Spain court to hear appeal in probe of ex-China president

[JURIST] Spain's National Court [official website] accepted an appeal by two Spanish pro-Tibet rights groups to include former Chinese president Hu Jintao [BBC profile] in an investigation of alleged genocide against Tibetans. In accepting the appeal, the court ruled [BBC report] that Spain was competent to handle the case because one of the activists, Tibetan monk Thubten Wangchen, is a Spanish citizen. Though the issue is a Chinese matter, the Spanish legal system recognizes the universal justice principle, allowing genocide...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/10/spain-court-to-hear-appeal-in-probe-of-ex-china-president.php

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