The Chairman said that we couldn't allow victims to be treated as criminals; we all seek a happy life and should not be treated as prisoner.
More than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners from around the world gathered in front of the Capitol Hill and held a public rally calling on international help. Many members of congress attended and more than 30 prominent non-governmental organisations expressed their support directly or indirectly. The persecution of Falun Gong in China has become the biggest human rights issue of China. The US State Department and Amnesty International strongly condemned the persecution in their human rights reports.
The DC Statehood Party, a non-governmental organisation, was founded on the concept that all human beings are entitled to certain rights, that among those rights the right of self-determination in a democratic government is paramount, and that statehood is the best and most necessary means to secure self-determination and other human rights for the citizens of the District of Columbia.
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