Please accept our deep concern regarding the ongoing trial of 16 Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong.

We are also deeply disturbed about the trial proceedings in which the prosecution has called no third-party witnesses in the trial, only police and Liaison Office security guards. Yet emotional outbursts and reported bias on the part of the judge have kept observers uncertain in a case where the evidence overwhelmingly appears in favour of the defence

We call upon you and your government to keep in mind that the rest of the free world will be greatly influenced by the outcome of this trial.