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Report from Reuters: A Renowned Belgian Lawyer will Represent the Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit against Jiang

2003-08-24

According to a news report from Reuters, Brussels on August 19th, a renowned lawyer will represent the plaintiffs in suing the former Chinese president, Jiang Zemin. It is said in the case that Jiang’s crack down on Falun Gong violates the law of human rights in Belgium. According to the news report, one of the plaintiffs in the case, Matthias Slaats, told Reuters on Tuesday a number of Falun Gong members in countries including Belgium, the United States and Australia were filing similar lawsuits against Jiang Zemin for torture, crimes against humanity and genocide.

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European Dafa Practitioners go to Belgium to Support the Submission of the Lawsuit against Jiang

2003-08-23

Entrusted by Falun Gong practitioners, the renowned Belgian human rights lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier filed a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and Li Lanqing with the Federal Prosecutor on charges of genocide, anti-human behaviour and cruel torture on the morning of August 20th. Many Dafa practitioners from various European countries went to Belgium to support the case.

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EFGIC: Satellite Broadcasts Across Ten Provinces Expose Crimes of Former Chinese Leader

2003-08-23

The programmes, which ran during the evening primetime on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday of last week, included material detailing the lawsuit filed in the US against former leader Jiang Zemin (in-depth) for his role in persecuting Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin’s order to cover up the true count of SARS victims (in-depth) and other crimes against China, and a third-party report debunking anti-Falun Gong “self-immolation” propaganda (in-depth) put forth by Xinhua.

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Radio Free Asia: Falun Gong practitioners Sue Jiang Zemin in Belgium

2003-08-23

'Six Falun Gong practitioners submitted a lawsuit to the Belgian federal prosecutors against Jiang Zemin, China’s former leader and Chair of the Central Military Committee of the People’s Republic of China, for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners and for committing torture, crimes against humanity, and genocide.'

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Sweden: Telling People the Facts during the Gothenburg Festival

2003-08-23

Passers-by expressed their sympathy with the persecution that Falun Gong practitioners are suffering in China. They showed great interest in the lawsuits filed in many countries against the former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, who is the prime culprit of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Many of them indicated their support for the legal actions taken by Dafa practitioners.

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Belgian Radio Station RTBF: Falun Gong Practitioners Sue Jiang Zemin in Belgium

2003-08-23

'Six Falun Gong practitioners sued Jiang Zemin, the former leader of China and the dictator of the regime. Falun Gong is banned in China. This cultivation practice originated in China and has now spread to sixty countries world-wide. The plaintiffs are suing Jiang for genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of torture under a new Belgian law.'

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Special News Bulletin: Jiang Zemin Sued in Belgium for Genocide

2003-08-22

Our lawsuit is the 11th international lawsuit to emerge in the last two years against Chinese government officials or entities for their role in the persecution of Falun Gong. Three of these lawsuits in the United States have already handed down judgements against Chinese officials for torture and other crimes committed in the persecution of Falun Gong.But the real terror of Jiang's genocidal policy towards Falun Gong is not found merely in the number of dead or the number of imprisoned. What Jiang unleashed in July 1999 was a horrific form of genocide that not only seeks to "physically destroy" 70-100 million people because they believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance", but has sought to destroy that belief itself.

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Belgium: Lawsuit against Jiang Draws Great Interest from Belgian Media

2003-08-22

On the 20th of August, Belgian Falun Gong practitioners organised a press conference about the lawsuit against China’s dictator Jiang Zemin, at the Federation Court in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Major Dutch and Belgian media organisations attended the conference. Outside the court, Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful demonstrations of the exercises also attracted media attention.

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Sweden: Telling people the Facts at the Malmo Food Festival

2003-08-22

After we displayed banners, pictures of persecuted practitioners in China and information about the International Lawsuit against Jiang, people immediately came to sign our petition. We gave them materials and they were happy to receive them. When Chinese tourists saw our exercise demonstration, they accepted our newspapers and materials without worry.

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Asia Pacific Media Network: How Much Trouble Could China Get In?

2003-08-22

'Behind the facade of the emerging giant, just how fragile is China? A provocative book, published here, raises serious questions about China's future. And, one wonders, the intentions of its authors.'

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Germany: First Public Performance of the Play “Suing Jiang” in German

2003-08-21

A blue banner, with a German translation of “Suing Jiang Zemin for Genocide”, formed a stage curtain. Jiang was being charged with instigating the persecution against Falun Gong, which has now been going on for four years. Chinese practitioners acted as witnesses, giving evidence and recounting their horrendous memories from time spent in China’s labour camps.

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The News International: Genocide Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin

2003-08-21

'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. The suit also targets Luo Gan, head of the political and legislative affairs committee, and Li Lanqing, former head of a Beijing office described as a kind of "gestapo" to pursue Falun Gong members.'

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UK Practitioner Lili Lin Granted Asylum

2003-08-21

“I appreciate greatly the help that the UK government has offered us. I would also like to sincerely call for the UK government to express its concern for Falun Gong practitioners, who are still suffering inhuman persecution in Mainland China. I hope that the suppression of “Truthfulness, Kindness, Tolerance” will end soon.”

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An Announcement from the Denmark Falun Dafa Association

2003-08-21

"There is currently a Chinese man who is in his 30s and going by the name of Liu Tao, pretending to be a Falun Gong practitioner. Under the guise of a “person in charge of Falun Gong”, he is swindling people all over Denmark and Europe...The Denmark Falun Dafa Association is announcing that this person is not a Falun Gong practitioner."

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UK Mayor Signs Petition to Support the Lawsuit Against Jiang

2003-08-20

On July 12th, a UK mayor signed a petition, which was sent to him by practitioners, in support of Falun Gong practitioners’ lawsuit against Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin.

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