【大紀元9月26日訊】歐洲議會副主席麥志德（又譯愛德華‧麥克米蘭-斯考特）先生認為，中共高壓政權時日不多了。
在亞洲有五天行程的麥志德先生，在台北舉行的西藏人權國際會議發表演講時，認為「中共的倒塌」與共產東歐的崩潰不乏相似之處。身為歐洲議會副主席、人權與外交事務委員會成員，麥志德先生表示，「冷戰曾將半個歐洲大陸陷入共產制度的痛苦之中，涉及了政治、經濟以及社會各個層面。這個制度一度由前蘇聯獨裁者輪班掌握，然而它在1989年11月份，沒有經過流血衝突，而且幾乎是一夜之間崩潰的。將它推倒的是遍及波蘭的天主教徒以及中歐與東歐的基督教徒」。
麥志德先生指控中共當局迫害宗教信仰，他說：「信仰是扼殺不了的。如果你要嘗試，歷史已經告訴我們，你只會自取滅亡。」
他稱北京當局是「歷史上殺人最多的政權」，它對7千萬中國人的死亡負有責任。他還指出，中共有300個秘密拘留營，關押著70萬人。麥志德先生還指控，中共當局折磨與謀殺了3千位法輪功學員。中共數年前取締了法輪功。這位歐洲議會議員表示：「只有這些被囚禁的[法輪功學員] 被要求做血液檢查及血壓測量，因為他們身體上的器官，是解放軍急速發展的器官移植業務的來源之一。」聯合國反酷刑特使曼佛瑞德‧諾瓦克先生曾經說過，在中國三分之二遭受酷刑的人是這個佛家團體的追隨者。」
在悉尼，法輪功修煉者及其支持者每天都在世界領袖彙集的亞太峰會期間舉行請願與集會，申訴他們遭受的迫害。
麥志德先生說，在數次訪問中國及其鄰近國家後，不管是在香港，還是在西藏，或是台灣，他相信，中國共產黨的末日已經來臨。儘管遭到鎮壓，反對中共政權的力量聲勢浩大。
他在香港──舉行馬術比賽的地點──發表演講，他再次呼籲全歐洲抵制明年的北京奧運。他說：「中共不尊重人權，在公民權利與政治權利方面，沒有達到可以接受的國際標準。言論自由、結社自由、宗教自由、互聯網使用以及新聞自由遭嚴厲限制。關於意識形態的討論亦遭到當局的嚴格限制。我認為，歐盟應該開始討論抵制2008年的奧運，除非在聖誕之前，[中國人權]發生了顯著與深刻的變化。」
麥志德先生指出，中國自己的憲法規定，「任何國家機關、任何社會團體和個人不得強制公民信仰宗教和不信仰宗教，不得歧視宗教信仰的公民和不信仰宗教的公民」。
他最後在曼谷的一個演講中說：「中國及其鄰國可以享受類似5億歐洲人民正在享受的自由、和平與安全。模式已經有了，同樣警告與教訓也有了。」
麥志德先生說，他此行是受曹東先生的激勵。曹東是他去年5月在中國做調查時，採訪過的一個良心犯。曹東後來因此被捕並慘遭折磨。
以下是英文原文：
MEP says days of Chinese regime are numbered
6 September 2007
MEP Edward McMillan-Scott believes that the days of the “repressive” Chinese regime are numbered.
Speaking in Taipei, during a 5 day swing through Asia at an international conference on human rights in Tibet, he drew parallels with the collapse of the Communist Eastern Bloc in Europe. Mr. McMillan-Scott, a Vice-President of the European Parliament and a member of its Human Rights and Foreign Affairs Committees, said: “The Cold War left half of the continent in misery – political, economic and social – under the communist system, presided over by successive Soviet despots. This system came to an end without bloodshed and almost overnight in November 1989. It was brought down by Catholics in Poland and Protestants across Central and Eastern Europe.”
Accusing the Chinese authorities of religious persecution, he added: “You cannot kill religious faith and if you try, history tells us so recently, it will kill you.”
Mr. McMillan-Scott described the Beijing regime as the “most murderous in world history”. He said it was responsible for the death of 70 million of its own people. He also claimed China operated 300 secret detention camps containing over 700,000 prisoners. Mr. McMillan-Scott accused the Chinese authorities of torturing and killing 3,000 practitioners of Falun Gong spiritual movement, which is banned in China. The MEP said: “They are the only prisoners to be given a blood and blood pressure test, because they are a source of body parts for the People’s Liberation Army’s booming organ transplant industry.” The UN Rapporteur on torture Mr. Manfred Nowak has said that two thirds of those on “torture row” in China are adherents of the Buddhist group.
Falun Gong practitioners and supporters have also been highlighting their persecution by holding rallies in Sydney on each day of the APEC meeting of world leaders.
Mr. McMillan-Scott said he is convinced, after numerous visits to China and its neighbouring countries, whether Hong Kong, Tibet or Taiwan, that the “endgame” for the Chinese Communist Party is now underway. Despite oppression, the opposition to the regime is large and vocal.
In a speech in Hong Kong – host to the Equestrian Sports Sunday F he also repeated his call for a Europe-wide debate on a boycott of next year’s Beijing Olympics. He said: “Respect for human rights in China falls short of accepted international standards in the areas of both civil and political rights. Freedom of expression, association, religion, internet use, and the press are heavily restricted; ideological debate is strictly limited by the state. In my view, the EU should now begin a debate about a boycott of the 2008 Olympics, unless by Christmas there is significant and profound change.”
Mr. McMillan-Scott said China’s own constitution states: “No state organ, public organisation or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion, nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion.”
He concluded with a speech in Bangkok saying “China and its neighbours could enjoy the freedom, peace and security now being enjoyed by some 500 million Europeans: the model is there, as well as the warnings.”
McMillan-Scott said that his trip was motivated by the arrest and continued torture of Mr. Cao Dong, who he interviewed as a former prisoner of conscience in Beijing last May.
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