and a media campaign to turn public opinion against Falun Gong.
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Local governments were authorized to implement Beijing's orders to repress the Falun Gong. Implementation meant, in part, staged attempts to demonstrate to China's population that practitioners committed suicide by self-immolation, killed and mutilated family members and refused medical treatment.
Over time this campaign had the
desired effect and many, if not most, Chinese nationals came to accept the Communist Party view about Falun Gong.
The National People's Congress then passed laws
purporting to legalize a long list of illegal acts done by Falun Gong practitioners against other practitioners.
This incitement to hatred is most acute in China. But it exists worldwide. Chinese officials, wherever they are posted, engage in this incitement as part and parcel of their official duties. In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, this behaviour became the subject of a police recommendation for prosecution of two Chinese consular officials in Calgary for wilful promotion of hatred against the Falun Gong. The police report is attached as an exhibit to this report30.
Incitement to hatred is not specific enough to indicate the form that persecution takes. But it promotes any and all violations of the worst sort.
It is hard to imagine the
allegations we have heard being true in the absence of this sort of hate propaganda. Once this sort of incitement exists, the fact that people would engage in such behaviour against the Falun Gong - harvesting their organs and killing them in the process - ceases to be implausible.
22) Physical persecution
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Despite the police recommendation, the Attorney General decided not to prosecute.
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