Friends of Falun Gong USA- News/Media Reports

1. Assaulted While Filming, Falun Gong Adherent Takes Case to Court 10.14.09: “He ran at me, swinging his jacket, fists, and pulling my camera down,” she said outside the court. One of the cables in her camera was broken in the process, and she says some of the fingers on her left hand are permanently numb.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1625

2. Why the Case for China's Lawyers Doesn't Look Good 06.17.09: On May 13, Beijing lawyer Li Chunfu went to the southwestern city of Chongqing with a colleague to meet with the family of a man who died in a labor camp. While meeting with the family, Li and lawyer Zhang Kai were detained by police. Li was chained to a chair and punched, while Zhang, also roughed up during their arrest, was locked in a cage. Their transgression? They were representing the family of Jiang Xiqing, a man who belonged to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. After a few hours of questioning, the Jiangjin district police released them around midnight. "We were scared, but the people [we represented] were even more scared," says Li. "So we went back the next day."
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1569

3. Criminal Complaint Charges Chinese Surgeons with Complicity in Organ Removal 07.26.06: BOSTON—A U.S. attorney filed a criminal complaint against two Chinese doctors attending a World Transplantation Congress (WTC) conference in Boston Tuesday. The complaint accuses the two of overseeing forced organ removal from living Falun Gong prisoners of conscience in their hospitals.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1309

4. Former Chinese TV Station Director Sued for Genocide 07.16.05: The former bureau chief of Wuhan Broadcasting and Wuhan TV Station, Zhao Zhizhen, was served with a summons during a recent visit to New Haven, Connecticut. On July 13th, the former television magnate was sued for producing films instigating and inciting hatred, violence, torture, and genocide against Falun Gong practitioners in China.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1151

5. Chinese Science Leader’s Hidden Agenda: Brainwashing, Genocide, Torture 06.03.05: Though he was served with the legal papers on February 23, 2005, Mr. Guo never responded in any way to the lawsuit. Earlier this week, Judge Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York handed down a default judgment against Mr. Guo. The claims include genocide, torture, violation of the right to life, right to liberty, and other crimes against humanity.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1031

6. Hong Kong's top court overturns criminal convictions against Falun Gong followers 05.05.05: Hong Kong's top court on Thursday overturned convictions against eight followers of the Falun Gong spiritual group accused of assaulting and obstructing police during a 2002 protest - in a case seen as a key test of judicial independence under Chinese rule.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=999

7. Justice investigating religious discrimination allegations 02.22.05: The Justice Department is investigating a spiritual group's allegations of religious discrimination against a Houston hotel that canceled their reservations during an October 2002 visit by then-Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=941

8. Falun Gong Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court 02.07.05: Attorneys for Falun Gong practitioners filed an appeal Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court in a civil lawsuit against former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, charging him with torture, crimes against humanity, and genocide in connection with the persecution of Falun Gong he initiated in July 1999. This case raises fundamental legal issues in U.S. law and in the relationship of U.S. law to international law.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=945

9. Falun Gong suit tests human-rights law in U.S. 01.03.05: The case against Zhao pits a growing international hostility to statements disparaging ethnic and religious groups against the American tolerance for such speech.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=908

10. Zambian Court Issues Arrest Warrant for High-ranking Chinese Communist Party Official 11.19.04: The Zambian High Court issued an arrest warrant for Gan Shu Provincial Committee Secretary Su Rong after he failed to answer to charges of murder and torture of Falun Gong practitioners.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=896