DUBLIN, Ireland—Meditation, faith, and self-determination are rights bound to people “from the womb to the tomb,” but those upholding the fundamental freedoms in China suffer persecution, says an Irish politician. Waving hands to people in symbolic yellow T-shirts at a rally, Independent TD (Teachta Dála, member of the lower house of Irish Parliament) Mattie McGrath condemned the “wrong” persecution of spiritual adherents of Falun Gong in China “from the bottom of my heart.” “So, I, at the moment, am fighting back for our freedoms in this country; trying to maintain our freedoms: enhance them, instead of having them restricted and removed,” he said to attendees on June 13. “I believe in your right to practice freely. I believe in your right to your self-determination. I believe in your right for meditating, whatever helps people—what’s not harming to any person. And, I believe that is from the womb to the tomb. …