(Clearwisdom.net) Clearwisdom correspondents Su Jing
and Zheng Yan report: At noon on April 26, 2004, a Berlin Administrative Court
judge, representatives of the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs and
German Falun Dafa Association representatives officially reached an agreement
after discussion, so that the German Falun Dafa Association's lawsuit against
the Federal Department of Domestic Affairs for violating the practitioners'
rights could be resolved. Origin and goal of the case In April 2003, the German Falun Dafa Association and several
Falun Gong practitioners of different nationalities living in Germany submitted
four complaints respectively to the Berlin Administrative Court and
administrative courts in other places regarding the federal police's actions.
The lawsuits were against the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs,
Brandenburg, Niedersachens and Sachsen authorities. The lawsuit stemmed from
events that took place during Jiang Zemin's state visit to Germany in 2002, when
Falun Gong practitioners' basic human rights were infringed upon by German
Federal police and Berlin police. All cities in which the defendants live were
where Jiang had exerted influence. The verdict this morning was about the
lawsuit against the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs. On April 3, 2003, a representative of German Falun Gong
practitioners stated at a press conference: "The dignity of humankind and
justice are factors that constitute a normal society. However, these were
violated when the government invited this state guest. We hope that through
discussions and the lawsuit over these events, we can achieve the goal of
clarifying the truth, and prevent such acts from happening again." Judge makes a proposal and presides over the meeting On April 26, 2004, from 10:00AM to 1:00AM (German Time),
representatives of the Federal Department of Domestic Affairs and German Falun
Dafa Association representative Wu Wenxin had a meeting at Berlin's
Administrative Court which was presided over by a judge. The judge proposed to resolve the dispute through an
agreement regarding the case of the German Falun Dafa Association's lawsuit
against Federal Department of Domestic Affairs for violation of human rights. Judge states that German police's behavior during Jiang's
visit to Germany violated Germany's Basic Law The judge told the two parties that he thought the German
police's behavior violated the Basic Law; especially, forcing Falun Gong
practitioners out of their hotel rooms infringed upon the basic rights protected
by the country's law. The right to stay in a hotel is no different than the
right to stay in one's own home. The judge also pointed out that Falun Gong has been appealing
in a peaceful manner. To his knowledge, Falun Gong practitioners have never used
violence against anyone. The Representative of the Department of Domestic Affairs
claimed that Falun Gong practitioners shouted statements at that time that
"insulted the visiting state president." The judge said that according to his research, he affirmed
that the banners Falun Gong practitioners used did not have any content that is
not allowed by freedom of speech, which is protected by the country's laws. Both parties reach an agreement and come to a conclusion Presided over by the judge, the two parties reached an
agreement to the abovementioned points, and officially confirmed that they
agreed with the contents of the agreement. At the end of the agreement, the Falun Gong side expressed
their understanding of the German Department of Domestic Affairs' special
precautionary measures during the visit of foreign state sovereigns. Three lawsuits provoked by Jiang in Europe ended up with
defendants being found guilty This is the third time that Jiang's visit has provoked the need for a
lawsuit, which has had a strong impact on the police in Europe. The two previous
lawsuits were filed because he was afraid of seeing protesters and infringed
upon people's rights through the actions of local police, drawing indignation
from the local people, the media and government officials. The lawsuit in 1995
with Amnesty International as the plaintiffs, and the lawsuit in 1999 which
involved several organizations, ended with rulings in favor of the plaintiffs.
The United Kingdom police apologized publicly to the plaintiffs. The Bavaria
Administrative Court in Germany pointed out in their judgment, "No
political or economical interests shall be above the Constitution."
Three German Falun Dafa Association representatives participating in today's
discussion
Posting date: 4/29/2004
Original article date: 4/27/2004
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/4/26/73241.html