China Party Chairman Jiang Zemin Sued in U.S. for Genocide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 22, 2002 [ http://www.faluninfo.net/ ]

CHICAGO, October 22, 2002 6:21 p.m. (Falun Dafa Information Center) -- Jiang Zemin, Secretary General of China's Communist Party, has been sued under United States Human Rights Statutes (Alien Tort Claim Act & Torture Victims Protection Act) for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. A legal complaint alleging torture and genocide has been filed in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois and was served Tuesday to security officers guarding Jiang at the Chicago Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Report from Chicago

Chicago, October 22, 2002 (Falun Dafa Information Center) The Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin arrived at Chicago O'Hare Military Airport at 10:40AM to begin his four-day visit of the United States. No welcome ceremony was arranged by the US government.

Over a Thousand Practitioners Gather in Chicago to Protest Visit (Photo)

(Clearwisdom.net) Over a thousand Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world came to Chicago on October 19 and 20 and protested outside Chinese General Consulate in Chicago. It was said that they would arrange a large-scale peaceful appeal when China's leader arrives in Chicago, since he is the sole person responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong.

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