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Summary of European Lawsuits against Jiang Zemin and his Accomplices in the Chinese Communist Party
(Clearwisdom.net) A comprehensive report from Minghui reporter Wu
Sijing: Since July, 1999, Jiang Zemin has colluded with the Chinese Communist
Party to stage a campaign of genocide against Falun Gong. This unprecedented
persecution has lasted for over five years and caused the deaths of at least
1512 innocent Falun Gong practitioners. In addition, over 100 million
practitioners, along with their families and friends, have experienced
violations of human rights. Meanwhile, Jiang Zemin's faction has extended the persecution to overseas
countries, doing substantial harm to Falun Gong practitioners outside of
Mainland China, as well as Chinese citizens. To stop the evil persecution and to
safeguard human rights and justice, Falun Gong practitioners from Europe, Asia,
North America, Australia, and Africa, together with human rights organizations
and human rights lawyers, have filed lawsuits against Jiang and his accomplices. Falun Gong practitioners have no involvement in politics and take no interest
in any political party, power or system. But everyone must be responsible for
their behavior and pay for what they have done. Those who took part in the
persecution against Falun Gong cannot hide behind any political party, power or
system. The criminals can never justify their wrongdoing by making up the excuse
that they were just following their superiors' orders. No criminal is likely to
escape being brought to justice. It is against the individuals that are active in these human rights abuses
that Falun Gong practitioners filed lawsuits. The defendants include China's
high-ranking officials who played leading roles in the persecution, as well as
medium and low-level officials, such as university presidents, enterprise
owners, and heads of forced labor camps who carry out their superiors' orders to
persecute Falun Gong for the sake of personal interest. The first lawsuit was
filed in 2002. By 2004, many lawsuits had been submitted in several countries.
The net of justice is large and it lets nothing through. All those who took part
in the persecution against Falun Gong will surely be brought through the courts
if they do not cease their vile behavior and repent of their crimes by doing
good deeds. Falun Gong practitioners in over ten European countries, including the Soviet
Union and countries in Eastern Europe, have filed lawsuits against Jiang Zemin
and his accomplices. Following is a summary of the European lawsuits. 1) December 4th 2002: Legal action against Li Lanqing in France Four Falun Gong practitioners from France, Ireland and Canada, with renowned
human rights lawyers Georges-Henri Beauthier (Belgium) and William Bourdon
(France), launched a legal action against Li Lanqing, who is the head of China's
610 Office, and also China's Vice President and a former member of
the Chinese Community Party's Standing Committee. Li faces the charge of
torturing Falun Gong practitioners in China. The four plaintiffs are French
citizen Irena Petty, French resident Chen Zhumei, Irish Resident Zhao Ming and
Canadian resident Wang Yuzhi. In July, 2003, Li Lanqing was charged with crimes of torture. In Paris the
case is in due legal process and under investigation. 2) August 20th 2003: Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan and Li Lanqing are subjects of
legal action in Belgium Entrusted by Falun Gong practitioners, on August 20th renowned Belgian human
rights lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier filed a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin, Luo
Gan and Li Lanqing with the Federal Prosecutor charging them with torture,
genocide, and crimes against humanity. 3) September 8th, 11th, 16th and 18th 2003: Four lawsuits against Luo Gan in
Europe for torture and genocide Luo Gan, head of the 610 Office, played a leading role in the persecution
against Falun Gong practitioners. He was served with four lawsuits for the
crimes of genocide and torture during his visit to Europe in September 2003. On September 8th, Ragnar Adalsteinsson, a renowned Icelandic human rights
lawyer, submitted a criminal lawsuit against Luo Gan to State Criminal
Prosecutor Bogi Nilsson for torture, crimes against humanity and genocide. On the morning of September 11th, entrusted by the Finnish Falun Dafa
Association, Erkki Kannsto, a renowned Finnish human rights lawyer, also
submitted a lawsuit to the police department and the Finnish Prosecutor's Office
against Luo Gan for crimes of torture and genocide. On September 16th, Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit with the court in
the Armenian capital city Yerevan, charging Luo Gan with torture and genocide. On September 18th, the international human rights organization, World
Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, an organization
called Rescue Our Family Members and the St. Petersburg Falun Dafa Association
filed a class action lawsuit charging Luo Gan with torture, genocide and other
crimes during his visit to Moldova. Representatives from these organizations
filed a lawsuit with Moldova's Prosecutor General in the capital city Chisinau. 4) October 15th 2003: Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan are subjects of legal action in
Spain Fifteen Falun Gong practitioners from China, America, Australia, Belgium and
Spain filed a criminal lawsuit in Spain's High Court, charging Jiang Zemin and
Luo Gan with torture and genocide in the persecution of Falun Gong
practitioners. 5) October 27th 2003: Legal action against Wu Guanzheng in Cyprus On October 27th 2003, Cypriot human rights lawyer Mr. Laris Vrahimis,
representing persecuted Falun Gong practitioners, filed a lawsuit against Wu
Guanzheng, former Provincial Secretary of Shandong Province and a current member
of the CCP Politburo's Standing Committee. Wu is one of the leading figures in
the persecution against Falun Gong, and was charged in Cyprus with crimes
against humanity, torture and genocide. 6) November 21st 2003: Lawsuit against Jiang and his accomplices in Germany Lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck from Berlin, known as a representative for the German
victims of the Argentine armed forces, was entrusted by the German Falun Dafa
Association and forty Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, China, America,
Canada, Australia and Ireland. He submitted charges to the Federal Prosecutor in
Karlsruhe against the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and other senior
officials and persons responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong
practitioners in China. The complaint charged them with genocide, crimes against
humanity, torture and grievous bodily harm against Falun Gong practitioners in
China: The accused include: 7) November 26th 2003: Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice asked the
International Court to try Jiang Zemin On November 26th 2003, the Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice held a
rally outside The Hague International Court. The coalition submitted printed
materials about global lawsuits against Jiang to the first Judge of the
International Court and requested a trial of Jiang Zemin. 8) January 28th 2004: China Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng subject of legal
action in France for "incitement of massacre and persecution" Four Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit against the visiting Chinese
Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng in the Paris Prosecutor's Office. The complaint
said that Sun Jiazheng, who is the China Culture Minister and co-chairman of the
Web Culture Engineering Organizing Committee, instigated public criticism and
incited hatred of Falun Gong in order to eradicate Falun Gong through the use of
newspapers, the Internet, and cultural exhibits. He is an accomplice of crimes
of torture and is guilty of "incitement of massacre and persecution." 9) April 16th 2004: Deputy Director of the Chinese Anti-Cult Association,
Wang Yusheng, subject of legal action in Switzerland On April 16th 2004, the Transnational Radical Party, a permanent
international non-governmental organization in the Geneva United Nations Office,
held a special meeting on the topic of genocide. During the meeting, a Swiss
attorney representative, Ms. Boone, announced a lawsuit against the Deputy
Director of the Chinese Anti-Cult Association, Wang Yusheng. Seven lawyers
agreed to accept this lawsuit filed by seven Falun Gong practitioners against
Wang Yusheng. According to lawyer Hyard, the Geneva State Procurator has
accepted this suit but if the legal process lasts too long the defendant could
escape from the country upon becoming aware of the lawsuit against him, which
could invalidate the lawsuit. Nevertheless, if the defendant enters Switzerland
again, he will be subject to legal action again based on the United Nations
Anti-Torture Treaty signed by both China and Switzerland. 10) May 5th 2004: Legal action against Bo Xilai in the UK UK Falun Gong practitioners entrusted a lawyer to file a lawsuit against Bo
Xilai for crimes of torture. The Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard
accepted the formal allegation against Bo Xilai. 11) June 8th 2004: Lawsuit against Bo Xilai in Poland Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai was the subject of legal action in
Warsaw for enthusiastically following former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to
persecute Falun Gong. Bo was accompanying Chinese President Hu Jintao to visit
four nations in Europe and Asia, and Poland was their first stop. Falun Gong
practitioners submitted a lawsuit to the Polish Procurator charging Bo with
crimes against humanity and torture. The lawsuit alleges that Bo
enthusiastically persecuted Falun Gong when he was Mayor of Dalian City and
Governor of Liaoning Province. He also spent huge amount of taxpayers' money to
build new prisons in which Falun Gong practitioners were detained and
persecuted. The lawsuit was filed based on Polish National Criminal Law, the UN
Human Rights Treaty and the International Anti-Torture Treaty signed by Poland. 12) July 2nd 2004: Legal action against Li Changchun in France On behalf of three Falun Gong practitioners, a lawyer filed a complaint to
the Republic Procurator of Tribunal de Grande Instance de Pairs, accusing Li
Changchun of being an accomplice to torture in the persecution of Falun Gong.
Meanwhile, Li Changchun, a Politburo Standing Committee Member of the CCP
Central Committee and former Guangdong Province CCP Secretary, was visiting
France. The three plaintiffs in the case are as follows: Chinese-Australian
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Dai Zhizhen, Ms. Chen Ying, currently a resident of
France, and Ms. Chen Zhumei, also residing in France. 13) July 2004: French Court Requests China to Investigate the Crimes
Committed by Li Lanqing and Sun Jiazheng In December 2002, on behalf of French Falun Dafa practitioners, renowned
French human rights attorney William Bourdon, who was part of the legal action
to successfully bring Chilean dictator Pinochet to justice, and human rights
lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier from Belgium filed a lawsuit against Li Lanqing,
former Deputy Prime Minister of China who was in charge of the 610 Office, a
Gestapo-like organization of the Chinese Communist Party that was created
specifically to suppress Falun Gong. Li was charged with being an accomplice to
torture. In January 2004 French Falun Dafa practitioners entrusted French lawyer
Ms. Phelizon to file a lawsuit against Sun Jiazheng, Chinese Minister of Culture
and President of the so-called "Internet Ethics Committee," charging
him with abusing Internet technology to defame Falun Gong. He was further
charged with demonizing Falun Gong in the areas of national culture and inciting
hatred among people toward Falun Gong, as well as blocking all truthful
information about Falun Gong and the persecution against its practitioners. In July 2004, the Examining Magistrate who is in charge of this case sent a
Commission Rogatoire Internationale (CRI) to China's counterpart department,
requesting related Chinese authorities to cooperate in the corresponding
investigation. It is believed that this is the first CRI sent to China in French
judicial history and it is perhaps also the first in European judicial history. 14) July 24th 2004: Chief diplomat of the Chinese Embassy in St. Petersburg
Chen Yichu is subject of legal action in Russia On behalf of the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners, the St. Petersburg
Falun Dafa Association sued the chief diplomat of the Chinese embassy in St.
Petersburg, Chen Yichu, for defaming Falun Gong on TV and damaging the
reputation of Falun Gong practitioners. 15) August 5th 2004: Complaint filed against Jiang Zemin, Li Lanqing and Luo
Gan in Greece Two Greek lawyers, on behalf of three practitioners from Australia, Ireland
and Greece, submitted a criminal lawsuit against former Chinese President Jiang
Zemin, former Vice President Li Lanqing and member of the Standing Committee of
the Political Bureau of the Communist Party Luo Gan for genocide and torture.
The lawsuit is based on Greek criminal law. Plaintiffs in the case are Irish
resident Zhao Ming, an Australian citizen who is originally from Greece, and
another Greek citizen. 16) August 9th 2004: Lawsuit against Bo Xilai in Russia Russian Falun Gong practitioners submitted a lawsuit to the Russian
Procurator against the visiting Chinese Minister of Commerce, Bo Xilai. The
lawsuit charged Bo with crimes against humanity, torture and genocide. It
alleges that Bo enthusiastically persecuted Falun Gong when he was Mayor of
Dalian City and Governor of Liaoning Province. The lawsuit was based on Article
357 of Russian criminal law. 17) August 12th 2004: Lawsuit against He Goan, Vice Consul of the Chinese
Consulate in Habarovsk City, Russia The Moscow Falun Dafa Association launched legal action against He Goan, Vice
Consul of Chinese Consulate in Habarovsk City, for spreading propaganda against
Falun Gong during his visit to Irkutsk City. 18) August 30th 2004: Lawsuit against Jia Qinglin in Austria During Jia Qinglin's visit to Austria, the Austrian Falun Dafa Association,
the International Human Rights Association, the "Society for Threatened
People" and Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted in Beijing
jointly submitted a lawsuit to the Vienna Procurator. Jia was accused of
brutally torturing Falun Gong practitioners. 19) September 2nd 2004: Lawsuit against Jia Qinglin in Spain During Jia Qinglin's visit to Spain, fifteen Falun Gong practitioners
submitted a lawsuit against him to the Spanish National Court in Madrid. Jia had
been indicted for crimes of genocide and torture against Falun Gong
practitioners when he was the Communist Party Secretary General of Beijing
between 1999 and 2002. The fifteen plaintiffs of the case or their families had
been subjected to brutal persecution in Beijing between 1999 and 2002. 20) November 13th 2004: Huang Ju sued in Ireland Five Falun Gong practitioners filed a complaint against Chinese Vice Premier
Huang Ju at an Irish police station for conspiring to implement brutal torture
against Falun Gong. On November 17th, lawyer Ms. Helen McGovern learned from the
Irish Police Commission that the Deputy Commissioner had appointed two special
investigators, Bill Donoghue and P.J. Browne, to look into this case. 21) November 29th 2004: Lawsuit against four 610 Office Representatives in
Spain On November 29th 2004, after hearing that four 610 Office representatives
would be visiting Europe with a tourist group, Spanish Falun Gong practitioners
immediately reported to Spain's Highest Police Office that the four criminals
who are persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in China might be entering Spain.
In addition, practitioners handed in evidence of the crimes committed by the
four people and testimonies of witnesses to the police, while demanding that the
police immediately investigate all four of them. They are Zhang Xiaoguang of
Heilongjiang Province, Zhang Xianlin of Beijing, Dong Zongfang of Shandong
Province and Gao Kuixian from Jilin City. The Spanish police quickly reported the case to Spain's Highest Anti-terror
Police Station and State Court. They investigated whether the four criminals had
entered Spain. According to the investigation, these four criminals had not yet
appeared in the list of Chinese tourist groups entering Spain. The Spanish
police said, "These four people have been put on record by the Highest
Police Office. Once they step into Spain, the Spanish Police will have the right
to summon and interrogate them." In the meantime, the lawyer representing
Falun Gong practitioners officially filed the lawsuits against Zhang Xiaoguang,
Zhang Xianlin, Dong Zongfang and Gao Kuixian in Spain's State Court. The
lawsuits accused them of genocide and torture. 22) December 1st 2004: Jiang Zemin, Bo Xilai, and Li Lanqing subjected to
legal action in the Netherlands Falun Gong practitioners and Dutch human rights lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld filed
a legal complaint against Jiang Zemin, Li Lanqing and Bo Xilai, charging them
with crimes of genocide and torture in the suppression of Falun Gong. The Public
Prosecutor personally received the complaint at the National Court in Rotterdam
and expressed that she would study it and decide what action to take against the
defendants. 23) January 28th 2005: Complaint filed against Gu Binglin, Wu Jianmin, Chen
Zhu, and Wang Qinghai in Switzerland On behalf of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners, the Swiss Falun Dafa
Association and the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun
Gong submitted a lawsuit to the Swiss State Procurator. The accused included the
President of Tsing Hua University Gu Binglin, President of Beijing Diplomatic
College Wu Jianmin, who was once China's Ambassador in France, Vice President of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences Chen Zhu, and President of Capital Steel and
Iron Group Wang Qinghai. The defendants were charged with inciting public hatred
toward Falun Gong, torture and genocide. They drafted and carried out the rules
to persecute the students, professors, staff, and employers of their units. The
Swiss State procurator accepted the lawsuit, put it on record and started to
investigate the crimes committed by the accused. European Falun Gong practitioners will work together with Falun Gong
practitioners in China and other countries to bring all of those involved in the
persecution to justice. |