Publications
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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.”' -
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.' -
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.' -
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. -
Agence France Presse (AFP): Falun Gong [Practitioner] to go to UN with Claims she was Tortured by China (photo)
2003-08-31
'An Australian [practitioner] of the Falun Gong spiritual movement who claims she was tortured in China is to mount a case in the UN Commission on Human Rights against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, her lawyers said. Chinese artist Zhang Cui Ying, 41, says she was tortured and abused after being arrested and jailed because of her beliefs by Chinese authorities.' -
"Le Soir" (Belgian newspaper): Under Universal Jurisdiction, Six Falun Gong Practitioners filed a Lawsuit
2003-08-29'A new international lawsuit has been filed in Belgium. This is a new challenge to Belgium’s universal jurisdiction. Six Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit in Brussels, accusing the former leader of the People’s Republic of China, Jiang Zemin, former vice premier of the State Council, Li Lanqing, and deputy director of “610” office, of being responsible for suppressing Falun Gong.' -
"Gazet van Antwerpen" (Belgian newspaper): Citizen of Ghent Submits Complaint Against China
2003-08-29'Chinese head of state Jiang Zemin and two other leaders based on genocide, crimes against humanity and torture...Members of the Falun Gong movement are focusing on Jiang Zemin because he has ‘forged and directed a plan that intended to eliminate Falun Gong in China’. Amongst the six plaintiffs there is a Belgian citizen and a Chinese national, who has resided in Belgium for more then three years.' -
Report from Report Belgian Publication Les Dernieres Heures: Lawsuit against Former Chinese Leader Jiang
2003-08-28'Last Wednesday morning, six practitioners of Falun Gong - a cultivation practice from China and around the world - filed a lawsuit against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and two other important political figures on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of torture.' -
Media Report from Sweden: Exercise Demonstration and Providing Information about the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-08-27
'Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the exercises and gave out material about the persecution. A quarter of China’s state funds have been used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Since Falun Gong was banned in 1999, many practitioners were imprisoned or detained in labour camps in China.' -
A Report on Falun Gong Practitioners Sueing Jiang in Belgium
2003-08-25Between 1992 and 1999, Falun Gong flourished throughout China. The Chinese government’s own survey indicated there were between 70 and 100 million people who had taken up the practise by early 1999. Falun Gong practitioners were found in all walks of life, from farmers to bankers, from housewives to government and military officials. In July 1999, fearful and jealous that Falun Gong had touched the hearts and minds of such a broad range of Chinese people, Jiang Zemin used his power as the country’s top leader to ban the practise, an act that went against the decision of the Politburo Standing Committee members and the Premier, and was, in fact, illegal because it overstepped the power granted to Jiang by the Chinese Constitution. -
Report from Agence France Presse: Belgian Falun Gong Practitioners Sue Jiang Zemin for Crimes against Humanity
2003-08-25Based on Belgium’s new law, six Falun Gong practitioners formally sued China’s former leader, Jiang Zemin, for his crimes against humanity. According to the report, the lawsuit will be formally submitted to the federal prosecutors on Wednesday. Georges-Henri Beauthier, a Belgian lawyer representing the plaintiffs, stated the defendant in the lawsuit is China’s military head, Jiang Zemin, who committed torture, crimes against humanity, and genocide. -
Report from Reuters: A Renowned Belgian Lawyer will Represent the Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit against Jiang
2003-08-24According 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. -
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.' -
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.' -
AFP: Falun Gong files Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in Belgium
2003-08-20'Six followers of the banned Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong are to file a lawsuit against former president Jiang Zemin for crimes against humanity, under a new Belgian law, their attorney said Tuesday. The suit, which will be handed to federal prosecutors on Wednesday, accuses Jiang -- who remains China's military head -- of "torture, crimes against humanity and genocide," said lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier in a statement.'
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