(Clearwisdom.net) On August 29, 2003 Voice of America reported that a Falun Gong practitioner in Australia, Zhang Cuiying would file a lawsuit in the United Nations against Jiang's regime for the persecution she suffered in China. The lawyer representing Zhang Cuiying said that the lawsuit would go to the Committee on Human Rights in the United Nations. Meanwhile, they would also file a lawsuit with the International Court. Ms. Cuiying said that she was arrested three years ago in China and suffered from torture and persecution at the hands of the Chinese government. Jiang's regime banned Falun Gong in 1999 and labeled it a [slanderous term omitted]. Various human rights organizations have documented the illegal arrests, torture, and killing of Falun Gong practitioners in an attempt to eradicate the spiritual practice.

Posting date: 9/9/2003
Original article date: 9/8/2003
Category: News & Media Reports
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.cc/mh/articles/2003/8/30/56521.html

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