西班牙法庭通缉江泽民李鹏乔石等5人

马德里高等法院昨天（周二）对江泽民和李鹏等5位中共高官发布逮捕令。路透社表示，上述情况令人想到智利前独裁者皮诺切特案。那一次也是西班牙法庭发出的国际逮捕令。西班牙国家法院认为，由江泽民，李鹏以及乔石，陈奎元和彭佩云在其担任领导人期间涉嫌参与在西藏的种族灭绝行动。

路透社认为：西班牙法庭通缉中国前领导人类似皮诺切特案 中文网络照片DR

法新社报道，马德里高等法院昨天（周二）对江泽民和李鹏等5位中共高官发布逮捕令。

西班牙国家法院认为，由江泽民，李鹏以及乔石，陈奎元和彭佩云在其担任领导人期间涉嫌参与在西藏的种族灭绝行动。

西班牙法院从2006年开始调查中共高官在上世纪80和90年代涉嫌在西藏犯下的种族灭绝罪。

今年10月11号，西班牙高等法院还接受一个流亡藏人组织指控中国前国家主席胡锦涛犯有种族灭绝罪的诉状。该组织控告胡锦涛在任西藏自治区党委书记期间，对藏人施行暴行，认为胡锦涛应该对1980至1990年，在西藏发生的“反人类罪行”负责。

路透社表示，上述情况令人想到智利前独裁者皮诺切特1998年在伦敦治病时被捕。那一次也是西班牙法庭发出的国际逮捕令。主办法官是卡尔松（Baltasar－Garzon）法官。

西班牙法律从2005年开始允许对在西班牙领土外犯有种族灭绝罪的嫌疑人使用普世管辖权和审判权，条件是涉案的国家还没有就案件展开调查。

Spanish judge issues arrest warrants for China's former President, Prime Minister

[File photo] Former President of China Jiang Zemin (left) and former PM Li Peng in Beijing on 17 March (year unknown).

Madrid (CNN) -- A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants Monday for China's former President Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng for alleged genocide against the people of Tibet, Spain's National Court in Madrid said.

The warrants against them and three other senior Chinese officials are the latest chapter in a long-running lawsuit by pro-Tibetan groups and a dual Tibetan-Spanish citizen who seek international legal action against some Chinese officials.

Judge Ismael Moreno issued the arrest warrants for alleged "genocide, torture and crimes against humanity," and ordered them to be sent to Interpol, the international police agency, according to a copy of the order viewed by CNN.

The former officials will surely not be arrested in China, but there's a "medium chance" of them being arrested if they go abroad, "depending on the country and its ethics," said Alan Cantos, president of the Barcelona-based Tibet Support Committee.

Cantos expressed satisfaction with the judge's order, which his group has been pushing with its co-plaintiffs: the House of Tibet Foundation and Thubten Wangchen Sherpa Sherpa, a Tibetan who has lived in Spain for about 20 years and has Spanish citizenship.

"It shows that justice after all works, against all odds. If you let justice work, victims can have retribution," Cantos said.

The arrest warrants came on the eve of a debate in Spanish parliament, on Tuesday, that reportedly could restrict the use of the universal justice principle in Spanish courts. It holds that if human rights abuses aren't addressed in the country where they occurred, a separate country -- in this case, Spain -- has the right to seek legal action.

Spanish courts have applied the principle in trying to seek justice for abuses committed under some former Latin American military regimes, but some foreign governments have complained about Spanish courts meddling in their affairs.

Repeated phone calls to the Chinese Embassy in Madrid went unanswered, and it was not immediately possible to get comment on the arrest warrants.