After Falun Gong practitioners in Belgium filed a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin, Falun Gong practitioners in Germany prepared to use German law to file their own lawsuit against the Chinese dictator.
Cuiying and her lawyer will sue Jiang at the UN for violating human rights. Zhang Cuiying’s lawyer expressed that they were also preparing to sue Jiang Zemin in the International Courts.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
A Queensland lawyer is preparing a petition to go before the United Nations
(UN) on behalf of a Sydney woman who claims she was persecuted in China.
An Australian Falun Gong practitioner is mounting a
case in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights against former Chinese
president Jiang Zemin.
One of the plaintiffs in the case told Reuters on Tuesday
a number of Falun Gong members in countries including Belgium, the United
States and Australia were filing the suit for torture, crimes against
humanity and genocide.
The suit, which will be handed to federal prosecutors on Wednesday, accuses
Jiang — who remains China’s military head — of “torture, crimes against
humanity and genocide,” said lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier in a statement.
MARTIN LEE: I think it started with Beijing looking at Falun Gong in Hong
Kong and wanted to have the activity stopped, but of course, these people
are not hurting anybody. They are behaving themselves. They are the world’s
quietest protesters because they don’t even speak a word when they protest.
Three Sunnybank sisters and a young friend joined in a peaceful parade in Brisbane last month.