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【法轮大法信息中心二零零七年八月九日讯】当国际奥委会2001年授予北京2008年奥运会的举办权时，奥委会期望中共能够改善其恶劣的人权记录。 现在离2008年奥运会开幕只有不到12个月的时间了，中共政权非但没有改善人权，却进一步设法对那些长期遭受它压制的人们发出声音。 法轮功受迫害真相联合调查团（CIPFG）是一个成立于2006年、由来自欧洲、亚洲、北美和澳大利亚的国际社会各界人士与组织和代表所组成的一个组织。其目的是调查中共自1999年以来对法轮功修炼团体的大规模人权迫害。这一迫害是由于中共惧怕法轮功修炼人数的众多和对传统价值的信仰而造成的。 今天，法轮功仍然是在中国遭受人权迫害的第一大团体。 2006年3月，联合国反酷刑事务特别报告员在报告中说，在中国境内被指证的酷刑受害者中66%是法轮功修炼者。报告强调“这些被指证的酷刑行径其残酷非语言所能形容”。 2006年美国政府的年度报告称在中国劳教所中被关押的人士至少有一半是法轮功信仰者。 加拿大前亚太司司长大卫.乔高和著名人权律师大卫.麦塔司最近公布了详细的调查报告，报告认为：在中国，一直都存在并且持续到今天的是，中共政权及其在中国很多地方的代理人们大规模地从法轮功学员身上盗取器官的事情。 他们的调查发现在过去的六年中有超过40，000个器官的来源是无法解释的。报告作者称这种前所未有的事情是这个星球上一种新形式的邪恶。 现在法轮功受迫害真相联合调查团正在点亮这一全球人权圣火，这一圣火将以接力的方式在全世界传递到超过25个国家、100多个城市，将于明年的八月份结束。 全球人权圣火接力的目的是敦促国际社会抵制北京奥运，因为我们相信北京举办奥运是对正义的嘲弄并违反奥林匹克宪章的。该宪章说：“建立一个维护人类尊严的和平社会。” 与国际奥委会一样，法轮功受迫害真相联合调查团给予了中共政权保护人类尊严和遵守奥林匹克宪章与国际准则的机会。在6月8日，我们致信给中共领导人，要求他们停止对法轮功的迫害并允许法轮功受迫害真相联合调查团进入中国调查迫害和大规模活体盗取法轮功学员器官的罪行。 然而，中共政权却对我们的要求不于理睬。他们的沉默已经表明他们不愿意透明；他们的沉默已经声明他们不愿意尊重人类的尊严。 与此相反，在过去的几年中，我们已经了解了法轮功修炼者，对他们我们更加尊敬。八年来，法轮功一直以和平、非暴力的方式面对中共政权的仇恨和诽谤，并保护他们的信仰权利，并令人敬佩地维护所有中国人的权利和尊严。
我们非常骄傲是，我们这里有来自世界各国的政府官员、前奥运会奖牌得主和成百的有着相同理念的支持者和组织，他们的参与能够帮助结束今天在中国还在发生的、对中国人民和法轮功修炼者的人权侵害。 长期以来，全世界已经见证了共产专政对人类和世界和平的毁灭性的破坏。令法轮功受迫害真相联合调查团感到震惊的是这样的集团竟被授予了2008奥运会的主办权。我们只能希望全球人权圣火接力能够在2008年8月前纠正这个错误以保护所有中国人，维护奥林匹克精神和人类的尊严。 The 2008 Olympics is now less than 12 months away, and instead the communist regime has stepped up measures to further silence anyone suffering repression under their rule. The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) is an organization consisting of international individuals, organizations and delegations from Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia. CIPFG was established in 2006 to investigate the mass human rights abuses waged against Falun Gong -- a spiritual discipline targeted for brutal persecution by the communist regime since 1999 -- due to its popularity and its belief in traditional values. Today Falun Gong remains the number one human rights violation in China. In March 2006 the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture reported that 66% of all alleged torture victims in China were Falun Gong practitioners. The UN states: “The cruelty and brutality of these alleged acts of torture defy description.” The US State Department’s 2006 annual report states that Falun Gong adherents constitute at least half of the inmates in reeducation-through-labor camps. Former Canadian Member of Parliament, David Kilgour and renown human rights lawyer Mr. David Matas recently published in-depth investigation reports that conclude, “There has been and continues today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners by the government of China and its agencies in numerous parts of the country…” Their investigations found more than 40,000 organs “unaccounted for” in the past six years. The authors coin this unprecedented practice as “a new form of evil on this planet.” Now the CIPFG is lighting The Global Human Rights Torch that will be relayed through over 25 countries and more than 100 cities around the world from now until August next year. The Global Human Rights Torch Relay is aimed at urging the international community to boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing as we believe hosting the Olympics in Beijing would a travesty of justice and a direct violation of the Olympic Charter that promotes “the establishment of a peaceful society concerned with preservation of human dignity.” However, the communist regime has ignored our requests. Through their silence they have stated that they are unwilling to be transparent and through their silence that have stated they are unwilling to respect human dignity. Like the IOC, the CIPFG gave the communist regime opportunity to protect human dignity and to abide by the Olympic Charter and International standards. On June 8th we sent a letter to the communists leaders asking them to stop the persecution of Falun Gong and to allow CIPFG entry into China to investigate the persecution and the issue of mass organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners. In contrast, through the past few years we have come to know Falun Gong practitioners and our respect has grown. For eight years Falun Gong has remained peaceful and non-violent in the face of unparalleled hatred and abuse waged upon them by the communist regime. Falun Gong practitioners' continuous stand to protect their rights, to believe in their chosen faith, and to protect the rights and dignity of all Chinese people has been seen as nothing less than admirable. We are very proud to have been joined by international government officials, past Olympic medalists and hundreds of like-minded supporters and organizations around the world to help bring an end to human rights abuses against all Chinese people by exposing and ending the largest human rights violation happening in China today, that of Falun Gong. Time and time again the world has witnessed the destructive attack on humanity and world safety by the communist regime. The CIPFG is shocked that such a regime could have ever been awarded the hosting rights of the 2008 Olympics. We can only hope that The Global Human Rights Torch Relay will right this terrible wrong before August 2008, for the protection of all Chinese people, for the integrity of the Olympic spirit and for the championing of human dignity.
(Aug 9 2007 3:30AM)
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