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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.

How Do We Know the Persecution is Brutal and Ongoing?

Over the past decade, a wide range of international human rights groups, Chinese lawyers, former prisoners of conscience imprisoned with practitioners, United Nations Rapporteurs, and U.S. government reports have documented and recounted the systematic rights abuses – including torture and deaths in custody - suffered by those who practice Falun Gong in China. Below is a small sample of such statements for your reference with corresponding links to other pages on this site that include more extensive compilations.

HRW: Excerpts related to lawyers who defended Falun Gong from: “Walking on Thin Ice” Control, Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyers in China (April 29, 2008)

Excerpts related to lawyers who defended Falun Gong from: “Walking on Thin Ice” Control, Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyers in China (April 29, 2008)

HRW: Excerpts about Falun Gong from: “We Could Disappear At Any Time:” Retaliation and Abuses Against Chinese Petitioners (December 2005)

Excerpts about Falun Gong from: “We Could Disappear At Any Time:” Retaliation and Abuses Against Chinese Petitioners (December 2005)

Human Rights Watch: Repression Against Falungong Unabated

Human Rights Watch: Dangerous Meditation

HRW: Excerpts: China: Human Rights Conditions and U.S. Policy Statement by Mike Jendrzejczyk to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus (May 15, 2001)

Excerpts: China: Human Rights Conditions and U.S. Policy Statement by Mike Jendrzejczyk to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus (May 15, 2001)