Uncovering Organ Harvesting in China – and the Chilling Implications of Mass DNA Testing in Tibet A Conversation with Ethan Gutmann – Kate Saunders, the Foundation for Non-violent Alternatives (FNVA). SCROLL DOWN TO VIDEO US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on May 9: “We’re concerned by reports of the spread of mass DNA…
AAPS Position Statement on Forced Organ Harvesting Click HERE to read the statement on the AAPS website. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a national organization of physicians and surgeons in all specialties, founded in 1943, issues the following statement: There is overwhelming evidence that by the authority of the Chinese Communist…
Voices in Bioethics Podcast: Human Rights with Susie Hughes (Co-Founder and Executive Director of ETAC) Susie Hughes joins Anne Zimmerman to discuss forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China. Forced organ harvesting refers to the state-sponsored killing of prisoners of conscience in China to supply organs for transplantation. Many victims are Falun…
US Republican Reps Urge Blinken: Act Against the CCP’s Organ Harvesting Jun 29 2023: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida-02) and Congresswoman Michelle Steel (California-45) has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing deep concern regarding the Chinese Communist Party’s forced organ harvesting of wrongfully detained minorities—including Falun…
Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and Other Measures) Bill 2023 22nd June 2023: Senator Dean Smith (Western Australia) introduced the Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and Other Measures) Bill 2023; a Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes. “The amendments proposed in the Migration…
ETAC Australia Commends the Australian Government for Modern Slavery Act Recommendation ETAC Australia commends the Australian Government for accepting a recommendation made in our submission on the statutory review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) ETAC’s submission recommended at paragraph 69 that the Modern Slavery Guidance document “be amended to include organ trafficking as…
New Documentary Exposes China’s Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners – WATCH TRAILER Documentary Synopsis: Yun was a lovely 28-year-old lady with a happy family. Shawn was a 24-year-old college student who once aspired to be a computer expert. They both disappeared mysteriously in China around 20 years ago. The film follows the…
Texas Passes New Law to Stop Health Benefit Plan Coverage of Organ Transplant in China Texas SB1040 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature Click HERE to read the Bill. The Texas state legislature has passed a bipartisan bill relating to health benefit plan coverage of a transplant of an organ that originated from or…
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 2023: Forced Organ Procurement in China 19 – 22 April, Denver USA: The 43rd International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions took place this year, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of ISHLT while encouraging cross-collaboration among its Professional Communities. The program showcases…
Do No Harm: Business and Human Rights in Transplantation Medicine Click HERE for further details and to watch the event. Organ trafficking, forced organ harvesting, and unethical organ transplantation are global issues. Join us for a presentation by Wayne Jordash KC followed by a panel discussion where we will explore the risks of international…
FBI Arrests CCP Agents Targeting Falun Gong, Chinese Dissidents Previously published on Faluninfo.net. Click HERE to read the full article and HERE for the FBI report. April 17, 2023 – “Harry” Lu Jianwang, 61, qnd Chen Jinping, 59, have been arrested by the FBI and charged for operating an undeclared police station in…
Forced Organ Harvesting: Expanding the Dead Donor Rule by Anne Zimmerman When such an organ harvesting is not just nonconsensual, but performed in a way that causes a death or uses the pretense of brain death without meeting the criteria, it also violates the dead donor rule. The dead donor rule is both ethical…
United States Bill to Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Passed in the House Click HERE for the latest press release. This is an update to the previous release. Washington, March 27th, 2023: The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed (413-2) legislation—HR 1154—authored by Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, to combat…
Human Organ Supply: Report on Ethical Considerations and Breaches in Organ Harvesting Practices Click HERE for the full report. March 22, 2023: The New York City Bar Association has published a report on organ harvesting considerations, including forced organ harvesting in China and other ethical issues with organ donation. The report acknowledges the…
Cotton, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill in US Senate to Hold China Accountable for Forced Organ Harvesting Read the Press Release HERE and the Bill HERE March 09, 2023: Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) today introduced the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act to combat the unethical and criminal practice of…
Organ Transplant in Islam Aliya Khan MD, Ali Iqbal MD and Hamid Slimi PhD December 2022: A paper has been published in the Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association, discussing organ transplantation and its benefits as well as its permissibility in the Islamic faith. The authors noted that due to advances in science, technology,…
ETAC welcomes the progress of the bipartisan Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Bill in the United States. Below is the press release issued by Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) about the bill. The latest version of this release may be viewed at: https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=411235 WASHINGTON—Bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on…
The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny A new book has been published exploring the history, politics and ideology of the China’s authoritarian regime, the human rights abuses occurring in China and the international response to such practices. It is a must read for anyone wishing to understand…
The Communist Chinese Party’s Weaponizing of Organ Genocide Against the Unwanted (Remarks prepared for a webinar hosted by the Committee for the Present Danger: China January 5, 2023) by David Matas Click HERE to watch the webinar on the Committee for the Present Danger: China website. The evidence of the mass killing of…
Australia, New Zealand and Transplant Abuse in China (Revised remarks prepared for a Parliamentary briefing in Canberra, November 23, 2022, and Adelaide, South Australia November 29, 2022 and a public forum in Auckland, New Zealand, December 1, 2022) by David Matas I. Introduction One reason, though far from the only, that I and…