【大紀元10月16日訊】
(歐洲議會副主席10月13日新聞發佈第30a號新聞稿)
歐洲議會議員怒斥北京對異議人士的鎮壓
歐洲議會領袖議員愛德華‧麥克米蘭-斯考特(Edward McMillan-Scott)在中國逮捕了一名人權律師後抨擊中國不適合舉辦2008年奧運會。
麥克米蘭-斯考特先生是代表英國 Yorkshire & Humber區保守黨的歐洲議會議員，他曾於今年5月下旬訪華。他說，中共當局決定以顛覆罪起訴人權律師高智晟，是當局在北京奧運會開幕前鎮壓改革人士動作的一部分。
今年年初，高律師曾組織抗議活動，抗議日臻廣泛的公安警察殘暴壓制維權人士的行徑。
高律師代理的民眾包括在中國被禁的法輪功成員，地下教會成員，以及因當局強制拆遷而失去土地的民眾。
身為歐洲議會副主席，麥克米蘭-斯考特曾在中國首都北京接見異議人士和曾經被監禁的人士，並在後來通過電話和高律師有過長談。歐議副主席說：“北京政權是兇暴殘忍，任意妄為和變態偏執的。”
“高智晟是勇敢的人權活動家，他代表受中共政權迫害的無辜受害者，值得全世界尊敬。[中共當局]對高的逮捕使得北京奧運被劃上巨大的問號。”
在大紀元媒體上發表的系列文章上*，高智晟讚揚麥克米蘭-斯考特的堅定立場。今年八月，當高被拘留時，麥克米蘭-斯考特曾經組織一個由許多律師參與的全球抗議活動。
*http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-6-2/42237.html
網站 ：Website: www.emcmillanscott.com
(附英文新聞稿)
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EURO MP BLASTS BEIJING OVER CRACKDOWN ON DISSIDENTS
Leading Euro-MP Edward McMillan-Scott has slammed China as not fit to stage the 2008 Olympic Games following the arrest of a human rights lawyer.
The Yorkshire & Humber MEP, who visited China in May, claims the decision by Chinese authorities to charge Gao Zhisheng with subversion is part of a crackdown on reformers in advance of the Beijing Games.
Earlier this year, Gao organised protests over what he described as widespread police brutality against human rights activists.
His clients have included members of the banned spiritual organisation Falun Gong, members of an underground church, and those who complain they have had their land taken away by the authorities.
McMillan-Scott, a European Parliament vice-president, who met dissidents and former prisoners in the Chinese capital, and later spoke at length to Gao by telephone, said: “The Beijing regime is brutal, paranoid and arbitrary.
“Gao Zhisheng is a courageous activist who deserves the world’s respect for the stand he has taken on behalf of the regime’s innocent victims. This arrest puts a massive question mark against the Beijing Olympics.”
In a series of exchanges via *intermediaries, Gao Zhisheng praised McMillan-Scott for his stand and the MEP organised a world-wide protest by lawyers when Gao was detained in August.
*http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-6-2/42237.html
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