Five high-ranking Chinese Communist Party Officials have been indicted in a Spanish court for crimes of torture and genocide against Falun Gong practitioners.
Among them is former head of the Communist Party, Jiang Zemin. Hes responsible for launching the brutal campaign in 1999 to eradicate the Falun Gong meditation practice.
The court decision means Jiang and the others have 4 to 6 weeks to reply to the judgesrequest for their testimony. Otherwise they could face extradition. They could be arrested if they travel to any of the dozens of countries that have extradition treaties with Spain, including the United States. Theoretically they would then be sent to Spain, where they would stand trial and could face up to 20 years in prison.
Aside from Jiang Zemin, the four other indicted officials are:
- Luo Gan who lead the 610 Office, a nationwide secret police task force;
- Bo Xilai, current Party Secretary for Chongqing and former Minister of Commerce;
- Jia Qinglin, the fourth-highest member of the Party hierarchy; and
- Wu Guanzheng, head of an internal Party disciplinary committee.
- Luo Gan who lead the 610 Office, a nationwide secret police task force;
- Bo Xilai, current Party Secretary for Chongqing and former Minister of Commerce;
- Jia Qinglin, the fourth-highest member of the Party hierarchy; and
- Wu Guanzheng, head of an internal Party disciplinary committee.
On November 13th, Spanish National Court Judge Ismael Moreno notified attorney Carlos Iglesias of the Human Rights Law Foundation that the court had granted a petition to indict the defendants.
[Carlos Iglesias, Attorney, Human Rights Law Foundation]:
This decision of the Spanish Judge, I sincerely think will open the door for other countries around the world to also start to investigate these crimes—and for justice to be served in the genocide that the Chinese Communist Party is committing against Falun Gong.
This decision of the Spanish Judge, I sincerely think will open the door for other countries around the world to also start to investigate these crimes—and for justice to be served in the genocide that the Chinese Communist Party is committing against Falun Gong.
Iglesias says evidence of the genocide is abundant and has been accepted by the judge. That includes oral testimonies of seven Chinese victims of the persecution as well as reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the U.N. Human Rights Commission.
[Carlos Iglesias, Attorney, Human Rights Law Foundation]:
The Spanish court has made a historic step forward to stop and bring to justice those responsible of those terrible crimes that the Chinese Communist Party is committing against millions of Falun Gong practitioners. The [five] accused—Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Bo Xilai, Jia Qinglin, Wu Guanzheng—and all the other CCP officials who are responsible for the persecution, they should be brought to justice, and before history, appear before the court, and put in jail—for being directly responsible for the millions of Falun Gong practitioners that have been persecuted for their beliefs of simply trying to be good people.
The Spanish court has made a historic step forward to stop and bring to justice those responsible of those terrible crimes that the Chinese Communist Party is committing against millions of Falun Gong practitioners. The [five] accused—Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Bo Xilai, Jia Qinglin, Wu Guanzheng—and all the other CCP officials who are responsible for the persecution, they should be brought to justice, and before history, appear before the court, and put in jail—for being directly responsible for the millions of Falun Gong practitioners that have been persecuted for their beliefs of simply trying to be good people.
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