On International Human Rights Day, 10 December
2004
SYDNEY (FDI) – The civil action by Australian citizen Ms Zhang
Cuiying against Ex-Chinese Leader, Jiang Zemin, and his “610* Gestapo-like
office” is listed for a Status Conference on Friday 10 December 2004 in the
Supreme Court of NSW.
The case was filed under Common Law for Torture on
September 15 2004, and has been formally accepted by the Court and papers served
to the defendants.
Ms Zhang is suing the defendants for eight months of torture
while illegally imprisoned in 1999/2000 at a Shenzhen City Detention Centre in
China because of her practice of Falun Gong. (What is Falun Gong, please visit
www.falundafa.org)
This case is unprecedented in the history of Australian
law. It is also part of the largest human rights effort in the world since WWII.
Victims of the persecution of Falun Gong from around the world have filed similar
lawsuits in over 20 countries against Jiang and members of his regime who have
proactively participated in the persecution in China and abroad. (Falun Gong lawsuit
information, please visit www.flgjustice.org)
Media
ConferenceDATE: Friday 10 December 2004
TIME 1: After Status Conference (listed for 9am start)
TIME 2: Repeat conference
at 12pmVENUE: Queen’s Square Macquarie Street, Sydney
Exhibition of torture methods used in the persecution of Falun Gong
on display
from 11am – 5:30pm.
* The ‘610
Office’ is a Gestapo-like agency established by Jiang Zemin with the sole purpose
of carrying out Jiang’s personal orders to ‘eradicate’ Falun Gong, through organised
incarceration, torture, brainwashing and murder. The agency has exercised authority
over all levels of Chinese government and society including the judiciary, law
enforcement, education and housing systems.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE
CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTRE
Website: www.falunau.org Email:
news@falunau.org
