still grossly violating human rights and still denying their own bad
deeds at every turn. How long can something like this go on? It could go
on for a much longer period of time, if people don't stand up and speak
out against the atrocities.
Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated peaceful nonviolence to
change ailing social systems. They and their followers were able to
successfully change the social conditions of their times. Recently, a
lawyer in China named Gao Shizheng has called for symbolic ongoing
hunger strikes across China to support people who have encountered
violence and ongoing persecution perpetrated by the Chinese Communist
Party which currently rules China.
For over six years now, since July of 1999, the peaceful Falun Gong
practitioners have used nonviolent actions to draw world attention to
the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese
Communist Party. If past history is any indication, the Falun Gong
practitioners and human rights advocates such as Gao Shizheng will be
successful in the long run.
The Chinese Communist Party is a large stumbling block to overcome. They
are unwilling to admit that human rights violations are occurring in
China. Fortunately, the world knows better thanks to groups like the
Falun Gong practitioners, Amnesty International, Freedom House and even
the United Nations Special Rappateur on Human Rights.
One can find all kinds of evidence including testimonials, video
footage, and other documentation to prove the gross human rights
violations perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party. In addition, the
very existence of a labor camp system in China demonstrates the
systematic nature of the human rights violations.
Virtually everyone in the world knows what is going on, yet China
continues to deny the facts. One is reminded of the many murderers
throughout history that have committed terrible crimes and yet
proclaimed their innocence. They are met with justice. But these are
individuals in society and here we are talking about a large group of
people, the Chinese Communist Party, acting in unison to perpetrate,
hide and then deny their abuses. It is harder to bring an entire group
to justice or convince them to change their behavior.
The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) numbers around 60 million people. That
is sixty million individuals that are willing to deny in tandem any
wrongdoing. It is similar to sixty million criminals all proclaiming
their innocence together at the same time.
In Nazi Germany you had a smaller group of people who were able to
plunge the entire world into war and commit horrible human rights
violations. It could be said that they were an organized group of thugs
similar but perhaps not as vicious as the Chinese Communist Party
operating in China today. In fact the Chinese Communist Party is
responsible for far more deaths over the decades than the Nazis were in
their day.
The Nazis are gone but the Chinese Communist Party is still operating,
still grossly violating human rights and still denying their own bad
deeds at every turn. How long can something like this go on? It could go
on for a much longer period of time, if people don't stand up and speak
out against the atrocities.
Staying in tune with the nonviolent means of achieving social change in
history, it becomes the duty of every individual in the world to speak
about the atrocities. As much and as often as the CCP denies human
rights violations every person should speak out about them. With many
more voices ringing with truth to counter the lies of the CCP, ending
the human rights violations is an inevitable conclusion. However, it is
a conclusion that must come sooner rather than later because people are
suffering.
To learn more about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China
visit the FalunInfo or the Clearwisdom websites for additional
information. A simple action that you can take today to help in the
spirit of nonviolence is to call the nearest Chinese Embassy and say,
"Stop persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Stop the human rights
violations."
Change is inevitable. As an individual you have the ability to help
bring an end to the atrocities sooner rather than later.
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