News and Events from around the World -- July 16, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

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  • European Parliament Vice President and Canadian Investigators Jointly Advance Investigation on Organ Harvesting

  • Italy: Milan Criminal Court Pronounces Judgment on Chinese Newspaper after It Slandered Falun Gong




  • European Parliament Vice President and Canadian Investigators Jointly Advance Investigation on Organ Harvesting

    On July 13, Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott, the Vice President of the European Parliament (EP), met David Kilgour, who was on a special trip to inform the EP about his investigative findings on the organ harvesting claims. The two discussed the possibility of jointly conducting an investigation on the Chinese Communist Party's atrocities of organ harvesting.

    Mr. McMillan-Scott and David Kilgour

    Mr. McMillan-Scott said that Kilgour's investigation report is very important and he believed that organ harvesting from living people is widespread in China and Falun Gong practitioners are the victims. He said that the report collected available information at the time and provided very important information.

    He pointed out that the report depicted a terrifying and horrific situation in China and provided evidence of genocide happening in China.

    He told the reporter that he and Mr. Kilgour had established contact and they would work together to request the United Nations, European Parliament and other authorities to pressure the Chinese government to stop such crimes and urge the International Court to bring all perpetrators to justice.

    Mr. Kilgour expressed his complete agreement.



    Italy: Milan Criminal Court Pronounces Judgment on Chinese Newspaper after It Slandered Falun Gong

    On July 6th, 2006, the Milan Criminal Court pronounced judgment on the Chinese newspaper, "European Chinese Paper", which had slandered Falun Gong. After practitioners won the case, their lawyer Giuseppe Rossodivita talked about how he looked at the case and the impression he has of Falun Gong, after being the legal representative of the Falun Dafa Association and practitioners in Italy for four years.

    The plaintiff's lawyer: Giuseppe Rossodivita

    He said that yesterday, after the full debate in court, 3rd Criminal Court Judge Dr. Cernuto had established the charge against the director and reporter of the Chinese newspaper "European Chinese Paper". The charge is a significant one. This was a successful response to the persecution of the Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP in Italy. I think it’s essential to point out that it is a fact that China caused Falun Gong to lose its rightful legal place in society and its public good name from the start of the persecution and then started their cruel suppression. The persecution is still continuing in that country, using such violence and cruel torture.

    Luckily, the practitioners in Italy don’t have to endure the horrifying persecution from the Chinese government, although during the investigations and the debates, the court discovered that the Chinese Embassy was directly controlling the local Chinese media and had conducted a campaign of disinformation against Falun Gong in Italy in 2002.

    Given the situation, the Falun Dafa Association in Italy had no choice but to take legal action. There are other cases in the process of being heard.