San Francisco, California: Practitioners Protest Russian Government's Unlawful Repatriation of UN Refugee to China (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On May 18, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in the San Francisco Bay Area went to the Russian Consulate in San Francisco and protested the Russian government's repatriation of Falun Gong practitioner Professor Gao Chunman to China, where the persecution of Falun Gong is ongoing.

Falun Gong practitioners in San Francisco gather in front of the Russian Consulate and urge the Russian government not to cooperate with the CCP to persecute Falun Gong

A Russian Consulate official accepts Falun Gong literature and listens to a practitioner's explanation of the facts

Falun Gong practitioner Nataly from Russia said that practitioners are protesting Russia's violation of international law to repatriate Falun Gong practitioners. Nataly said, "A Russian official came out of the embassy and accepted the literature and investigation report into organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners in China. When he heard of the CCP's (Chinese Communist Party) atrocity of organ removal from living Falun Gong practitioners, he became serious. He said he would transfer the practitioners' request to the Russian government."

Ms. Chen, who just came from China for four months, said she felt very sad after hearing the news of Gao Chunman's repatriation. Ms. Chen said, "Now the CCP still brutally persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. Russia's repatriation [of Falun Gong practitioners] is unethical. The practitioner repatriated to China will be persecuted by the CCP because the CCP has never stopped the persecution."

Ms. Chen said that in 2002 she went to appeal for justice for Falun Gong on Tiananmen Square and was arrested by CCP police. She was detained for more than twenty days. She was forced to stay away from home due to police harassment and threat of arrest. Under such a situation, Falun Gong practitioners in China do not stop studying the Fa, practicing the exercises, clarifying the facts and saving sentient beings. Before coming to the USA this time, Ms. Chen was almost arrested again. She called on the Russian government to be clear and not to assist the CCP to persecute innocent people.

Mr. Zhang, a computer engineer, said, "I am here to protest the Russian government's repatriation of Professor Gao to China. He is a UN refugee. Any country signing the UN covenant should not repatriate UN refugees. Not long ago, another practitioner, Ma Hui and her daughter, were repatriated to China. Such things should never happen again."

Mr. Zhang continued, "The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners is known to each country's government. It is intolerable for the Russian government to do such a despicable thing as repatriating a UN refugee."

Ms. Ren, who was arrested in China for many times for persisting in practicing Falun Gong, was shocked at the Russian government's repatriation incident. She said, "Within less than two months, two incidents of repatriation of Falun Gong practitioners have occurred in Russia. This repatriation should not happen. All righteous people should condemn such incidents."

Ms. Ren said, "It has been documented that more than three thousand Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death in China. All people of conscience should protest the persecution. The CCP's persecution of Falun Gong has caught people's attention across the world. The Russian government ignores the righteous voice around the world and assists the CCP in the persecution, out of economic interest. It is inhuman and should be condemned."