According to Central News Agency's report from Paris on April 15, Falun Gong
practitioners in France held group practice on April 14 in front of the Chinese
Consulate in France to support the US Falun Gong practitioners' attorney to
charge in a US district court in Illinois the former President of China, Jiang
with genocide for his long period of brutal persecution against Falun Gong
practitioners.
More than 40 practitioners from France participated in the group exercises
yesterday. They sat on the street corner in front of the Chinese Consulate with
their legs crossed. Accompanied by the music, they performed Falun Gong
exercises and sitting meditation. At the same time, they distributed flyers
illustrating their spiritual practice in accordance with principles of
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance as well as the Chinese authorities' persecution
they encountered.
Spokesperson of the French Falun Dafa Association, Mr. Zhang Jianping stated
that the Chinese Party suppresses Falun Gong and forbids Chinese people from
practicing it. The authorities severely punish those who do not follow the ban.
At least six hundred and fifty Falun Gong practitioners were tortured to death.
Hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners were imprisoned in forced
labor camp. Zhang Jianping continued that the plaintiffs' American attorney has
collected sufficient evidence to show how Jiang set up the 610 Office to
systematically persecute Falun Gong practitioners. This activity of supporting
the lawsuit against Jiang was joined by practitioners throughout the world in a global appeal.
(Clearwisdom.net)
On the afternoon of April 14, 2003, Falun Gong practitioners' attorney, Ms.
Terri Marsh delivered to the district court of the North District in Illinois
documents citing evidence of crimes committed by Jiang and the 610 Office as
well as those for the legal procedure of the lawsuit. Practitioners from France
and other countries and areas carried out activities to support US practitioners in bringing Jiang to trial.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/4/16/48485.html