(Clearwisdom.net) Regarding the Spanish Court's lawsuit
against Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Bo Xilai, Jia Qinglin and Wu
Guanzheng, high-ranking officials of the Chinese Communist Party
who have committed crimes of torture and genocide in the
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, Ms. Heidi Hautala,
Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Human Rights in the European
Parliament, said: "This is an encouraging piece of news."
Ms. Hautala said: "Our task is to build such a world, so that
those who have committed crimes against humanity, war criminals and
the perpetrators of serious violations of human rights have nowhere
to escape. Some countries will not allow them to go unpunished even
if the criminals are not their own citizens. Spain and Belgium are
such countries." Ms. Heidi Hautala, Chairperson of the
Subcommittee on Human Rights in European Parliament She also stressed: "This must be our goal. There will be a day
when we will have a comprehensive and rigorous system of
international justice. Each violation of human rights must be
subject to judicial trial. I can see that we are moving forward in
this direction." Ms. Hautala listed achievements that have already been made in
this area, such as the establishment of the International Criminal
Court ten years ago and the European Court of Human Rights. She
pointed out that Asia is also now opening up to international
justice. Some Asian countries have already had regional human
rights cases. Although it is just the beginning, she believes that
within a few years, it will be more binding to force Asian
countries to respect the rights of their people. Ms. Hautala is a former Chairperson of the Finnish Green Party.
On December 1, 2009, she hosted a public hearing on human rights in
China in the European Parliament. The hearing focused on the cruel
persecution Falun Gong practitioners are suffering from in China,
such as their being killed for their organs. Regarding human rights in China, she thought that Chinese people
should have the right to freely express their concerns.
Posting date: 12/23/2009
Category: From Politicians
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/12/14/214422.html