U.N Special Rapportuer on Religion Criticizes Chinese Regime
- 14 years ago
In his annual address to the United Nations’ General Assembly, the newly appointed U.N. Special Rapporteur on religion spoke out against intolerance towards members of religions or belief systems, including Falun Gong—a group that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief spoke out against the mistreatment of members of religions or belief systems. He showed the Chinese regime will not be ignored, in its persecution of Falun Gong in the past 11 years. The Chinese regime is a permanent member of the Security Council and a chronic abuser of religious freedom.
In his debut address to the United Nations General Assembly on October 21, Heiner Bielefeldt was quoted as saying "small communities such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Ahmadi, Falun Gong and others are sometimes stigmatized as ‘cults’ and are frequently confronted with prejudices that can escalate into becoming conspiracy theories."
A delegate from the Chinese regime refuted Bielefedlt’s statement, saying the Chinese state had identified Falun Gong as a (quote) “cult” and was correct in its efforts to suppress and, according to Reuters
Falun Gong is a spiritual practice that became hugely popular in China during the 1990’s. By 1999, state estimates put the number of practitioners between 70 to 100 million—a figure that outnumbers the members of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
The Falun Dafa Information Center is a rights group that monitors the persecution of Falun Gong. Executive Director, Levi Browde applauded Bielefeldt for criticizing the Chinese regime for branding the group a “cult.” Browde told The Epoch Times newspaper the regime, (quote) “threw out this label, and then proceeded to say it’s correct to ‘eradicate‘ Falun Gong, essentially reiterating the genocidal intent behind an 11-year-old, nationwide campaign that has involved the systematic abduction and torture of millions of innocent people."
United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief spoke out against the mistreatment of members of religions or belief systems. He showed the Chinese regime will not be ignored, in its persecution of Falun Gong in the past 11 years. The Chinese regime is a permanent member of the Security Council and a chronic abuser of religious freedom.
In his debut address to the United Nations General Assembly on October 21, Heiner Bielefeldt was quoted as saying "small communities such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Ahmadi, Falun Gong and others are sometimes stigmatized as ‘cults’ and are frequently confronted with prejudices that can escalate into becoming conspiracy theories."
A delegate from the Chinese regime refuted Bielefedlt’s statement, saying the Chinese state had identified Falun Gong as a (quote) “cult” and was correct in its efforts to suppress and, according to Reuters
Falun Gong is a spiritual practice that became hugely popular in China during the 1990’s. By 1999, state estimates put the number of practitioners between 70 to 100 million—a figure that outnumbers the members of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
The Falun Dafa Information Center is a rights group that monitors the persecution of Falun Gong. Executive Director, Levi Browde applauded Bielefeldt for criticizing the Chinese regime for branding the group a “cult.” Browde told The Epoch Times newspaper the regime, (quote) “threw out this label, and then proceeded to say it’s correct to ‘eradicate‘ Falun Gong, essentially reiterating the genocidal intent behind an 11-year-old, nationwide campaign that has involved the systematic abduction and torture of millions of innocent people."