On 8 December 2004, Judge Wilkin of Northern California’s U.S. District Court adopted Magistrate Chen’s recommendation finding Liu and Xia liable for crimes that violate international treaties ratified by China, the Chinese Constitution and law, as well as international law.
China’s human rights violations may seem far from our minds when compared to the growing attention on trade relationships, but in reality, this issue is impacting upon the conscience and lives of many Australians.
On December 8, 2004, Judge Wilkin of the United States District Court, Northern District of California affirmed a magistrate’s ruling that Beijing Communist Party Secretary Liu Qi is liable for the crimes of torture and crimes against humanity carried out by police under his administration in the persecution of Falun Gong.
The Party has always falsely claimed, “Now is the best period of human rights in Chinese history.” When the World Human Rights Day was coming (December 10, 2004), let us examine this statement through live examples.
A common question people ask about Falun Gong is: “You people have distributed so many flyers, done so much, and held such big events, where on earth does all this money come from?”
Bankstown artist Zhang Cuiying, 42, yesterday formally began her lawsuit against Mr Jiang’s and his “610 Office”, alleging they were responsible for her “brutal torture” at a Chinese detention centre.
The anti-torture exhibition, exercise demonstration and truth-clarification efforts which attracted countless passersby to watch. Many were first shocked by the exhibit, and then started to study the exhibit and read the posters seriously.
A Sydney woman allegedly imprisoned and tortured for eight months in China is suing the country’s former president Jiang Zemin in the NSW Supreme Court.
A YAGOONA artist will continue her fight against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin this Friday when her accusations of torture are expected to be heard in the NSW Supreme Court.
It seems that this lawsuit has caused some frenzied reaction from the Chinese authorities. The Australian reported one source as saying, “They can’t understand why the Government can’t just stop it from going ahead, like it would in China.”
“Jiang’s horrific form of genocide is a terror that does not just destroy lives, but [aims to] destroy faith… It is a terror that must be brought to justice.” Georges-Henri Beauthier Renowned human rights lawyer who successfully prosecuted Pinochet and Rwandan genocide perpetrators and now assisting in the Falun Gong case.
Torture methods used towards Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese labour camps and prisons will be presented in real-life displays at Queen’s Square from 11am to 5:30pm on the 10th December 2004, including interrogation, beatings, tiger bench, electrocution, forced feeding and more…