(Clearwisdom.net) On Tuesday the 21st of September 2004, Dafa practitioners in Sweden held a press conference to announce the initiation of a criminal lawsuit against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin for murder, torture and abduction during the persecution of Falun Gong. Swedish MP and Member of the Swedish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Helena Bargholtz joined the press conference and gave a speech in support of the legal action. Meanwhile, practitioners staged an anti-torture exhibition to expose the brutality of the persecution. The date coincides with the United Nations International Day of Peace.
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During the press conference, Swedish practitioners and their lawyer Peter Bergquist announced that criminal charges are being prepared at present in Sweden against the former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, and other perpetrators in the persecution of Falun Gong, for murder, torture and abduction.
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Peter Bergquist said in his speech, "China is a nation without an independent judicial system and the nation faces a moral downslide in which human rights are often violated or sacrificed. Falun Gong is not a political movement, but is regarded as a threat by Jiang because Falun Gong had quickly outnumbered members of Chinese communist party. An even bigger threat to Jiang seems to be the practitioners' goodness and their belief in the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Legal actions are ongoing everywhere around the world against the main perpetrators in China and Sweden can also contribute. The perpetrators can and will be punished either in Sweden or elsewhere."
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The Swedish MP and Member of the Swedish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Helena Bargholtz, who focuses especially on human rights issues in her work, gave a speech during the press conference. Ms Bargholtz concluded her speech with greetings and the following words, "I admire the courage of Falun Gong practitioners and especially the courage of those who are persecuted in China."
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MP Helena Bargholtz
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The anti-torture exhibition lasted the whole day and the press conference took place between 1pm and 2pm. Several members of the Swedish parliament had the opportunity to visit the anti-torture exhibition and many passers-by stopped to receive information about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. TV teams, newspaper reporters and a radio station were present during the press conference to cover the event and conduct interviews.
Several media came to interview practitioners, the lawyer and Ms. Bargholtz.
Source http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200409/22104.html
