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Radio Free Asia: Jia Qinglin Meets Protests and Lawsuits During His European Visit Reported by Tian Yi, reporter for RFA in Germany.
(Clearwisdom.net) Jia Qinglin, the former Mayor of Beijing and current
Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visited
three European countries and received lawsuits and protests from human rights
organizations and Falun Gong practitioners. The following is a summary recording
by special reporter Tian Yi in Germany. Jia Qinglin left South Korea last week and started his three-country visit in
Europe. The reporter learned from international human rights organizations and
the International Rescue Association of Those Being Persecuted that Jia's
European trip provided an opportunity to sue him. Regarding this, the reporter
interviewed Mr. Wang Yong, who was involved in the lawsuit against Jia. Wang: He is visiting four countries in Asia and Europe, and he came to
Austria after South Korea. For the lawsuit, two human rights organizations, the
Falun Gong Association of Austria, and more than ten individuals jointly filed
the lawsuit. Regarding details of the lawsuit, Mr. Wang said: The lawsuit was filed with
the prosecutor in Vienna, and is mainly based on the United Nations Convention
against Torture. Both China and Austria signed the convention in the 1980s. The
convention against torture also puts forward bringing those who conduct torture
to justice. For various reasons, in China it is now almost impossible to sue
high-level officials such as Jia when it comes to the persecution. Under this
situation, as a signature country, Austria has the ability and obligation to
investigate and bring those committing such crimes to justice. Mr. Wang said that Jia would be served with similar lawsuits in other
European countries. Mr. Wang: We have the opportunity to submit the lawsuit. Everything is moving
forward. The next lawsuit will be filed in Spain for his crimes of genocide and
torture. The reporter learned that Jia was protested in Spain by human rights
organizations and Falun Gong practitioners. On September 3, a lawyer for Falun
Gong practitioners filed a criminal lawsuit against Jia in Spain's National
Court for his crimes of genocide and torture. Posting date: 9/11/2004
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