of the sound of justice
Marking July 20's eighth anniversary of Falun Gong persecution,
from Washington DC's Mall, Timothy Cooper delivered this speech
with live broadcasting into China
By Timothy Cooper
Executive Director of Worldrights
Friends of China, friends in China,
Contemporary Chinese writer Zhang Kangkang has written, “A country that cannot use today in order to examine yesterday will have no tomorrow.”
This truth-as immutable as the laws of nature-stands as the single greatest impediment to the welcome rise of China as a player on the world stage today. No matter how many billions of Yuan the CCP sold in cheap exports last year, no matter how many high-rises it builds in Shanghai this year, and no matter how many tens of thousands of sports fans it entertains at the Beijing Olympics next year, China will have no tomorrow until the CCP is held accountable for its horrific crimes against the Chinese people.
It is long overdue. By all that is right and just in this world, its leaders must be brought before the bar because the Chinese people are entitled to render a verdict on a regime that is as merciless as it is cruel.
For the millions of victims who died, and for the millions who survived and remember what they were made to endure, the CCP's era of impunity must end. If for no other reason than for them to be able to answer their children when they ask: What did you do to remember the victims? What did you do to make sure that it never happens again?
Friends of China, friends in China, it's time for you to sound the call. Let your word go forth: “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. This court will come to order-Let the trials begin-It's time for the CCP to stand before the bar to answer for its crimes!”
First on the docket: The People v. the “Anti-Rightist Campaign”. Let the writers, doctors, teachers, students, and journalists who were humiliated and persecuted, separated from their families and sent to impoverished villages far and wide to labor hard, rise to take the witness stand. Let them testify to CCP's crimes. And let the CCP defend itself, if it can…
Because it's time for the CCP to stand before the bar to answer for its crimes.
Next: The People v. the Cultural Revolution. Let the so-called counter-revolutionaries, teachers, and political dissidents who were made enemies of the state for preaching social idealism and then beaten, jailed and tormented, rise to take the witness stand. Let them testify to CCP's crimes. And let the CCP defend itself, if it can...
Because it's time for the CCP to stand before the bar to answer for its crimes.
Next: Students of Tiananmen Square v. the Deng Xiaoping, et al. Let the students who survived Tiananmen Square, those who saw their fellow students shot and killed, those students who were jailed and remain in jail today, those who were forced to flee their country and live in exile far from their families, rise to take the witness stand. Let them testify to CCP's crimes. And let the CCP defend itself, if it can...
Because it's time for the CCP to stand before the bar to answer for its crimes.
And finally: Falun Gong v. the CCP. Let the millions of Falun Gong, those who were fired from their jobs, had businesses destroyed, were kicked out of schools and universities, were evicted from their homes, had their families ruined, were hunted down, harassed and abused, and sent to reeducation through labor camps, where they were brainwashed, tortured, starved, and learned-horror of horrors-of other Falun Gong practitioners who had their organs harvested, let them rise to take the stand. Let them testify to CCP's crimes. And let the CCP defend itself, if it can…
Because it's time for the CCP to stand before the bar to answer for its crimes.
Let the court hear from Beijing university student, Alex Hsu, who was tortured and brainwashed and forced to renounce his practice of Falun Gong at the direction of the 610 Office. Let the court hear from Falun Gong practitioner, James Ouyang, who is too afraid-even now-to use his real name, about how he was beaten so often and so badly by the Chinese police that he was forced to denounce Falun Gong just to survive. Let the court listen to his words about his experience "…I have seen the worst of what man can do. We really are the worst animals on Earth."
Let them rise to testify to CCP's crimes. And allow the CCP to defend itself, if it can...
Only the Chinese People can take this momentous step. Only you can-as the ancient saying goes-“startle the Heavens and move the gods”. But if you do, those of us you see and hear today are ready to stand with you, to help you startle the Heavens and move the gods. And when justice is done, when the CCP is relegated to history, we will walk into tomorrow together.
Xie Xie.
Published July 20, 2007 by the China Support Network (CSN). Begun as the American response group in 1989, CSN represents Americans who are "on the side" of the students in Tiananmen Square -- standing for democratic reform, human rights, and freedom in China. For dissident news; to support a stronger China policy; or get more information, see http://www.chinasupport.net/.
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