American Journal of Transplantation STUDY – Surgeons Killed ‘Donors’ for Organ Removal

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Execution by organ procurement: Breaching the dead donor rule in China Matthew P. Robertson and Dr Jacob Lavee READ THE PAPER HERE – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajt.16969   MEDIA COVERAGE INCLUDES  https://www.afr.com/world/asia/surgeons-executed-chinese-prisoners-for-organs-anu-study-20220404-p5aam0 https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/study-chinese-doctors-executed-prisoners-by-organ-removal/   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The dead donor rule is fundamental to transplant ethics. The rule states that organ procurement must not commence until the donor is both…

Over 70 Civil Society Organisations Urge for Co-sponsorship of the US Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Bill of 2021

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In June 2021, over 70 organizations urged for co-sponsorship of the bipartisan Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021. The House bill H.R.1592 is sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and the Senate bill S.602 is sponsored by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE).  Read the full…

UN Special Procedures Experts Release Press Statement on Forced Organ Harvesting in China

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UPDATE: The full correspondence to the Chinese Government has now been released. Read it here – https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=26382   On June 14, 2021, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a press statement announcing that a correspondence was issued to China regarding allegations of forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners,…

The Arithmetic of Compassion

Psychic Numbing: Forced Organ Harvesting and Torture in China by Andrew Quist

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The Arithmetic of Compassion website raises awareness of psychological obstacles to compassion, including psychic numbing, pseudoinefficacy, and the prominence effect. “A famous saying goes, “One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” Due to psychic numbing, our sympathy for suffering and loss declines precipitously when we are presented with increasing numbers of…

Public Statement by the Human Rights Law Foundation on Abusive Organ Transplant Practices in the PRC

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The following is the Human Rights Law Foundation’s public statement on abusive organ transplant practices in China — 2018 Since the year 2000 the People’s Republic of China has engaged in state-led efforts to industrialize its system of organ procurement and transplantation. This has involved a variety of intensive efforts to modernize its transplantation system, provide…

“A Darkly Sinister Accusation” – response to Washington Post article by Ethan Gutmann

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“A Darkly Sinister Accusation” by Ethan Gutmann – FOR THE RECORD – Response to “China used to harvest organs from prisoners. Under pressure, that practice is finally ending” by Simon Denyer of the Washington Post (September 14, 2017).     View joint letters and correspondence from the Washington Post here   Back when I was working in…

SUBMISSION – Inquiry into Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism – Australian Government Inquiry

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SUBMISSION by EOP’s Australian Advocacy and Initiatives Committee (AAIC) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INQUIRY – Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – Inquiry into Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism   VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION Submission_Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism   Table of Contents About the Australian Advocacy and Initiatives Committee Executive…

ETHAN GUTMANN SPEAKS AT BRIEFING IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE, AUSTRALIA

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BY ETHAN GUTMANN A briefing via Skype at Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra. While I appreciate your invitation, listening to anyone on Skype can be tedious, so I’ll be brief. Three years ago, I gave testimony in Canberra on how the forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience evolved from a handful of Uyghur political…

SUBMISSION – THE STATUS OF THE HUMAN RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF – Australian Government Inquiry

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SUBMISSION by EOP’s Australian Advocacy and Initiatives Committee (AAIC) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INQUIRY – Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – The Status of the Human Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief   VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION Submission_TheStatusOfTheHumanBeingToFreedomOfReligionOrBelief_2017   Executive Summary The AAIC is grateful for the opportunity to make this submission and…

PUBLIC STATEMENT ON FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING IN CHINA – RAOUL WALLENBERG CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

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The following is Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights’ public statement on forced organ harvesting in China — 2017 The state-sanctioned organ pillaging particularly targeting the most vulnerable group in China, and especially singling out the Falun Gong is a standing assault on human rights, the Rule of Law, and China’s international treaty obligations. In a word,…

HOSTING CHINESE TRANSPLANT PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTH OFFICIALS

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BY DAVID MATAS Chinese transplant professionals and health officials have made an effort to be engaged in international transplant events. Chinese government spokesman Huang Jiefu and others were active participants in The Transplantation Society Congress in Hong Kong in August 2016 and the Vatican sponsored Pontifical Academy of Sciences summit on organ trafficking and transplant…

2017 FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT “THE BATTLE FOR CHINA’S SPIRIT” INCLUDES FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING

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In the Chapter “The money trail: Expenditures, exploitation, and organ harvesting”, the report states, “It is in the context of dehumanizing propaganda, severe abuse in custody, and economic inducements that the ultimate form of financial exploitation has been reported: the killing of Falun Gong detainees and the extraction of their organs to be sold at…

ETHAN GUTMANN RECEIVES NOMINATION FOR THE 2017 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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BY END ORGAN PILLAGING/PRESS RELEASE For investigative journalism and advocacy of a better China, Ethan Gutmann has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2004, Gutmann’s book Losing the New China exposed American corporate collusion in the construction of China’s controlled Internet, and contributed to Congress cross-examination of the legal representatives of Yahoo, Microsoft,…

WORLD FIRST – LIVER INTERNATIONAL RETRACTS CHINESE ARTICLE AND PLACES LIFETIME BAN ON AUTHORS

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The Guardian – Medical Journal to Retract Paper Over Concerns Organs Came from Executed Prisoners   Science Magazine – Study Retraction Reignites Concern Over China’s Possible Use of Prisoner Organs   The BMJ – Journal Retracts Chinese Paper Because Transplanted Livers Couldn’t Be Traced   China says it has stopped harvesting organs, but evidence belies…

VATICAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING SUMMIT MEDIA COVERAGE

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    Press coverage Read media reports featuring Vatican Organ Trafficking Summit    BMJ – Vatican faces outcry for inviting Chinese official to organ summit CTV NEWS – Sparks fly as Vatican conference challenges China on organs harvested from prisoners DAILY MAIL – Vatican row as China invited to organ transplant meet BBC – Vatican defends…

FILM CHALLENGING CHINA’S ORGAN PILLAGING PREMIERES IN U.K.

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BY EPOCH TIMES LONDON—Chinese-born Canadian actress Anastasia Lin is high on China’s most-wanted list. After being crowned Miss World Canada in 2015, instead of pursuing a glamorous life as a beauty queen, she chose to speak out about the human rights abuses in her native country. On Sept. 6, she was invited to Westminster for…