【大紀元11月22日訊】受人尊重的律師指中共侵犯人權
令人尊敬的中國律師-高智晟先生，在2005年10月18日發表了致中共領導人胡錦濤和溫家寶的公開信，要求停止在中國大陸對法輪功修煉者的迫害。
2005年11月5 日，中共當局通知高先生他的律師事務所將被停業一年, 以便當局調查所謂的高先生兩件違反法律的做法。
這所謂的違法的事情一是高先生曾給另外一個律師事務所的一位律師出示違法檔, 另一件是高先生在他的事務所搬遷後沒有向當局註冊。
中共當局給高先生15天的時間，要求他承認並改正這些違法的指控，否則的話他的律師事務所將會被無限期停業。
高先生堅持說他從來沒有發出任何違法檔，並且曾多次試圖註冊他的新地址，但是中共當局多次不予理睬。 高先生認為當局對他採取這種態度是因為他為法輪功代言，並且宣導人權。
高先生相信中國當局對他的指控是因為他發表了給胡錦濤和溫家寶的公開信。
作為設在北京的律師事務所的負責人，高先生曾接到無數來自法輪功學員的申訴，申訴他們在中國員警及監獄受到的迫害和折磨。這些陳述敍述了自1999年七月由前中共主席江澤民發動了對法輪功的迫害後法輪功學員的經歷。
高先生為了得到真象，曾秘訪山東，那裏是中共踐踏人權和迫害最嚴重的地區之一，高先生和他的同事發現對法輪功學員的迫害還在繼續。
基於高先生收到的這些申訴的嚴重性，一個獨立和公正的調查是非常必要的。這些申訴值得國際人權組織的關注。中共當局對高先生的指控不應該遮掩問題的關鍵，即對大陸法輪功學員基本人權的踐踏。只有全面，獨立和公正的調查才能符合對真理和正義的追求。高先生的努力或許是調查對法輪功學員迫害真相的催化劑。
如果對法輪功學員的迫害和折磨不是真實的話，那麼中共當局就應該允許獨立和公正的調查。 沒有合理理由的不讓步，拖延及不願意接受調查只能更讓人推理對法輪功學員的迫害是真實存在的。
注: 本文由K L GORE 先生所寫。 Mr Gore是新西蘭奧克蘭的律師，他工作的領域是難民領域，對人權問題也十分關注。
(原文)
Respected Chinese Lawyer Confronts Chinese Communist Party with Allegations of Human Rights Abuses
The respected Chinese lawyer, Mr Gao Zhisheng, recently sent an open letter to the Chinese Communist Party leaders, Messrs Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, on 18 October 2005 demanding an end to the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in Mainland China.
On 5 November 2005, the Chinese authorities informed Mr Gao that his business would be closed down for one year to enable the authorities to investigate two alleged violations of the law against Mr Gao.
The alleged violations were that Mr Gao had issued an illegal document containing classified information to a lawyer from a different law firm, and that Mr Gao had failed to register his new location after shifting his premises.
The Chinese authorities gave Mr Gao fifteen (15) days to admit to and correct the alleged violations, or his law firm would be shut down indefinitely.
Mr Gao insists that he never issued any illegal document, and tried to register his new business many times but was repeatedly ignored by the Chinese authorities. Mr Gao is of the view that this may be because he was a lawyer who represented Falun Dafa practitioners and someone who advocated for human rights.
Mr Gao is certain that the allegations made against him by the Chinese authorities have been made as a direct result of his open letter addressed to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao.
Head of a Beijing-based legal office, Mr Gao reported receiving numerous accounts from Falun Dafa practitioners of torture and abuse at the hands of Chinese police and prison officials. The accounts received span the period of persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in Mainland China initiated by former Chinese Premier, Jiang Zemin, on 20 July 1999.
Mr Gao investigated the claims of torture and abuse by travelling in secret to Shandong province, which he says is one of the areas where the human rights abuses are most brutal. Mr Gao said he and his colleagues discovered that the torture and abuse of Falun Dafa practitioners continues.
The very serious nature of the complaints received by Mr Gao requires an independent and impartial investigation. They merit the attention of various international human rights organisations. The allegations made by the Chinese authorities concerning Mr Gao’s alleged violations of the law should not obscure the real issue of alleged fundamental human rights abuses committed against Falun Dafa practitioners in Mainland China. Only a comprehensive, independent and impartial investigation will satisfy the desire for truth and justice. Mr Gao’s efforts may well prove to be a catalyst for ascertaining the truth in this matter.
If there is no truth to the allegations of torture and mistreatment of Falun Dafa practitioners, then the Chinese authorities should be prepared to allow an independent and impartial investigation. Intransigence, or delay, or unwillingness without good reason, on their part can only invite the inference that there is substance to the complaints made by Falun Dafa practitioners.
*Article written by Mr K.L. Gore, Barrister, of Auckland, New Zealand. Mr Gore practices in the field of Refugee Law, and has an interest in human rights issues.
(20 November 2005)
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