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Lawsuits around the World
2009/12/30
Dec. 30, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
* FDIC: “Media Coverage of Argentine Lawsuit is Overlooking the Most Important Aspect: the Evidence”; * Reuters: “Argentine judge asks China arrests over Falun Gong”; * Epoch Times: Chinese democracy activists applaud overseas court rulings; * United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions cites 16 Falun Gong deaths in annual report; * South China Morning Post: Top Chinese security official warns 'strike hard’ against Falun Gong and others will not let up; * NTDTV: Beijing lawyer says CCP Political-Legal Committee interfered in his defense of Chongqing Falun Gong practitioner; * Washington Post: “On issue of human rights, don't just blame President Obama”; * Central News Agency: “Silent protest in Taichung hopes to be the loudest”
2009/12/25
Media Coverage of Argentine Lawsuit is Overlooking the Most Important Aspect: the Evidence
Last week, an Argentine judge indicted and ordered the local Interpol department to seek the arrest of two high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan, for their role in crimes against humanity committed against Falun Gong practitioners. Subsequent media coverage of the decision has exhibited a tendency to frame the lawsuit, the judge’s decision, and the CCP’s response in relativistic terms. That is, framing the story as one of allegations being thrown back and forth between Falun Gong (or the judge) and the CCP with little evaluation of the credibility of the source or the evidence presented to support either position. Such coverage is unfortunate and inaccurate.
2009/12/20
Argentine Judge Orders Arrest of Top Chinese Communist Party Officials for Crimes Against Humanity
In a landmark decision, an Argentine judge indicted and ordered the local Interpol department to seek the arrest of two high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Thursday for their role in crimes against humanity committed against Falun Gong practitioners. The ruling follows a similar decision in Spain last month, when the Spanish National Court indicted five top CCP leaders for their involvement in genocide and torture against Falun Gong.
2009/12/10
Dec. 10, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
* FDIC: Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Defending Falun Gong * Amnesty International Urgent Action: Lawyer jailed for defending human rights * Amnesty International: “Blog: My life inside a Chinese labor camp” by former prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei * AFP: Chinese ex-president sought in Spanish probe: lawyer * Epoch Times: Recognition, and Ignorance, Around Spanish Court’s Genocide Indictment * Globe and Mail: Letter to the Editor: Canada and the Middle Kingdom * Washington Post Editorial: Twitter This
2009/11/20
Nov. 20, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
* FDIC: “Spanish Court Indicts Top Communist Party Officials for Torture, Genocide of Falun Gong” * FDIC: “10 Things President Obama Should Know For His Visit to China” * FDIC: 41-year-old farmer serving 10-year prison “sentence” dies from prolonged abuse in custody * Freedom House: Falun Gong practitioner included on list of prisoners for President Obama to raise * The Canadian Press: New book by former Canadian diplomat and prominent attorney says Falun Gong prisoners in China still being used as organ sources * The Epoch Times: Falun Gong Practitioner Returns to U.S. After 10-Year Ordeal
2009/11/18
Spanish Court Indicts Top Communist Party Officials for Torture, Genocide of Falun Gong
In an unprecedented decision, a Spanish judge has indicted five high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials for their role in crimes of torture and genocide committed against Falun Gong practitioners. Among the defendants is former CCP head Jiang Zemin, widely acknowledged as the chief instigator of the campaign to “eradicate” the spiritual practice.
2009/10/28
Oct. 28, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: Large Numbers of Falun Gong Practitioners Targeted for Persecution and Arrest in 2009, Says Congressional-Executive Commission on China • FDIC: During New York Visit, Chinese Forced Labor Camp Director Sued by Local Refugees for Torture • Los Angeles Times: My mother and sister, prisoners of China's Communist Party • NTDTV: Falun Gong Practitioner Dies After Years of Persecution; Husband still jailed for Meeting with European Union Representative • Epoch Times: Daughter Surprised at 10-Year Sentence of Mother in China
2009/10/23
During New York Visit, Chinese Forced Labor Camp Director Sued by Local Refugees for Torture
The man in charge of forced labor camps in China's Guangdong province was served yesterday with a lawsuit while visiting Manhattan. The complaint, filed on behalf of two female refugees now residing in Queens and other victims still in China, urges that the camp system superintendent be held liable for torture, illegal deprivation of liberty, and other severe human rights violations carried out in Guangdong labor camps that he has overseen since 2000.
2008/06/15
Lana Han: Defending New York from China’s Worst
Lana Han is an attorney volunteering to defend Falun Gong practitioners against the onslaughts of a totalitarian regime. As one of a growing group of attorneys taking an interest in the persecution of Falun Gong and bringing its perpetrators to justice, Han is providing legal support to the largest non-violent movement in China’s history.
2008/06/07
Lawsuits around the World
As daily reports of torture and killing accumulated, it soon became clear that it was impossible to end the perpetrators’ impunity under the Communist Party’s current legal system. By 2007, over 70 civil and criminal complaints have been filed against Chinese officials in 30-plus national courts on six continents on behalf of Falun Gong victims of persecution in China.