(Clearwisdom.net) On May the 27, the US Federal Seventh Circuit Court
conducted a court debate on Falun Gong practitioners' lawsuit against former
Chinese president Jiang Zemin on charges of Torture, Genocide and Crimes Against
Humanity. In this lawsuit, the defendant Jiang is being sued for planning,
instructing, carrying out and leading attempts to eliminate Falun Gong. The
actions of the defendant Jiang has led to the premeditated murder,
disappearance, widespread torture and mass extinction of tens of thousands of
Falun Gong practitioners. On May 27 and 28, German practitioners went to the Chinese Embassy and
Consulates in different cities to support the lawsuit against Jiang
Since October 2002 when Dr. Terri Marsh, the American human rights lawyer
representing Falun Gong practitioners, handed in a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
to the US courts charging him with Genocide, Torture and Crimes Against
Humanity, waves of lawsuits against Jiang have been filed all over the world.
In Europe, Asia, Australia and many other countries, Falun Gong practitioners
have initiated lawsuits against Jiang Zemin with the support of world-renowned
lawyers, making full use of the laws in each country. In November 2003, well
known criminal lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck, who was responsible for bringing former
Argentinean dictator to court, helped Falun Gong practitioners to sue former
Chinese president Jiang Zemin for genocide, crimes against humanity and
torture in Germany. This lawsuit has precipitated a huge reaction in German
legal circles. In a letter of reply to the German Falun Dafa Association, Ms. Leutheusser
Schnarrenberger MP, former head of the German Justice Department and former
media spokesperson for the German Democratic Party, said, "The lawsuit
against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin will surely be debated amongst
German members of parliament and its people. Your lawsuit has made the point
that persecution of human rights should not be tolerated in silence. For the
past few years, as media spokesperson for the Democratic Party in Germany, I
have spoken on many occasions with Falun Gong representatives. My colleague
Mr. Funke is presently taking over my duties. I have handed the information
you gave me to Mr. Funke and his assistants, requesting them to handle this
matter." Potsdam University Law Faculty Professor Mr. Hellmann said in a reply
letter to practitioners, that the eighty-six-page narration of the court
indictment is very adequate. After reading the entire indictment, he had a
complete understanding of the severity and a broad view of the persecution of
Falun Gong. He was very shocked at the brutality and the system of the
persecution. It also made him unable to remain silent. Professor Rinken, Head of the Courts of Bremen Federate State, wrote a
letter to practitioners saying that he had been following the persecution of
Falun Gong. The lawsuit handed in by Falun Gong practitioners suing Jiang
Zemin and his gang for crimes of genocide made him even more concerned about
this matter. The lawsuits brought by Falun Gong practitioners have also obtained
widespread support from the people in Germany. In appeal activities held in
various places, many passersby often stop to sign their names in support of
the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin. This lawsuit has been accepted and is being tried by the German Federal
Procuratorate. The procurator in charge of this case has told the lawyer
representing Falun Gong practitioners that the indictment has narrated in
great detail the facts and respective legal implications. He and his
colleagues are currently conducting a serious and careful verification of the
case. Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200405/19923.html
Posting date: 5/31/2004
Original article date: 5/30/2004
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/5/28/75827.html