Challenge to PM for Hu Jintao's Visit to Canada -&- Forum at U of T -- China: Children Under Persecution

Note: "violating a unanimous resolution of the House of Commons"

Yesterday, Scott Reid, [Conservative] MP, called on Prime Minister Paul Martin to demand the immediate release of eighteen Falun Gong practitioners with family ties to Canada who are prisoners of conscience in China. Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet with Prime Minister Martin next week during a visit to Canada. Sept. 2, 05

Of the eighteen individuals with close Canadian family ties, as listed by the Falun Dafa Association of Canada, three were on Parliament's 2002 list. A fourth, Mingli Lin, was released from prison, but the Canadian consulate in Shanghai has refused to grant him a visa to enter Canada and re-unite with family. Reid has repeatedly urged the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to expedite the visa, given the danger posed to Mr. Lin, and has repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that refusing to grant him an entry visa amounts to Contempt of Parliament, for violating a unanimous resolution of the House of Commons.

Background:

Forum at University of Toronto


China: Children under Persecution - September 8, 2005 at UofT Posted by Michael Mostyn on 14:06:15 2005/09/02

In the course of the past six-year's persecution of Falun Gong, an estimated 10 million Chinese children have been severely affected. They have to face harsh realities such as being denied an education, forced to leave their homes, or worse - to be beaten, tortured and killed.

Paul Martin and our Liberal Government, while loudly declaring they are against denial of human rights anywhere it occurs, rarely put those words to action. posted by Bill Narvey on 15:26:32 2005/09/02

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