You have ordered a crackdown on adherents of Falun Gong, and renewed it continuously over the span of nearly two years. You have ordered it be carried out to "break their spirits, bankrupt them, annihilate their bodies," and "if they are killed, it will be counted as suicide."

Members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement are a key target of the Chinese government's 'strike hard' campaign against crime. Tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested. Several dozen have been convicted and imprisoned after unfair trials. Thousands have been assigned, without any judicial process, to 're-education…

I am an Australian painter, who holds exhibitions all over the world. I have exhibited my paintings in over 40 countries and more than 100 cities. I have held exhibitions in the United States Congress Hall, the European Parliament, Canada and New Zealand. Governors and Mayors have been to view…