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The hearing of the appeal for the “Obstruction Case” mainly centered on how to define what is appropriate with respect to obstructing public space during appeal activities. The verdict might influence the future application of the Summary Offences Ordinance.
The World Organization Against Torture USA supports the continuation of the investigation under the Belgian Universal Jurisdiction law of criminal charges concerning Jiang Zemin, the former President of China and two of his senior colleagues, Luo Gan and Li Lanqing. These charges include genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of torture. It is important to apply the principles of the Universal Jurisdiction law to this case and to make certain that these individuals do not escape responsibility for the serious human rights abuse they have perpetrated.
News from Chisinau, the Capital of the Republic of Moldova:Luo Gan, the head of the “610 Office” (a Gestapo like agency in China) Luo Gan is going to face another criminal lawsuit in Moldova for the crimes of torture and genocide.
The precious Chinese people stopped in their steps and attentively looked at the truth-clarifying posters. They were astonished to learn about the persecution in China and the fact that Jiang is being sued in the U.S. and Belgium. Many people eagerly asked for truth-clarifying literature and had various questions.
Today in a criminal lawsuit, the man in charge of the “6-10 Office”, Luo Gan, who is on a two-day visit to Iceland, has been charged with crimes of torture, genocide and crimes against humanity. The lawsuit was filed September 8 with the State Criminal Prosecutor in Iceland.
And this year I received a letter from the Chinese consulate, this time I was more outraged, I wrote them a letter back. I said, “I reviewed all of your materials and I found your materials to be childish.” And I said, “They were not persuasive, and indeed the more information I get the more it persuades me that your government is wrong.”
The Epoch Times reported on August 27, 2003 that Falun Gong practitioners filed an appeal on the “obstruction case” which arose from their peaceful petition. The trial for the appeal was initially slated for the Supreme Court, but the judge thinks it may involve the Basic Law and has transferred it to the Appeals Court.
Our lawsuit is the 11th international lawsuit to emerge in the last two years against Chinese government officials or entities for their role in the persecution of Falun Gong. Three of these lawsuits in the United States have already handed down judgments against Chinese officials for torture and other crimes committed in the persecution of Falun Gong.
But the real terror of Jiang’s genocidal policy towards Falun Gong is not found merely in the number of dead or the number of imprisoned. What Jiang unleashed in July 1999 was a horrific form of genocide that not only seeks to “physically destroy” 70-100 million people because they believe in “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance”, but has sought to destroy that belief itself.
On the 20th of August, Belgian Falun Gong practitioners organised a press conference about the lawsuit against
China’s dictator Jiang Zemin, at the Federation Court in Brussels, the capital
of Belgium. Major Dutch and Belgian media organisations attended the conference.
Three evenings last week audiences in mainland China were able to watch programs banned by the central government, according to reports received by Falun Gong practitioners outside of China.
