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Swiss NGO Writes to Hong Kong Authorities about Appeal of 15 Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-09-03
"ACAT-Switzerland has been attentively observing the last year’s trial against [fifteen] Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong, among them four Swiss nationals...With indignation we learned that all defendants were found guilty in August 2002. The charges brought against them don’t have any legal foundation...We therefore consider the August 2002 judgement arbitrary and support the defendants’ appeal on the case. We therefore urge the court dealing with the appeal in the next days to appreciate the facts and evidences strictly from the point of view of the Hong Kong legislation and to acquit the defendants of all charges." -
Norway: Clarifying the Facts and Promoting Falun Gong in Sandefjord
2003-09-03
There were many people who said they’d never heard of Falun Gong before. They wanted to learn the exercises and asked practitioners where they could take part in a Falun Gong introduction course. Practitioners let them know more about the free exercise classes. One group of children were so keen that they asked to learn the exercises on the spot! -
Article from Inq7.net: Falun Gong files Genocide Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2003-09-03'The 30-page suit accuses Jiang -- who remains China's military head -- of "torture, crimes against humanity and genocide," said lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier after handing it to federal prosecutors..."Jiang's horrific form of genocide...is a terror that does not just destroy lives, but destroys faith. It is a terror that should not be allowed to exist in the modern world," said Beauthier. "It is a terror that must be brought to justice."' -
Sweden: Minghui School Officially Opens in Stockholm
2003-09-03
On August 30, Stockholm Minghui School formally opened. Minghui School takes Truth-Compassion-Tolerance as the guiding principles and will teach children Chinese, drawing and help them to study Zhuan Falun. Accompanied by their parents, about 15 children eagerly attended their first day of class. The children will meet every Saturday. -
Radio France Internationale: Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Cuiying will Officially Sue Jiang Zemin at the United Nations
2003-09-03'Australian Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Cuiying, who is originally from China, will formally sue ex-president of China Jiang Zemin at the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Zhang Cuiying’s lawyer Chris Nyst has informed the media about this news.' -
Report from a Swedish Newspaper "Östran": Falun Gong Helps You Become a Better Person
2003-09-03
'Practitioners [in China] have been persecuted and tortured. Falun Gong practitioners believe that the immense popularity of Falun Gong frightened the Chinese leaders. “It is all because of power. The Chinese chairman Jiang is afraid of losing his power. Chinese people were deceived for decades in their speech and behaviour, first by communism, now by this Chinese government. Some Chinese in Sweden and I are blacklisted by the Chinese Embassy and we cannot get a visa back to China.”' -
UK MP expresses Support for the Trial of Jiang Zemin
2003-09-02
"Thank you very much for your letter of 11 July regarding Jiang Zemin, which I read with interest. Persecution of Falun Gong practitioners does seem to be an act that would be unwarranted in our society. I agree with you that people being tortured to death for adherence to Falun Gong is unacceptable. Anybody who commits such acts should be brought to justice in the correct way and tried under international law.” -
Interview on Belgium TV1: Jiang Zemin and His Accomplices Sued for Genocide in Belgium
2003-09-02"Six Falun Gong practitioners, a spiritual meditation movement from China, have filed a lawsuit against the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in our country. This is the first criminal lawsuit for genocide that has been filed under the New Belgian Law, which had been amended before the Parliament broke up. The plaintiffs claim that the Chinese government, under orders from Jiang Zemin, has systematically persecuted Falun Gong since 1999." -
Article from Belgian Newspaper “Het Laatste Nieuws” about the Genocide Lawsuit filed in Brussels
2003-09-02
'They accuse the authorities in Beijing of genocide, crimes against humanity and torture of Falun Gong [practitioners]...One of the people who submitted the complaint is an inhabitant of Ghent, Matthias Slaats, who was imprisoned in Beijing in February 2002 for two days.' -
Radio Free Asia: Falun Gong Practitioners in Germany prepare to file a Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2003-09-01“This lawsuit is unprecedented. Trials in the past, such as the Nuremburg trial, took place after the persecution failed and ended. This lawsuit is taking place at a time when the persecution is still under way. Therefore, this kind of lawsuit not only exposes the perpetrator’s crimes whilst they are happening and alarms those still engaged in the persecution, but also exposes the perpetrators’ lies and wakes up all good people to help stop the persecution.” -
UK: Around 1,000 People Enjoyed the Falun Gong Performance at Brighton Art Festival
2003-09-01
Two days after the Art Festival, the organiser congratulated the practitioners on their performance. In the meantime, the practitioners were invited to take part in another Art Festival. No doubt this is another great opportunity to let more people know about Falun Dafa, the practice based on Truthfulness, Kindness and Tolerance, and the brutal persecution of practitioners in China. -
Belgian Newspaper ‘De Morgen’ Features a Full-Page Spread on Falun Gong and the Genocide Lawsuit filed against Jiang
2003-09-01
'According to Matthias Slaats, the Belgian plaintiff, there is a lot of evidence. “We could have involved thousands of cases in this complaint but we wanted to keep it clear. One of the plaintiffs is a Chinese woman with Australian nationality. In China, she was arrested and severely tortured in prison...Another woman says that her husband was tortured to death in 2001. The evidence in these cases is very strong.' -
World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong writes to the President of Romania
2003-09-01"In several countries/regions around the world, because of crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, lawsuits have been filed against the former Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin, officials of the 610 Office and other Chinese officials for their roles in carrying out the persecution of Falun Gong in China. An international coalition of lawyers has also announced a coordinated effort to file more lawsuits against Jiang Zemin in the coming months. The world community is standing up to bring Jiang Zemin to justice." -
Austria: Practitioners get together to Study the Fa and Send Forth Righteous Thoughts
2003-09-01
From August 8th to 10th, Austrian practitioners gathered together to study Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun Gong], send forth righteous thoughts and share their thoughts and understandings with one another. On Sunday morning, the practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises in Amstetten Park, where a practice site is to be set up in the near future. -
Article from Belgian Newspaper “Het Belang Van Limburg”: Falun Gong files a Complaint against Jiang Zemin
2003-09-01
In 1999 Jiang, now ex-president of China started a suppression campaign against Falun Gong practitioners. Hundreds of thousands were arrested, more than 500 sentenced to long imprisonments. According to Belgian Falun Gong practitioners, more then 750 of their Chinese colleagues died during the repression.
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