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Complicity of China’s Judiciary
2009/12/01
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Defending Falun Gong
A human rights lawyer from northeast China was sentenced on November 27 to seven years in prison for taking Falun Gong practitioners as clients and presenting legal arguments that the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign against the spiritual practice is illegal under Chinese law.
2007/02/14
Family of Murdered Falun Gong Woman Struggles for Justice
Three months after she was tortured to death in a forced labor camp, the family of Ms. Cao Aihua’ is locked in a legal struggle to bring the perpetrators to justice and facing tremendous pressure from China’s communist authorities , the Falun Dafa Information Center has learned.
2004/07/05
A Global Campaign of Harassment, Intimidation and Violence
Soon after Chinese leader Jiang Zemin initiated the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, incidents appeared of Chinese officials threatening, harassing and assaulting Falun Gong practitioners, as well as pressuring foreign officials, businesses, and free media around the world to adopt Jiang’s stance against Falun Gong.
2003/03/07
American Held 44 Days in Isolated Detention Inside China
After forty days of being held in isolation and allowed only two 30-minute visits with U.S. consular officials, Dr. Charles Li, an American citizen from Menlo Park, California, remains in a Chinese detention center with no formal charges brought against him
2003/01/03
U.S. Woman, Harvard Graduate Seeks to Rescue Mother from Torture in China
Christina Yuan typifies what many would call the American dream -- humble beginnings, hard work, a Harvard education, a fulfilling life and a successful career in New York City. Christina's mother, Ms. Benlan Yu, typifies an on-going nightmare in China -- stripped of all rights to freedom of speech and freedom of belief, horribly tortured by Chinese police, and sent to a forced labor camp without trial.
2002/10/22
Citizens from Six Countries Submit Legal Case Against Chinese Leader to United Nations
Today, citizens and residents from Canada, the US, France, Australia, Ireland and Hong Kong jointly submitted a legal case against Communist Party Head Jiang Zemin and two other top Chinese officials to the United Nations Committee Against Torture, the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in instigating and carrying out the brutal persecution of Falun Gong.
2002/07/18
Thousands Expected in Washington DC this Weekend as Falun Gong and Supporters Rally for an End to the Persecution
Three years ago tomorrow, Mr. Ji Liewu, the 39-year-old Director of China Nonferrous Metals Corp, had settled into bed for a good night's sleep in his home in Beijing. Little did he know it would be his last spent at home. At 5 a.m. the next morning, 30 police officers banged on his door and, much to the shock and dismay of Mr. Ji and his wife, proceeded to ransack their home. Like many Falun Gong volunteers throughout the country that night, Mr. Ji was then violently hauled away and held at a local police station.