Press Releases

• EFGIC: Armenian Falun Gong Practitioners take the First Steps in Court Action against Luo Gan

  2003-09-16
  LONDON (EFGIC) – The string of court cases against the Chinese officials responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China will continue to Armenia. Luo Gan, the head of the notorious 6-10 office which is responsible for the worst abuses of human rights, is today in Armenia and Falun Gong practitioners have already met with lawyers to start a court action against him.
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• FDI: Human Rights Lawyers Say Law Does Not Grant Immunity to Chinese Official for Crimes Against Falun Gong

  2003-09-14
  'Luo Gan, a Standing Committee member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo and notorious abuser of human rights, does not merit immunity overseas for his crimes of genocide and torture, human rights lawyers say. Luo Gan, who is currently on a tour of four European nations, is facing a number of criminal lawsuits in multiple countries in Europe.'
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• EFGIC: Criminal Lawsuit Filed in Finland Charging Head of Gestapo-like Agency in China with Crimes of Genocide, Torture

  2003-09-12
  A criminal lawsuit was filed today in Helsinki, Finland charging the head of China’s Gestapo-like “6-10 Office,” Luo Gan, with crimes of genocide and torture.
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• EFGIC: Criminal Lawsuit Filed in Iceland Charging Head of Gestapo-like Agency in China with Crimes of Torture, Genocide

  2003-09-09
  Mr. Li Shao, a Falun Dafa practitioner from the UK, and Mr. Ragnar Adalsteinsson, renowned Icelandic human rights lawyer representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against Luo Gan for crimes of torture and genocide. The defendant, Luo Gan, is embarking on a tour of European nations this week.
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• Switzerland: Press Release on the Hong Kong Trial and Launching a Lawsuit against Jiang

  2003-09-04
  To denounce human rights violations in China is considered as “stealing State secrets” and liable to a sentence of forced labour. To go to Tiananmen Square and quite simply to unfurl a banner displaying the three words: “Truth – Benevolence – Tolerance” will cost you dearly. To be able to continue to speak on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners detained and tortured in China, the Swiss practitioners, victims of the persecution, have decided to take action and to ask for compensation.
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• FDI: Lawsuit Against Jiang -- Western Media Pay Attention, Chinese Media Reaction Low-key

  2003-08-31
  When the lawsuit against Jiang was filed in a U.S. district court last October, the Chinese government never responded to court subpoena(s); instead, they tried through diplomatic channels to pressure the U.S. government to stop the lawsuit. The plaintiffs' attorney Terry Marsh said, "The defendant has not responded to the lawsuit through legal means; instead, they tried to reject it through diplomatic means."
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• EFGIC: “Pride of China” Dies from Extended Torture in Chinese Prison

  2003-08-30
  After ten months of severe torture, a female practitioner of Falun Gong who faced the Chinese regime’s persecution of her faith with “dignity and peaceful resilience,” died in a women’s prison camp on July 19, 2003, according to reports.
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• EFGIC: Farmer, Falun Gong Practitioner Force-Fed Boiling Water – Dies in Chinese Prison

  2003-08-28
  After being abducted multiple times and abused by local police for his practice of Falun Gong, a 56-year-old farmer from Heilongjiang Province was subjected to forced-feeding with boiling water. Emaciated and unable to stand on his own, he died in a Chinese prison on August 8, 2003.
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• FDI: Ethnic Korean, Falun Gong Practitioner Dies from Extended Torture in Chinese Labour Camp

  2003-08-27
  According to reports from China, guards at the labour camp brutally tortured Ms. Cui because she refused to renounce Falun Gong and she persisted in her practise. On one occasion, these reports say, she was only allowed 22 hours of sleep during a 33-day period. Due to extended torture in the prison camp, Ms. Cui passed away on August 12, 2003.
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• EFGIC: Former Chinese Leader Faces Criminal Lawsuit in Belgium for Genocide, Torture, and Crimes Against Humanity

  2003-08-24
  A lawsuit charging former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and two of his senior aides with genocide, torture and crimes against humanity was filed yesterday in Belgium by practitioners of Falun Gong and their lawyer, Mr. Georges-Henri Beauthier.
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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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• Media Alert: Former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin Sued in Belgium for Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and Torture

  2003-08-20
  Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin should be sued under Belgian New Law (Law of 5th August 2003) for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. A legal complaint alleging torture, crimes against humanity and genocide will be introduced before the Federal Prosecutor.
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• EFGIC: Pinochet Prosecutors Take Aim at Former Minister of China for Crimes of Torture Against Falun Gong

  2003-08-16
  'Last week, Mr. William Bourdon, one of the lawyers responsible for the trials against Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, announced that a French criminal court has begun legal proceedings in a lawsuit charging the former Vice-Prime Minister of China, Mr. Lanqing Li, with crimes of torture.'
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• Belgian Falun Gong Practitioners Prepare a Complaint Against the Former Leader of China Jiang Zemin

  2003-08-15
  Jiang Zemin, the former leader of the Chinese communist party, is responsible for this persecution. An international action has been launched to bring him to justice and to hold him responsible for his crimes. Belgian Falun Gong practitioners are using the new Belgian law against genocide to prepare a complaint against Jiang on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and torture and, in this way, to let the world know the truth, to save more lives and to help stop this brutal persecution.
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• EFGIC: University Professor Subjected to Brainwashing Sessions Then Tortured to Death in Chinese Labour Camp for Falun Gong Practise

  2003-08-14
  By early June 2003, Mr. Bai was so emaciated from torture and abuse in the labour camp that he could no longer stand. He vomited whatever he ate and was so weak that he could not even drink water. During Mr. Bai’s last month when he was confined to a bed and obviously dying, the labour camp authorities and medical staff refused to send him to a hospital.
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