Publications, Press Releases

• Press Release: Jiang Zemin Sued for Genocide in Germany

  2003-12-05
  On November the 21st, forty citizens of Germany, China, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the United States filed a lawsuit with the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office against the former president of China, Jiang Zemin, and other leaders who are responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong, accusing them of genocide, crimes against humanity, murder, cruel torture and grievous bodily harm to Falun Gong practitioners in China between 1999 and 2003.
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• EFGIC: Northeastern Province Records China's Highest Death Toll of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2003-12-05
  132 deaths of Falun Gong practitioners in Heilongjiang Province have been verified since the spiritual practice was ordered “eradicated” by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in 1999. Of the 824 total verified deaths of Falun Gong practitioners throughout the country, China’s most northeastern province, Heilongjiang, accounts for approximately 16% – the highest of any province.
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• UK Citizen Detained in China Because He Practises Falun Gong

  2003-12-03
  “The Falun Gong group recognised one of the practitioners who has been detained as being a British citizen, called Ray Tang. As with a lot of Hong Kong citizens, he also holds a British passport. His relatives own a company in the city of Shenzheng in mainland China, a neighbour of Hong Kong. On the 13th of November, Ray Tang and a few of the company’s workers were taken away by the police. The Falun Gong group said that the other practitioner who was arrested was Xueying Bo, a twenty-eight year old housewife. She was arrested on the 30th of October while distributing truth clarifying DVDs in Shenzheng.”
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• Reporters Without Borders: China - 2003 Annual Report (Excerpt)

  2003-12-03
  'At least seven foreign journalists were detained for two hours and threatened by police in Beijing on 14 February. Two Associated Press reporters, an Agence France-Presse photographer, two Reuters reporters and a BBC journalist were arrested while covering a demonstration by about 40 Falun Gong members in Tiananmen square, in the course of which some of them saw the police use violence against the demonstrators...The Chinese authorities have harassed foreign journalists trying to cover the Falun Gong since the movement was banned in July 1999. According to the estimates of Reporters Without Borders, at least 50 representatives of the international press have been detained since then, and some have been hit by police.'
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• IFGIC Press Release: Dublin Students Rally to Rescue Prisoner of Conscience in China

  2003-11-30
  At 2pm on Friday 28th November outside the Central Bank in Dames Street, Dublin city centre, students from the major universities of Dublin including Trinity College, UCD and DCU held a rally and march to call for the release of Dun Laoghaire students Mr. Liu Feng and Ms Fang Yang, both of whom have been prevented from returning to Ireland under the Chinese regime’s campaign to suppress Falun Gong. Mr. Michael Dowling, the President of GSU of TCD, said, “We should double our efforts to get these two Chinese students Mr. Feng Liu and Ms. Fang Yang released.”
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• A Magazine called "Human Rights" Reports on the Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin in Germany

  2003-11-29
  The article explained that Falun Gong practitioners in Germany accuse the former Chinese president, Jiang Zemin, and other responsible persons of committing genocide and crimes against humanity. The accusation is neither an individual retaliation, nor a political movement against the Chinese government.
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• Germany: Press Release of Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck Concerning the Filing of the Criminal Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin

  2003-11-28
  "As soon as possible, the defendants that have been named in the lawsuit against which reasonable assumption of guilt exists, must as soon as possible be served with an international arrest warrant...German enquiries into these accusation will encourage judicial enquiries in other nations into conducting their own investigations, to collect these findings and perhaps, at some future time, to locally begin criminal proceedings in China against those guilty of human rights crimes."
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• EFGIC: German Lawsuit Against China's Former Leader Jiang Zemin, for Genocide, Torture and Crimes Against Humanity in his Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2003-11-25
  LONDON (EFGIC) – On November 20th 2001, 36 western Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated on China’s famous Tiananmen Square, calling for justice for Falun Gong in China. They were forcibly arrested and expelled from the country. Now, two years later, some of the German participants are submitting charges to the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, Germany, against the former leader Jiang Zemin and other senior officials and persons responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The complaint charges them with genocide, crimes against humanity and torture, as well as dangerous bodily harm to Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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• FDI: Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioners Sue Jiang Zemin, Other Top Communist Leaders for Genocide

  2003-11-24
  TAIPEI (FDI) -- Seven Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners have filed a lawsuit with Taiwan's High Court charging former Chinese head-of-state Jiang Zemin with the crime of genocide. Top Chinese Communist Party leaders Li Lanqing, and Luo Gan, were also named in the case, which was filed Monday, November 17th.
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• Several Scandinavian Newspapers Reprint and Cite News Issued by the Swedish Falun Gong Information Centre

  2003-11-21
  In September and October, forty-four Falun Gong deaths from torture and abuse have occurred in China. A press release regarding this news was sent to the largest news agency in Sweden and Norway, via the Swedish Falun Gong Information Centre, which was reprinted by the agency. Several Scandinavian media oulets also reprinted or quoted the news that exposed the facts of the brutal persecution launched by Jiang and Luo. This aroused more condemnation for the persecution throughout Scandinavia.
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• EFGIC: Chinese Gestapo-Like Agency Plays the Name Game

  2003-11-18
  Chinese Government sources say such a name change along with the “disbanded” claim is a tactic frequently used by the Communist Party. They change the façade of an agency or policy that violates domestic and international laws, deflecting investigations and muting criticism. The sources say, however, the agency typically continues exactly as it always has with little or no change to its purpose or methods of operation.
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• EFGIC: American Citizen Subjected to Daily Brainwashing Sessions in Chinese Prison

  2003-11-16
  LONDON (EFGIC) – A U.S. Consulate official in Shanghai has informed Ms. Yeong-Ching Foo that Chinese authorities have been forcing her fiancé Dr. Charles Lee to undergo brainwashing sessions on a daily basis. The sessions are carried out to force Dr. Lee to renounce Falun Gong, and have occurred despite numerous protests from the U. S. State Department.
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• EFGIC: Firefighter, Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in Chinese Forced Labour Camp

  2003-11-14
  LONDON (EFGIC) – Mr. Lu Bingshen, 39-years-old, was a firefighter with the 6th Fire Brigade in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. In mid-October 2003, Lu was tortured to death in Daqing City Forced Labour Camp at the hands of the Camp’s Assistant Brigade Leader, Mr. Zhang Mingzhu.
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• EFGIC: 44 Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners Verified in September and October

  2003-11-13
  LONDON (EFGIC) – 44 more deaths of Falun Gong practitioners were verified during the months of September and October. The deaths, which occurred across 16 Chinese provinces, were mostly attributed to the severe torture practices of Chinese detention centres and labour camps. 23 of the deaths occurred in various labour camps, detention centres and police stations, where Falun Gong practitioners are routinely tortured, as officials attempt to force them to disassociate themselves from Falun Gong and make them sign documents denouncing the meditation practice.
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• Report from "French Weekly Exchange": Jiang has been Sued in Spain

  2003-11-09
  'A group of Falun Gong followers, a movement with ancient Chinese origin’s, submitted a lawsuit in Madrid against the former Chinese leader and China’s current military leader, Jiang Zemin, suing him for crimes of genocide and torture.'
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