Falun Gong Practitioners are launching a Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in the European Court Of Human Rights

Belgian Falun Gong practitioners recently appealed to the European court of human rights to launch a lawsuit against the former Chinese president, Jiang Zemin. Practitioners also raised the issue of the Jiang regime’s persecution of Belgian practitioners in China.

"Radio Free Asia" reported on the 16th of December that practitioners who have Belgian nationality recently appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in the hope that the court will accept their case to file a lawsuit against the former Chinese president Jiang Zemin. Below is the report from the RFA reporter Jiadai Wang:

The European court of human rights is part of the EU and is situated at Strasbourg in France. Earlier this year, the Falun Gong Association raised a case to the Belgian court, suing Jiang for his part in the persecution of Falun Gong in regards to genocide. But in July this year, the Belgian court changed their laws for suing people under genocide and the law became stricter than before. The law now states that only those with Belgian nationality can sue someone for genocide [in Belgium]. The lawsuit must also be accredited internationally. Following the changes in the law, the Belgian court threw out the case in October and this is when practitioners appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.

So, what is the society’s understanding of the case against Jiang?

On the 16th of December, RFA reported that Professor Hongda Qiu, from the Marine Land University in America, said that the European Court of Human Rights has been established for appeals and as a result of the conventions of human rights. An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights can only be accepted when a just result from the initial court has not been received.

Reports say that Professor Qiu criticised the persecution of Falun Gong as a “wrongdoing”. He also said that Jiang’s “evil cult law” is useless against Falun Gong because it was made after Falun Gong came to the public.

Reports also say that Professor Liyu Yang commented that the tactics Falun Gong use in their lawsuits are to awaken people’s misunderstandings of Falun Gong. A report quotes a Falun Gong practitioner saying “Through court procedures, Falun Gong will reveal the crimes of the persecution against its practitioners.”