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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.
On August 22-24, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Cuiying held an exhibit in an art gallery in the historic town of Windsor, New South Wales to introduce Falun Dafa and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.”
A line of Falun Gong practitioners take part in an early morning ceremony, Saturday, April 26, 2003, to commemorate the persecution of Falun Gong followers in China. About 100 Falun Gong members gathered on the beach to participate in meditation and exercises during the ceremony.
On August 20, 2003, Wednesday, Falun Dafa practitioners from the University
of New South Wales demonstrated Falun Gong exercises during International Week.
With the help of world-renowned lawyer and human rights campaigner Geoffrey Robertson, QC, I am filing a lawsuit with the United Nations against Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese leader.
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.
Zhang Yaping commenced a hunger strike, starting on July 29, 2003 in protest. Around August 13, the police notified her family members to go to Dabei Jail Hospital in Shenyang City to pick her up. Zhang Yaping’s family saw that she was unconscious and her body was twitching.
Tang Dynasty Costume Dance presented by Falun Dafa practitioners was broadcast
live on Channel 9 on Friday.
Robertson’s involvement should strengthen Zhang’s case and would
ensure it is likely to become a benchmark fight against the persecution of
Falun Gong practitioners.
“The plan is that Geoffrey and I will do some things in New York in the lead
up to it. There’s also a possibility that there may be a separate action in
the international court of justice so that may also require us to make an
appearance in Geneva.”
