By Yong Xin, Correspondent from Ottawa
On September 9, 2005, Canada Prime Minster Martin raised the issue of Falun Gong
during his meeting with Hu Jintao. On the evening of September 8, Stephen Harper,
leader of the Official Opposition, shook hands and talked with practitioners appealing
in front of the Governor General’s Office. He encouraged the practitioners
to “Keep up all the good work.”
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government and the public pay attention to Falun Gong during Hu Jintao’s
visit
of the two leaders, Prime Minster Martin said he had a thorough discussion with
Hu on human rights and governance of a country and raised the Falun Gong issue.
He believed that better governance of a country needs better understanding of
human rights.
the Official Opposition, stopped at the practitioners’ appeal site on his
way to attend dinner in the Governor General’s Office. He shook hands with
each practitioner on site and said “Keep up all the good work.”
the morning of September 9, Roger Clavet, the critic of Asia-Pacific of Bloc Québécois
and Member of Parliament (MP), showed up at practitioners’ appeal site in
front of Parliament and had a group photo with practitioners. He said that he
would meet Hu Jintao in a while and would raise the issue of Falun Gong. MP David
Kilgour went to Parliament to support the practitioners.
evades the issue of the persecution of Falun Gong, but Canadian media focuses
on it
that reporters asked was China’s human rights issue including the persecution
of Falun Gong. Hu Jintao replied to other questions but did not address the issue
of the persecution of Falun Gong.
on September 9 stated that Prime Minister “should speak about the ongoing persecution
of the practitioners of Falun Gong.”
rights, not trade and investment, should dominate the agenda when Prime Minister
Paul Martin meets Chinese President Hu Jintao today.”
stated that Canadian’s attitude towards China’s human rights “isn’t
hard enough or sharp enough to make an impact on the Chinese regime. Mr. Hu’s
visit gives Mr. Martin an opportunity to speak loudly, firmly and publicly about
specific violations.”
“should speak about China’s embrace of 21st-century forms of restriction
on freedom of speech, including the monitoring of online dissidents and journalists
and the creation of selective Internet search software that serves as anti-democracy
censorship.”
instead, see this visit as a chance to put human rights front and centre. Canada’s
trade relationship with China should not stop Mr. Martin from frank and public
criticism of the Chinese regime.”
24 Hours Vancouver, Vancouver Sun, and CTV also focused on China’s
human rights issues including the persecution of Falun Gong in covering Hu Jintao’s
visit of Canada.
Posting date: 14/Sep/2005
Original
article date: 10/Sep/2005
Category: World
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