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Radio France Internationale: Seoul Court Officially Accepts a Criminal Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan after it was Filed by Practitioners in Korea
2004-01-01
'Recently, a local Seoul court officially accepted a criminal lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan that was filed by a South Korean citizen, Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Shu...The lawsuit was applied for under the Korean national criminal law and the international convention about preventing and punishing the crime of genocide enacted in 1951.' -
Radio France Internationale: Mr. Chengjun Liu, Who Exposed the Atrocities Against Falun Gong over China's State-run Television, has been Tortured to Death on the 26th of December 2003 in Changchun
2003-12-31Radio France Internationale news, December 29th 2003: A report from Falun Gong stated that Mr. Chengjun Liu, one of the practitioners responsible for tapping into a local television network to broadcast the facts of the persecution against Falun Gong on March 5th, 2002, has passed away in Changchun city on December 26, 2003. The news from Falun Gong stated that, on the same day, the Jilin Prison cremated the body without an autopsy and against the family's wishes. -
EFGIC (European Falun Gong Information Centre): Man Who Exposed Atrocities Against Falun Gong over China’s State-run Television Tortured to Death
2003-12-30
Mr. Chengjun Liu had spent more than two years working to let his fellow countrymen know about the torture and killings of Falun Gong practitioners throughout China - crimes former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin had kept hidden under a veil of misinformation and with full control over the state-run media. After repeated attempts by Liu’s family to secure his medical parole were denied by Chinese authorities, Liu died at 4 a.m. on December 26. Liu’s body was cremated seven hours after his death with neither an autopsy nor the family’s consent. -
Article from German Website Stimme.de: A Parcel Filled with Hope is On Its Way to China
2003-12-30'Xiong Wei studied at the Berlin Technical University for six years. During that time she began to practise Falun Gong, an ancient and traditional Chinese cultivation practice. She was arrested on February the 5th 2002, on her return to China after she had completed her studies, for distributing flyers and criticising the Chinese government. She was sent, without legal proceedings, to the infamous Xinan camp near Beijing, a camp which is notorious for torturing its inmates.' -
Falun Gong Practitioners are launching a Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in the European Court Of Human Rights
2003-12-26Belgian 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. -
Ka-news (German media): Genocide Complaint Filed Against Jiang Zemin With the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office
2003-12-25'The twenty-four-year old Hubert disclosed that, “we wish to help the seventy million Falun Gong practitioners in China who have no rights.” Because of this, he and thirty others in Germany have decided to file a lawsuit. Wolfgang Kaleck, a lawyer from Berlin, will represent them. The best possible outcome hoped for is that the federal prosecutor’s office will take a serious look at the human rights violations in China.' -
Article from German newspaper Badische Gazette: Complaint against Jiang Zemin
2003-12-24The Beijing police arrested André Huber, a twenty-four-year old Langenauer Falun Gong practitioner after demonstrating on Tiananmen Square in February, 2002. He and other like-minded people have therefore filed a complaint against the former President Jiang Zemin. Our editor has talked with André Huber. -
EFGIC Press Release: Jiang Zemin and “the Real Axis of Evil”
2003-12-21
Topping Amnesty International’s list of human rights “scoundrels,” clearly Jiang’s crimes place him along side Hussein, Milosevic, Pinochet and other “least wanted.” Yet, with so much evidence stacked against him, why does Jiang still present a challenge to international rule of law whose statutes are so clear on these issues? -
Radio Free Asia: Rescue Xiong Wei Activities Held in Europe
2003-12-21On Xiong Wei's birthday, Miss Christina said that she “wishes Ms. Xiong Wei a happy birthday and also said that German citizens and others sent her a lot of cards, letters and parcels in the hope that Ms. Xiong Wei will receive support and courage from them. She also said that they have already sued Jiang last November. She and others believe that truthfulness, compassion and tolerance will definitely win.” -
Article from German Newspaper "Chamer Zeitung": An Exercise From the Far East - Harmony of Body and Mind
2003-12-17As a group, peacefully holding flags to resist violations and persecution is not an easy thing. Truth clarification activities like this one held in the City Hall are urgently needed and necessary. Meanwhile, support is being received. Though under suppression, Falun Dafa still demonstrates its charm to people with various kinds of dances, and music presented to the audience one after another, with only one purpose: to reach harmony with oneself and one’s surroundings. -
Press Release: Belgian Falun Gong Practitioners Request the European Court of Human Rights to Investigate the Crimes Committed by Jiang Zemin During his Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2003-12-16Georges-Henri Beauthier, the plaintiffs' lawyer, will clarify the appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and a number of distinguished members of the European Parliament, together with a representative from the WOIPFG (World Organization to Investigate the persecution of Falun Gong) when they present a statement of support in the presence of some of the plaintiffs on Wednesday at 2.30 PM in ‘Club de la Presse’ in Strasbourg. -
Article from "Skaraborg Lans Tidning" (Swedish Media): Focusing on Human Rights
2003-12-15
According to official statistics from 1998, there were about 100 million people practising Falun Gong. The former Chinese dictator, Jiang Zemin, initiated this suppression and has rendered one twelfth of the Chinese population under direct persecution. The implementation of this national terrorism has even implicated Falun Gong practitioners’ family members. -
EFGIC: Internal Organs Missing from Body of Falun Gong Practitioner Killed in Police Custody
2003-12-13
The second of two autopsies performed on the body of a Falun Gong practitioner who was beaten to death in police custody revealed that several internal organs had been removed, presumably shortly after her death....illegal human organ trafficking in China has been identified as a serious concern by international human rights groups. In June 2001, Chinese Dr. Wang Guoqi testified before the U.S. Congress about nearly 100 operations he reportedly performed on executed prisoners in China to extract their organs for sale. -
Radio Free Asia: German Human Rights Organisations Invite Falun Gong Practitioners to Attend World Human Rights Day Activities
2003-12-13On Monday the 8th of December, the German International Human Rights Association and Amnesty International held a series of activities for World Human Rights Day. Representatives of Falun Gong were invited to participate in these activities. -
Article from "Radio Free Asia": Falun Gong Picture Exhibition Held in Regensburg, a Culturally Famous German City
2003-12-12'To begin with, it [the exhibition] illustrates the rapid development of Falun Gong since it was first introduced by Mr. Li Hongzhi in China in 1992, followed by a description of the growth of Falun Gong in western countries, particularly, the in Western Europe. Then it talks about the persecution against Falun Gong carried out by the Chinese Government and details the facts of practitioners being badly tortured since July 1999. The pictures also show Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful appeals and its impact around the world.'
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