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Justice: Argentine Attorney Filed First Criminal Lawsuit against China; Nigerian Attorney Sued China

#1: On April 16, attorney Alejandro Sánchez Kalbermatten of Argentina filed a criminal lawsuit against China in Argentina’s Criminal and Correctional Court 12. Kalbermatten Sued China for genocide through intentionally concealing the information about the coronavirus.

Kalbermatten is seeking, under the criminal investigation framework, to find out the origin of the coronavirus, who should be responsible, why it happened, for what geo-political purpose, as well as whether the deaths and crises that this global pandemic has caused constitute genocide or crimes against humanity. These crimes should be investigated and tried by the International Criminal Court in accordance with the Rome Statute.

This is the first criminal case against the communist regime in China regarding the coronavirus pandemic.

Kalbermatten also plans a class action lawsuit against China. He expressed that the World Health Organization (WHO) was also responsible for this pandemic. (Epoch Times)

#2: A coalition of Nigerian lawyers filed a lawsuit against China. They are demanding $200 billion in damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture, and disruption of the normal daily existence of the people in Nigeria.” The lead attorney is Prof. Epiphany Azinge of the law firm Azinge and Azinge.

Azinge is currently a member of the Commonwealth Arbitral Tribunal in London, representing Nigeria and Africa. (Daily Post)

Related postings on Chinascope:

1. Excerpt in Chinese:

据Infobae报导,阿根廷律师卡尔伯马滕(Alejandro Sánchez Kalbermatten)于4月16日向阿根廷联邦刑事与轻罪法庭12(the Criminal and Correctional Court 12)提出诉讼,起诉理由是:故意并掩盖全球性的病毒性种族灭绝。他并发送电子邮件通知了设在海牙的国际刑事法院。

报导说,卡尔伯马滕正在寻求在刑事调查的框架下,“找出冠状病毒(中共病毒)COVID-19的起源,谁应对此负责,以及为什么会发生,出于什么地缘政治目的”,以及所带来的那些死亡和危机,是否“在经济、健康和社会上构成种族灭绝或危害人类罪。这些罪恶,应根据《罗马规约》由国际刑事法院进行调查和审判”。

阿根廷另一家媒体Jujuy al Momento报导,卡尔伯马滕还将在全国范围内开展针对受病毒影响的受害者的“集体诉讼”。

卡尔伯马滕还表示,世界卫生组织也要对此次疫情负责,因为世界卫生组织没有及时提醒世界各国注意病毒的危害。

Source: Epoch Times, April 29, 2020
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/20/4/29/n12068906.htm

2. Source: Daily Post, April 26, 2020

Nigerian lawyers drag China to court over COVID-19, demands $200b damages