REP. SMITH DENOUNCES THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING IN CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. V. DOE I, CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR FALUN GONG PRACTITIONERS

Washington, June 24 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), issued the below statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-856_kjfm.pdf) in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I, which dismissed a lawsuit filed by Falun Gong practitioners that accused Cisco Systems, Inc. of developing and selling technology for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to use to surveil and persecute the Falun Gong movement:

"All victims of human rights abuses enabled or assisted by U.S. companies overseas deserve their day in court. Every perpetrator of human rights violations must be held to account...