International Religious Freedom Summit 2026: Speakers Sarah Cook and Samir Goswami

Image: The panels for Breakout Session 2, Awareness Track (L) and Breakout Session 2: Accountability Track (R).   International Religious Freedom Summit 2026: Speakers Sarah Cook (ETAC) and Samir Goswami (GRC)   February 2nd, 2026, Washington D.C: At the 2026 International Religious Freedom Summit, speakers Sarah Cook (on behalf of ETAC) and Samir Goswami (on…

Public Statement: Human Rights Action Group’s Position on Forced Organ Harvesting

Human Rights Action Group’s Position on Forced Organ Harvesting   Click HERE to view the original document   Human Rights Action Group (HRAG) condemns the practice of forced organ harvesting in all its forms, including the systematic and state-enabled removal of organs from non-consenting individuals.   HRAG is concerned by the substantial body of evidence…

Joint NGO Letter Urges UK Prime Minister to Prioritise Human Rights Agenda During China Visit

Joint NGO Letter Urges UK Prime Minister to Prioritise Human Rights Agenda During China Visit   22 January 2026: Fortify Rights, ETAC and 17 other organisations issued a joint letter to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to prioritise human rights in his discussions with China’s President Xi Jinping and other government officials during his expected…

G7+7 Petition Reaches Over Half a Million Signatures

G7+7 Petition Reaches Over Half a Million Signatures   Click HERE for the full press release   WASHINGTON, DC, WA, UNITED STATES, December 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — The international G7 + 7 petition calling on governments to take coordinated action against forced organ harvesting has surpassed half a million signatures worldwide, underscoring growing public pressure for action…

CECC 2025 Annual Report – Includes Section on “End Forced Organ Harvesting”

CECC 2025 Annual Report – Includes Section on “End Forced Organ Harvesting”   10 December 2025: The Congressional-Executive Commision on China (CECC) published its annual report, “trac[ing] broken promises across both in international obligations and China’s own stated guarantees” for human rights.   The report included information on forced organ harvesting, excerpt below: END FORCED…

WATCH: 7NEWS The Issue Podcast – “Fighting Against the Horror of Forced Organ Harvesting” with David Matas

Image: Screenshot from 7NEWS Youtube video of podcast   7NEWS The Issue Podcast – “Fighting Against the Horror of Forced Organ Harvesting”   29 November 2025: David Matas joins 7NEWS National Security Editor Tim Lester on The Issue podcast to deep dive into the background of forced organ harvesting in China, and what Australia’s response…

David Matas: ACLM 2025 ASM, Kuala Lumpur Parliamentary Briefing and the World Conference on Bioethics – November 2025

David Matas: ACLM 2025 ASM, Kuala Lumpur Parliamentary Briefing and the World Conference on Bioethics – November 2025   Preventing and remedying cross border transplant abuse in Australasia – at the Australasian College of Legal Medicine 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore Legislative precedents addressing cross border transplant abuse – briefing for Parliamentarians in Kuala Lumpur,…

IPAC Summit 2025 – Speeches by Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, Dr Matthew Robertson, and Wayne Jordash KC

Image (L-R): Speakers Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, Dr Matthew Robertson, and Wayne Jordash KC at the IPAC Summit 2025.   IPAC Summit 2025 – Speeches by Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, Dr Matthew Robertson, and Wayne Jordash KC   07 November 2025: At the fifth annual Summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), three distinguished…

IPAC Lawmakers Pledge to Advance Legislation to Prohibit & Prevent Forced Organ Harvesting

IPAC Lawmakers Pledge to Advance Legislation to Prohibit & Prevent Forced Organ Harvesting and Organ Trafficking   Members of the Inter-parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) from 28 countries met last week in Brussels for the fifth annual Summit. Cross-party Lawmakers discussed a range of human rights issues including upholding peace and stability in the Taiwan…

Retraction Watch: Suspect Organ Transplant Papers Remain in the Literature

Retraction Watch: Suspect Organ Transplant Papers Remain in the Literature   24 October 2025: Retraction Watch has reported on the progress of paper retractions on organ transplantation, based on literature flagged in a 2019 scoping review by Rogers et al. The scoping review had concluded that 445 Chinese papers reporting research on Chinese transplant recipients…

Elsevier Retracts Eight Chinese Transplant Papers

Image: Screenshots of a retraction notice by Elsevier on the ScienceDirect platform for several articles published in the journal Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology.   Elsevier Retracts Eight Chinese Transplant Papers   Click HERE to view the retraction notice   10 October, 2025: Publisher Elseiver has retracted eight publications on Chinese transplant research…

Chinese Transnational Repression in Australia and Forced Organ Harvesting – Remarks by David Matas

Image: Matas with poster presentation “Transplant Nurses and Transplant Law Reform” at the Transplant Nurses Associations Conference in Brisbane, Australia. Matas received communication from the Association prior to the conference that included an admonition that ‘no political grandstanding will be tolerated’- a warning uniquely directed at him and not issued to other presenters.   Chinese…

Media Release: Trade Visit to China Raises National Concern Over Australia’s Human Rights Safeguards

Photo featured: Shanghai Renji Hospital East Campus (left), Renji Hospital (right)   Media Release: Trade Visit to China Raises National Concern Over Australia’s Human Rights Safeguards   Experts warn Queensland Trade’s possible health collaboration with China may pose risks without verifiable organ-source transparency   QUEENSLAND – Tuesday, 21 October, 2025 Queensland’s recent trade mission(1) to…

European Laws Against Cross Border Organ Transplant Abuse – By David Matas

European Laws Against Cross Border Organ Transplant Abuse (Text basis for a poster presentation at the ELPAT (Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation) conference in Seville, Spain, October 9th to 11th) by David Matas   Background:  The laws in Europe on cross border organ transplant abuse are underdeveloped. One reason is the relative…

THE XINJIANG PROCEDURE by Ethan Gutmann: Available for Pre-Order

THE XINJIANG PROCEDURE by Ethan Gutmann   From the author of the acclaimed book The Slaughter, The Xinjiang Procedure explores the unwavering journey Ethan Gutmann took to expose China’s organ harvesting practices and the startling evidence that was gathered from the Xinjiang concentration camps.   To pre-order the book, write to mkarinch@arminlear.com (with full publication…

Laws Enacted and Proposed Prohibiting and Remedying Transplant Tourism and Complicity in Organ Transplant Abuse Abroad – Remarks by David Matas

Image: Attendees at the World Congress on Medical Law 2025. Laws Enacted and Proposed Prohibiting and Remedying Transplant Tourism and Complicity in Organ Transplant Abuse Abroad (Presentation to the World Congress on Medical Law 2025 , Istanbul, Türkiye, August 7th) By David Matas   The evidence of mass killing in China of prisoners of conscience for…