washington D.C. September 26, 2000