In some instances, courts have refused to adjudicate Falun Gong cases against Chinese officials on the grounds of sovereign immunity. In November 2009, however, Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan were indicted by a Spanish court on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for their involvement in the persecution of Falun Gong.La Audiencia pide interrogar al ex presidente chino Jiang por genocidio November 14, 2009. One month later, an Argentine judge concluded that Jiang and Luo had adopted a "genocidal strategy" in pursuing the eradication of Falun Gong, and asked Interpol to seek their arrest. Charlotte Cuthbertson, "Spanish Judge Calls Top Chinese Officials to Account for Genocide " November 15, 2009, accessed 19 Mar 2011Luis Andres Henao, "Argentine judge asks China arrests over Falun Gong " December 22, 2009 In 2005, a Ministry of State Security (MSS) agent working with the Chinese embassy in Berlin recruited a German Falun Gong practitioner Dr. Dan Sun to act as an informant.Sven Röbel and Holger Stark, ‘A Chapter from the Cold War Reopens: Espionage Probe Casts Shadow on Ties with China’ Spiegel International, 30 June 2010. The MSS agent reportedly arranged a meeting for Sun with two men who purported to be scholars of Chinese medicine interested in researching Falun Gong, and Sun agreed to pass information to them, ostensibly hoping to further their understanding of the practice. The men were in fact high-ranking agents of the 610 Office in Shanghai. Sun maintained that he had no knowledge the men he was corresponding with were Chinese intelligence agents, but was he nonetheless convicted of espionage in 2011.Matthew Robertson and Tian Yu, ‘Man Convicted of Spying on Falun Gong in Germany’ Epoch Times, 12 June 2011. According to Der Spiegel, the case demonstrated "how important fighting [Falun Gong] is to the [Chinese] government," and "points to the extremely offensive approach that is sometimes being taken by the Chinese intelligence agencies." In 2003, 80 Taiwanese practitioners were blocked from entering Hong Kong,AFP, [Taiwanese Human Rights Lawyer Denied Entry in Hong Kong], 24 June 2007. and again in 2007, hundreds more Taiwanese were blocked from entering Hong Kong or detained at the airport,Reuters, ‘Taiwanese Falun Gong turned back’ 27 June 2007. These events set off a six-year human rights case that tested the integrity of the one country, two systems arrangement. In 2009, Falun Gong's case against the Hong Kong immigration department was dismissed.Shelley Huang, Falun Gong criticize Hong Kong court ruling Taipei Times, 8 September 2009. Months later, Hong Kong immigration officials denied visas to several members of the Falun Gong-affiliated Shen Yun dance company, which was scheduled to perform in the territory in January 2010. Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho said the denial of the visas was a worrying new erosion of Hong Kong's freedoms, and damaged the reputation of Hong Kong as a liberal and open society.Agence France Presse, Falungong decries HK as democracy row deepens 27 January 2010. A court ruling in March 2010 overturned the Immigration Department's decision.Sonya Bryskine, Kong Court Upholds Freedom and Shen Yun 10 March 2010.
In some instances, courts have refused to adjudicate Falun Gong cases against Chinese officials on the grounds of sovereign immunity. In November 2009, however, Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan were indicted by a Spanish court on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for their involvement in the persecution of Falun Gong.La Audiencia pide interrogar al ex presidente chino Jiang por genocidio November 14, 2009. One month later, an Argentine judge concluded that Jiang and Luo had adopted a "genocidal strategy" in pursuing the eradication of Falun Gong, and asked Interpol to seek their arrest. Luis Andres Henao, "Argentine judge asks China arrests over Falun Gong " December 22, 2009 In 2005, a Ministry of State Security (MSS) agent working with the Chinese embassy in Berlin recruited a German Falun Gong practitioner Dr. Dan Sun to act as an informant.Sven Röbel and Holger Stark, ‘A Chapter from the Cold War Reopens: Espionage Probe Casts Shadow on Ties with China’ Spiegel International, 30 June 2010. The MSS agent reportedly arranged a meeting for Sun with two men who purported to be scholars of Chinese medicine interested in researching Falun Gong, and Sun agreed to pass information to them, ostensibly hoping to further their understanding of the practice. The men were in fact high-ranking agents of the 610 Office in Shanghai. According to Der Spiegel, the case demonstrated "how important fighting [Falun Gong] is to the [Chinese] government," and "points to the extremely offensive approach that is sometimes being taken by the Chinese intelligence agencies." In 2003, 80 Taiwanese practitioners were blocked from entering Hong Kong,AFP, [Taiwanese Human Rights Lawyer Denied Entry in Hong Kong], 24 June 2007. and again in 2007, hundreds more Taiwanese were blocked from entering Hong Kong or detained at the airport,Reuters, ‘Taiwanese Falun Gong turned back’ 27 June 2007. These events set off a six-year human rights case that tested the integrity of the one country, two systems arrangement. In 2009, Falun Gong's case against the Hong Kong immigration department was dismissed.Shelley Huang, Falun Gong criticize Hong Kong court ruling Taipei Times, 8 September 2009. Months later, Hong Kong immigration officials denied visas to several members of the Falun Gong-affiliated Shen Yun dance company, which was scheduled to perform in the territory in January 2010. Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho said the denial of the visas was a worrying new erosion of Hong Kong's freedoms, and damaged the reputation of Hong Kong as a liberal and open society.Agence France Presse, Falungong decries HK as democracy row deepens 27 January 2010.
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