On April 14 2003, the US District Court in Illinois began to proceed with the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin, the ex-President of China, on the charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. The lawsuit was filed by Falun Gong practitioners. According to the reporter’s understanding, a great number of direct and indirect international lawsuits have been brought against Jiang and several other Chinese leaders. Since Jiang was afraid of Falun Gong practitioners’ protest activities, the German government was forced to take extreme and unreasonable measures against Falun Gong practitioners during Jiang’s visit to Germany. Therefore, in early April 2003, German Falun Gong practitioners filed lawsuits in the District Courts of Federal Germany, Berlin, Dresden, Potsdam and Brunswick against the police and the government authorities of Federal Germany, Brandenburg, Sachsen and Niedersachens respectively. To support the lawsuit in Illinois, USA, Zheng ChiHong, a scholar of law, held a meditation appeal activity in front of the Chinese Consulate in Berlin, and also introduced reporters to the background of the lawsuit as well as related materials.

During Jiang’s visit to Germany in 1995, and a trip to England in 1999, human rights groups such as Amnesty International brought similar lawsuits against Jiang and won. During Jiang’s visit to Iceland last year, the media showed strong discontent and criticism for the Icelandic government [due to their attempt to prevent Falun Gong practitioners from entering the country]. In conclusion, the media said that tyranny not only brought uncertainty and unrest to one’s own country but also to the whole world.