Public Hearings – London – December, 2018
The first public hearings of the China Tribunal took place on the 8th, 9th and 10th December 2018 in central London at the Grand Connaught Rooms. During the hearing, the Tribunal heard evidence from 30 fact witnesses, investigators and experts.
Please see video footage of the hearings below. (Time codes are indicated in brackets)
Please Note: Due to technical difficulties some videos have minor sound issues. We are working to resolve these issues and will upload replacement videos soon. Thank you.
Sitting One – Saturday, 8th December, 2018
Opening Speech by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC – Tribunal Chair (0:00)
Introduction of Tribunal members (12:12)
Dr David Matas – Investigator (16:20)
Dai Ying – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (59:00)
Feng Hollis – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (1:29:50)
Sitting Two – Saturday, 8th December, 2018
Matthew Robertson – Expert Witness (03:11)
Ömir Bekari – Fact Witness, Uyghur (52:55)
Liu Huiqiong – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (1:19:15)
George Karimi – Fact Witness (1:48:37)
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Sitting Three – Saturday, 8th December, 2018
Prof Jacob Lavee – Fact Witness/Expert (0:00)
Dr Zhiyuan Wang – Investigator (30:27)
Clive Ansley – Expert (1:18:24)
Sitting One – Sunday, 9th December, 2018
Ethan Gutmann – Investigator (0:00)
David Li and Dr Huige Li – Investigators (COHRC) (46:59)
Tony Liu – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (1:23:43)
Hong Chen – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (not on video)
Sitting Two – Sunday, 9th December, 2018
Zhang Yanhua – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (0:00)
Jiang Li – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (32:12)
Huang Guohua – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (1:04:13)
Yu Xinhui – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (1:39:26)
Sitting Three – Sunday, 9th December, 2018
Abduweli Ayup – Fact Witness, Uyghur, via audio call (0:00)
Dr Huige Li – Expert/Witness (26:44) no audio until 26:51
Huang Wanqing – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (57:40)
Edward McMillan Scott – Witness (1:27:33)
Sitting One – Monday, 10th December, 2018
Prof Wendy Rogers – Expert (0.00)
Enver Tohti – Fact Witness (48:28)
Liu Yumei- Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (1:25:12)
Li Lin Lin- Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (2:07:42)
Sitting Two – Monday, 10th December, 2018
Han Yu – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (0.00)
Yin Liping – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (29:00)
Xuezhen Bao – Fact Witness, Falun Gong Practitioner (starts 1:09:56 then continues on the sitting three video)
Sitting Three – Monday, 10th December, 2018
Xuezhen Bao – Fact Witness continued (0.00)
Matthew Robertson – Expert (3:56)
Sarah Cook – Expert (53:22)