Full Text of HR0592 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Ride to Freedom, composed of 30 young cyclists | 3 | | from around the world,
embarked on a 3,000 m1le journey from | 4 | | Los Angeles, California to Washington, D.C. to call
attention | 5 | | to the plight of orphaned children of Falun Dafa practitioners | 6 | | who were
persecuted and killed by the Chinese Communist Party | 7 | | for their spiritual beliefs; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) is a | 9 | | traditional Chinese spiritual discipline
founded by Mr. Li | 10 | | Hongzhi in 1992 that consists of spiritual and moral teachings,
| 11 | | meditation, and exercises based upon the universal principles | 12 | | of truthfulness, compassion,
and tolerance; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, During the mid-1990s, Falun Dafa acquired a large | 14 | | and diverse following, with at
least 70 million practitioners | 15 | | at its peak; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Falun Dafa has been persecuted in its country of | 17 | | origin since June 10, 1999, when
the then-President of the | 18 | | Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin ordered the creation of the
| 19 | | 6-10 office, an extrajudicial security apparatus designated to | 20 | | "eradicate" Falun Gong; practitioners have been arrested and | 21 | | tortured to death, their children
left without families or | 22 | | homes, often pursued by the state, and abused for their |
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beliefs; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The young cyclists are rallying their way across | 3 | | the United States, meeting with
supporters at every stop before | 4 | | reaching Washington, D.C. to meet with national leaders to
| 5 | | expose the persecution; the cycling team will travel to New | 6 | | York City to address the United Nations
General Assembly; some | 7 | | riders will then attempt travel to China to rescue specific | 8 | | orphans; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Ride to Freedom team arrives in Illinois on | 10 | | July 4, 2015; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in | 13 | | recognition of the noble actions of Ride to Freedom in bringing | 14 | | awareness to the
persecution of Falun Dafa and the impact it is | 15 | | having on millions of children and families
throughout China | 16 | | and the bravery of the riders who plan to travel to China to | 17 | | rescue
children orphaned from the persecution, we do hereby | 18 | | proclaim July 4, 2015 to be
Ride to Freedom Day
and urge all | 19 | | citizens to commend these determined young riders in bringing | 20 | | peace to Falun
Dafa practitioners and their families.
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