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Propaganda Peaceful Appeal of April 25, 1999 Background: On April 23 & 24, 1999, police officials in Tianjin, a city near Beijing, assaulted and arrested dozens of Falun Gong practitioners who had gathered outside a magazine office to discuss errors in a recently-published article attacking Falun Gong. As word spread of the arrests and more Falun Gong practitioners inquired with officials, they were told they had to take their appeals to Beijing. The following day, April 25, some 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners spontaneously gathered at the central appeals office in Beijing, as they had been instructed by Tianjin officials. The gathering was peaceful and orderly. Several Falun Gong representatives were called in to meet with Chinese Premier, Zhu Rongji, and members of his staff. That evening, the concerns of Falun Gong practitioners were met, the arrested practitioners in Tianjin were released and everyone went home. The Problem: According to several sources within the Chinese government, in the months following the April 25th gathering, a fierce political struggle ensued within the top levels of the CCP brass. Then-CCP head Jiang Zemin called upon the government to "crush" Falun Gong, while other members of the Politburo saw no threat in the practice. CNN's senior analyst WIlly Lam quoted senior officials saying the suppression of Falun Gong became very "personal" for Jiang Zemin. In July, Jiang formally ordered the suppression of Falun Gong. The April 25th gathering was quickly re-characterized not as the peaceful appeal it was, and one that, in fact, was coordinated by Tianjin and Beijing officials themselves who told practitioners to go to the Beijing appeals office, but rather as a "laying siege" to the central government compound and clear "evidence" as to how Falun Gong is a threat. Why It Matters: The misrepresentation of April 25th as a "siege" of the central government compound politicized Falun Gong, both in China and abroad. Thus, rather than seeing the CCP's persecution as the violent suppression of a religious minority, a narrative that Falun Gong and the CCP were vying for power began to evolve. Furthermore, some China watchers in the West believed Falun Gong brought the persecution on themselves by "challenging" the government on April 25th. This narrative has eroded the enthusiasm of many would-be supporters of human and religious rights, and remains the single greatest factor in the blame-the-victim phenomena that surrounds the investigation of and reporting on the persecution of Falun Gong more broadly. Learn More About What Really Happened: Some Quick Facts about the Peaceful Appeal in Beijing on April 25, 1999 Epoch Times: An Excuse for Genocide Interview With a U.S. Writer Who Discusses the "April 25, 1999 Appeal" The Truth About the April 25 Appeal - Deceptive Propaganda Twists Peaceful Protest into "Justification" for Violent Repression "4.25" and Changan Street: An Important Event on an Important Street Exclusive Interview on the 7th Anniversary of "April 25" - Mr. Zhong Guichun Talks about the Motives Behind the Persecution More Articles About What Really Happened on April 25, 1999 View Full Story »
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„Opsada“ zgrade vlade 25.travnja 1999. Pozadina: 23. i 24. travnja, 1999, policija u Gradu Tianjin, nadomak Pekinga, napala je i privela desetke praktikanata Falun Gonga, koji su se okupili ispred policije radi razgovora o prethodno objavljenom novinskom članku protiv Falun Gonga. Kad se proširio glas o uhićenju i kad je puno praktikanata Falun Gonga uputilo pitanja policiji, njima je rečeno da svoje žalbe upute u Peking. Sutradan, 25. travnja, nekih 10.000 praktikanata Falun Gonga se spontano okupilo kod ureda Službe za žalbe u Pekingu, baš kamo su ih uputili policajci iza Tianjina. Skup je bio miran i protekao je u redu. Nekoliko predstavnika Falun Gonga pozvano je na sastanak sa kineskim premijerom, Zhu Rongjiem, i članovima njegovog kabineta. Te večeri je udovoljeno zahtjevima praktikanata Falun Gonga, a praktikanti uhićeni u Tianjinu su pušteni. Svi su se razišli kućama. Problem: Prema nekoliko izvora u kineskoj vladi, tijekom mjeseci neposredno nakon skupa 25. travnja, započela je oštra politička borba u vrhu KPK. Tadašnji vođa KPK, Jiang Zemin, pozvao je vladu da „slomi“ Falun Gong, dok ostali članovi Politbiroa nisu videli prijetnju od prakse. Analitičar CNN, Willy Lam, je citirao visoke dužnosnike koji su rekli da je gušenje Falun Gonga postalo "osobna" stvar za Jiang Zemina. U srpnju, Jiang je službeno naredio da se Falun Gong uguši. Okupljanje 25. travnja hitno je okarakterizirano kao apel koji nije bio miran, i zapravo nije bio koordiniran od strane čelnika u Tianjinu i Pekingu, koji su uputili praktikante u Službu za žalbe u Pekingu, već kao "opsada" zgrade vlade i jasan "dokaz" kolika je pretnja od Falun Gonga. Zašto je važno: Pogrešna interpretacija 25. travnja kao "opsade" zgrade centralne vlade je ispolitizirala Falun Gong, kako u zemlji, tako i u inozemstvu. Tako, umjesto da se progon iniciran od strane KPK sagleda kao nasilna represija nad manjinom, počela se razvijati priča o tome kako se Falun Gong i KPK međusobno bore za vlast. Štoviše, neki zapadni analitičari Kine su povjerovali u to da je Falun Gong sam kriv za progon, "provocirajući" vlast tog 25. travnja. Ova priča je smanjila entuzijazam mnogih koji bi inače podržali ljudska prava i prava na uvjerenja. Ona predstavlja ključni faktor u fenomenu zamjene žrtve za zločinca, koji sprječava širu istragu i izvještavanje o progonu Falun Gonga. - Mirni prosvjed u Pekingu 25. travnja 1999. godine: osnovni podatci 25.04.2013. prevod na hrvatski - „25.04.“ i Changan ulica: Važan događaj u važnoj ulici 24.04.2013. prevod na hrvatski