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Table of Lawsuits Filed Against Former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin and His Followers by Falun Gong Practitioners around the World (From 2001 to August 2004)
Organized by Taiwan practitioners (Clearwisdom.net)
Since facts regarding the persecution of Falun Gong by Jiang Zemin and his
followers have been extensively investigated and verified by international human
rights organizations, including the United Nations, it has become a major human
rights case receiving extensive attention around the world. People from all
walks of life are outraged when they learn that Falun Gong practitioners in
China have been subjected to brutal torture of an unprecedented scale and that
the abuse has led to injury and death for many practitioners. In order to
protect human rights, more than eighty organizations from Europe, North America,
Asia and Australia have allied to form the "Global Coalition to Bring Jiang
to Justice." In addition, human rights attorneys around the world are
coming together to file legal cases in local courts against Jiang Zemin and his
followers for their crimes in the persecution of Falun Gong. Below is a list of
the legal cases that have been filed around the world.
Target of Global Efforts to Bring Jiang to
Justice Title Crimes Country Where the Lawsuit was Filed Jiang Zemin Former Chinese President, currently
Chairman of Central Military Commission Genocide, Torture, and Crimes against
Humanity U.S.A. (October 2002) Genocide, Torture, and Crimes against
Humanity Belgium (August 2003) Genocide and Torture Spain (October 2003) Genocide Taiwan (November 2003) Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and
Torture Germany (November 2003) Genocide South Korea (December 2003) Torture Greece (August 2004) Lawsuits against Jiang Zemin's group in the United Nations Human Rights
Committee and International Criminal Court
Name of Organization Defendant Date Lawsuit Was Filed United Nations Committee Against Torture Jiang Zemin, Zeng Qinghong and the
610 Office October 2002 International Criminal Court Jiang Zemin, Zeng Qinghong and the
"610 Office" October 2002 United Nations Human Rights Committee All Chinese government officials
participating in the persecution February 2004 Table of lawsuits around the world against Chinese Communist Party Officials
participating in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners
Chinese Communist Party Official Title Crime Country Where Lawsuit was Filed 1 Zhou Yongkang Former Provincial Party Secretary of
Sichuan Province Torture, Crimes against Humanity U.S.A. (August 2001) 2 Zhao Zhifei Chief of the Public Security Office in
Hubei Province Torture, Crimes against Humanity U.S.A. (June 2001)
Defendant was pronounced guilty Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity Germany (November 2003) 3 Liu Qi Former Mayor of Beijing Genocide, Crimes against Humanity U.S.A. (February 2002) 4 Xia Deren Deputy Provincial Party Secretary of
Liaoning Province Genocide, Crimes against Humanity U.S.A. (February 2002) 5 Wu Guanzheng Former Deputy Provincial Party Secretary of
Shandong Province Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity Cyprus (October 2003) 6 Bo Xilai Minister of Commerce Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity U.S.A. (April 2004) Torture U.K. (April 2004) Torture, Crimes against Humanity Poland (May 2004) Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity Russia (August 2004) 7 Sun Jiazheng Minister of Culture Accomplice to Torture France (January 2004)
8 Wang Yusheng Deputy Board Chairman of the "Chinese
Anti-Cult Association" (CACA) Torture Switzerland (April 2004) 9 Wang Taihua Provincial Party Secretary of Anhui
Province Torture, Crimes against Humanity U.S.A. (May 2004) 10 Liang Guanjun Head of the Confederation of Chinese
Associations in New York Assault U.S.A. (July 2003) 11 Wang Xudong Minister of Information, the former
Provincial Party Secretary of Hebei Province Torture U.S.A. (June 2004) 12 Li Changchun Member of the Standing Committee of the
Chinese Communist Politburo Torture France (July 2004) 13 Zhao Zhizhen Former Director of Wuhan Radio and
Television Bureau Inciting torture and genocide, Inciting
hatred U.S.A. (July 2004) 14 Chen Zhili Former Minister of Education, currently
State Councilor Torture, Genocide Tanzania (July 2004) Table of lawsuits around the world against the "Leadership Team to Deal
with the Falun Gong Problem" (or the "610 Office") and its
leaders
Defendant Title Crime Country Where Lawsuit was Filed "610 Office" Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity U.S.A. (October 2002) Li Lanqing Former Chinese State Council Vice-Premier Torture France (December 2002) Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity Belgium (August 2003) Genocide Taiwan (November 2003) Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity Germany (November 2003) Luo Gan Member of the Standing Committee of the
Chinese Communist Politburo Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity Belgium (August 2003) Genocide, Torture Finland (September 2003) Genocide, Torture Armenia (September 2003) Genocide, Torture Moldova (September 2003) Genocide, Torture, Crimes against humanity Iceland (September 2003) Genocide, Torture Spain (October 2003) Genocide Taiwan (November 2003) Genocide, Torture, Crimes against Humanity Germany (November 2003) Genocide South Korea (December 2003) Lawsuits around the world against Chinese Embassies and Consulates by Falun
Gong practitioners
Crime Country Physical assault and battery, malicious
destruction of property and vandalism, premeditated invasion of privacy U.S.A. (April 2002) Harassment Indonesia (April 2002) Defamation Germany (December 2003) Defamation of character (Li Bin, Chinese
Ambassador in Korea, Zhang Xin, Chinese Consul General, and five other
Chinese consular officials) Korea (March 2004) Libel (Pan Xin Chun, Chinese Deputy Consul
General) Canada (August 2003)
The defendant was found guilty in December
2003. For more details and updates about the lawsuits, please refer to the websites
http://www.zhengdao.org and http://www.flgjustice.org.
August 20, 2004
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