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FDI: Members of U.S. Congress Urge U.S. Court to Proceed with Lawsuit against Former Chinese Communist Leader

"This lawsuit was filed not to embarrass China, but to persuade the defendants to end their persecution of Falun Gong ... it is highly consistent with the goals set forth in [U.S. Department of State's] annual review of human rights."

-- Members of U.S. Congress

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published June 12, 2003

June 12, 2003

Illinois District Court Accepts Amicus Brief Regarding Lawsuit Against Jiang

(Clearwisdom.net)

At 10 AM CST, the United States District Court Northern District of Illinois concluded its hearing and ruled to accept the Amicus brief signed and submitted by more than three dozen members of U.S. Congress, asking the Court to continue proceedings for the case. This Amicus brief was in response to another brief submitted by the Department of State recommending the dismissal of the lawsuit.

FDI: Reports From China Confirm Another Ten Deaths From Police Atrocities In Persecution of Falun Gong -- Details Emerge Regarding Families Destroyed by Jiang Zemin's Persecution

NEW YORK (FDI) -- Jiang Zemin's regime's persecution of Falun Gong has claimed the lives of ten more Falun Dafa practitioners. Throughout this persecution, which has now spanned nearly four years, Jiang Zemin has spared no effort in devoting China's resources to abuse and violate both human rights and freedom of belief. The number of officially verified deaths has now passed 700.

FDI: Reports Confirm Five More Falun Gong Deaths in China

NEWS -- Jun. 11, 2003 Falun Dafa Information Center, www.faluninfo.net

NEW YORK (FDI) -- Five more innocent Falun Gong practitioners have been confirmed to have died as a result of the ongoing persecution in China. The confirmed death toll currently stands at 720, though the strict media blockade in China has undoubtedly prevented more cases from being exposed.

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Falun Dafa in the News

  • The Washington Times: Falun Gong case gets support
  • US NewsWire: Friends of Falun Gong Applauds Committee on Int'l Relations' Support of Gong Lawsuit Against Former Chinese President
  • LibertyTimes: Falun Gong "Takes Turns" for Two Years (Photo)
  • Two-year-old Boy Dies from Anthrax in Hong Kong (Photos)
  • Pitt News (PA): Falun Gong calls for release
  • News of Delaware County: Meditation brings awareness

    • Rallies & Protests

  • Germany: Practitioners Support the Lawsuit Against Jiang and the Rescue Efforts for Xiong Wei and Other Practitioners in China Part I (Photos)
  • Japan Dafa Practitioners Send Righteous Thoughts in Front of the Chinese Embassy to Support Bringing Jiang to Justice (Photos)
  • Los Angeles Practitioners Gather in Front of Chinese Consulate to Appeal for the Rescue of Charles Li and Support the Lawsuit against Jiang (Photos)
  • UK: Dafa Practitioners Hold Hunger Strike in Front of the Chinese Embassy to Appeal for the Immediate Release of Charles Li
  • Los Angeles Falun Gong Practitioners Collect Signatures For the Rescue of Charles Li (Photo)

    • Choices Made under Persecution

  • Washington DC: "Journey of Falun Dafa" Photo Exhibition Held on Freedom Plaza to Support the Lawsuit against Jiang (Photos)
  • UK: Supporting the Lawsuit Against Jiang at the Chinese Embassy in London (Photos)
  • Germany: Practitioners Hold an Information Day in Berlin to Support the Lawsuit Against Jiang

    • Personal Accounts of Persecution

  • Dafa Practitioner He Wanji from Qinghai Province Tortured to Death
  • Dafa Practitioners Guo Wei and His Wife from Beijing Illegally Detained; Their Two-Year-Old Son Has Never Seen His Father
  • Facts about the Persecution against Dafa Practitioners in Gulang County of Wuwei City, Gansu Province
  • The Persecution's Effects on My Family and Village
  • Jilin Province's Tonghua City Police Department Spends Enormous Amounts of Money to Buy Video Cameras to Persecute Innocent People
  • Partial List of Dafa Practitioners Being Held in the Taiyuan Detention Center and Xindian Forced Labor Camp in Shanxi Province
  • Practitioner in Denmark: "The Chinese Embassy Refused to Renew My Passport"
  • Police Brutality at Xishanping Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing, Sichuan Province
  • More Beijing Dafa Practitioners Arrested and Unlawfully Detained
  • The Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioners Inside the Hohhot Forced Labor Camp
  • A Few Cases of Persecution of Practitioners in Sichuan Province: Beating, Detention and Forced Homelessness
  • Dafa Practitioners Illegally Detained in Yuanyang County, Henan Province (phone numbers)
  • Police from Donggang City, Liaoning Province Arrest Many Dafa Practitioners
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  • An Elementary School Teacher from Gangu County, Gansu Province, Illegally Tried, His Attorney Asks the Court to Release Him
  • Jiangxi 610 Office Manipulates the Police and Justice Department in Persecuting 26 Falun Gong Practitioners
  • Three Practitioners Secretly Tried and Sentenced in Kunming
  • Mr. Yu Ganghai from Wuhan City Still Detained after His Nine-Year Illegal Imprisonment Term Expires

    • Worldwide News

  • Ireland: Falun Gong Practitioners Call for an End to the Persecution (Photos)
  • Turkey: “Peaceful Resistance” Photo Exhibition Held in Istanbul (Photos)
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