My name is Gerald O’Connor and I am writing to you in regards Jiang Zemin’s visit to your country this coming week.Three weeks ago I was in China and during my short trip there I was met withsome terrible things. I faced propaganda spreading hate, physical abuse andmental abuse all because I practice Falun Dafa.

In China, practicing Falun Dafa is acrime punishable by death. What is Falun Dafa? Falun Dafa is a cultivationsystem for cultivating ones heart and inner self with the universal principlestruth-compassion-forbearance. Why doesMr. Zemin persecute Falun Dafa practitioners so ruthlessly? From what I canunderstand, it is because of his selfish, ungrounded fear of losing power.Falun Gong is not political, appealing to others to stop human rights atrocitiestaking place is not a political act its an act of kindness trying to end othersterrible suffering. Too many people have suffered and died at the hands of thisterrible campaign, the only way it will stop is if more people stand up for thetruth and stand up for virtue.

This persecution will not last forever.My hope is that with the help of good people the suffering will end soon.