【新唐人2012年12月20日讯】美国会听证会 聚焦迫害 关注活摘
12月18号，美国国会及行政当局中国委员会举行“法轮功在中国：回顾与最新进展”听证会。国会及行政当局中国委员会主席克里斯•史密斯介绍说，自1999年以来，成千上万的法轮功学员被关押逮捕。没有人能数清有多少学员被长期关押，又有多少学员现在还在监狱中。许多人被判刑劳教，还有一些人失踪了。
作为证人的八位专家，就十三年来中共对法轮功残酷迫害的各个方面，做了详细阐述。多位证人特别提到，关于中共活摘法轮功学员器官的问题。
史密斯议员表示，中共活摘法轮功学员器官的野蛮行径就如恐怖电影，但可悲的是，这却是真真实实发生的，残酷得就如二战中日本军队在中国犯下的罪行。
他还表示，他正在推动一项专门针对中共活摘器官的新法案，严惩犯罪者。任何在中国犯下此罪行的人及其亲属，申请美国签证都将永远被拒绝，他们的子女也无法来美国上学。
记者无疆界：中国百名记者在狱中
记者无疆界组织12月19号发布全球媒体自由年度报告说，2012年全球共有94名记者和媒体工作者被害，此外还有47位公民记者，也就是博客作者被杀害。近20年来记者遇害人数最多的一年。
记者无疆界的格鲁斯卡（Ulrike Gruska）指出，造成大量记者身亡的主要原因是，“叙利亚的内战、索马里的混乱和塔利班在巴基斯坦的活动”。
此外，过去一年，全球有1000多名记者被拘捕。两千多人次受到威胁或袭击。而目前世界各国共有近200名记者身陷囹圄，其中，将近100名是在中国。
报告说，许多中国记者因为揭露地方上的丑闻成为当地官员的眼中钉，他们往往被判处长时间的监禁。
中国城市污染或致数千人早死
路透社报导，据北京大学和绿色和平组织共同进行的一项研究显示，北京、上海、广州和西安四座中国大城市的微型空气污染颗粒，今年已经造成大约8600人过早死亡，以及大约10亿美元的经济损失。
这项研究主要针对这四座大型城市的PM2.5空气污染指数，反映直径小于或等于2.5微米的颗粒物在空气中的存在，这种污染物可以直接吸入肺部，对呼吸系统和整个身体健康具有严重的危害。
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U.S. Congress Conducts Hearing on Persecution
and Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners
On December 18, U.S. Congress and Congressional
Executive Commission on China (CECC)held a hearing,
called"Falun Gong in China: Review and Update."
Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of CECC,
introduced that since 1999, tens of thousands
of Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested.
No one can tell sure how many Falun Gong practitioners
are detained long-term, and how many are still in prison.
Many were sentenced to re-education
through forced labor. Some are missing.
Eight witness experts elaborated in detail on all aspects
of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s brutal
persecution of Falun Gong over the past thirteen years.
In particular, many witnesses mentioned the CCP’s
live organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners.
Chris Smith expressed that the CCP’s live
organ harvesting is like a horror movie.
It is sad that this crime is going on right now.
These are as brutal as crimes committed
by Japanese soldiers in China during World War II.
He expressed that he is in the process of promoting a new
law specifically targeting the CCP’s live organ harvesting.
This is to severely punish the criminals involved.
Anyone who commits this crime in China, and his
family will be forever rejected from entering the U.S.
Their children cannot come to the U.S to study.
Reporters without Borders:
Hundreds of Reporters Are Imprisoned in China
On December 19. Reporters Without Borders released
the Global Media Freedom Annual Report.
The report states that 94 journalists
and media workers were killed in 2012.
In addition, 47 citizen journalists and bloggers, were killed.
This the highest number during the past 20 years.
Ulrike Gruska from Reports without Border highlights that
the main reason for the death of reporters are Syria’s civil
war, chaos is Somali and Taliban activities in Pakistan.
During the past year, over 1,000 reporters were
arrested, and over 2,000 were threatened or attacked.
Currently, there are nearly 200 reporters
jailed, and nearly 100 of them are in China.
The report indicates that many reporters in China
who expose scandals are obstacles for local officials.
They are often sentenced to long-term detention.
Pollution in China’s Cities Might Cause
Early Death for Thousands of People
Reuters has reported on a study conducted by Beijing
University and the Green Peace Organization.
It revealed that the micro air pollution particles in Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xian has caused about 8,600
early deaths in 2012, and about $100m economic loss.
The study focuses in the MP2.5 air pollution index, for
particles with a diameter equal or less than 2.5µm in the air.
These particles can be breathed into the lungs, and cause
serious damage to the respiratory system and health.
