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Madrid, Spain
Filed on October 15, 2003 against Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan on behalf of
fifteen plaintiffs from United States, Argentina, Belgium and Spain. The
complaint is based on Spain's Organic Law, which grants Spanish courts
universal jurisdiction to process complaints for severe crimes such as
genocide, even though the crimes were not committed in Spain. |
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Berlin, Germany
Filed on November 21, 2003 on behalf of 40 plaintiffs at the Federal
Court in Karlsruhe charging Jiang Zemin and other high-ranking
Chinese officials responsible for the persecution with genocide,
torture, and crimes against humanity. Falun Gong's attorney, Wolfgang Kaleck, first gained notoriety for representing German victims of
former Argentine President, Jorge Videla, who was charged with the
torture and killing of thousands during his rule in the late 1970's
and early 1980's. |
Chicago, U.S.A.
Filed on October 18, 2002 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois in Chicago, suing Jiang Zemin and the 6-10 Office for
genocide, torture and the denial to right-to-life, as well as a conspiracy
to commit violations of civil rights against Falun Gong within the
jurisdiction of the U.S. The complaint was served to Jiang's security
detail while hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners held a silent appeal for
justice nearby. |
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Taipei, Taiwan
Filed on November 17, 2003 in Taiwan's High Court, charging Jiang Zemin,
Luo Gang, and Li Lanqing with genocide. This suit is the first use of Taiwan's law for the prevention
and punishment of the crime of genocide, adopted in 1953 as a domestic version of the 1948 United Nations Genocide
Convention. 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners and supporters rallied in
downtown Taipei the next day to show support for the lawsuit. |
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