VIDEO: Comments by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC at UN Human Rights Council Side Event
Speech by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Chair of the China Tribunal, at the UN Human Rights Council Side Event. September, 2019.
Organ Transplant Abuse in China: International Standards and Remedies
Organ Transplant Abuse in China: International Standards and Remedies (Paper presented to the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law and New Zealand Bioethics Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, November 23, 2019) by David Matas Introduction The Communist Party of China has been killing prisoners of conscience since the early 2000s in the tens of thousands…
Organ Transplants & Crimes Against Humanity in China: An Australian Issue – Dr. David Matas
Complicity (Remarks prepared for a panel on organ transplants and crimes against humanity in China, November 18, 2019, Sydney, Australia) by David Matas I have been asked to address three questions on complicity: What is complicity? What are some scenarios where persons in Australia could be found complicit in organ transplant abuse in China? What…
The Inconvenient Truth for the UK Government about China
Organ Sourcing in China: The Official Version, Part II (Remarks prepared for delivery to a seminar in the UK Parliament September 11, 2019) I gave a talk to a symposium in Bern, Switzerland in April 2015 where I went through chronologically with commentary the various official versions of organ sourcing in China. More than four…
British Medical Association Gravely Concerned about Forced Organ Harvesting in China
Press Release Issued by the British Medical Association – June 18, 2019 – READ RELEASE Responding to the publication of the final judgment of the Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China (the China Tribunal),1 Dr John Chisholm, BMA medical ethics committee chair, said: “We are gravely concerned by the judgment delivered…
Action Plan – Denmark, Finland and Sweden
Combating Organ Transplant Abuse in China: a Nordic Action Plan by David Matas In remarks I delivered to public seminars in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 17, 2019, and Helsinki, Finland, on September 18, 2019 and to a Parliamentary briefing in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 19, 2019, I presented for each country an action plan to…
70th Anniversary of Communism – China’s Bloody Record Only Worsens
The regime has continued to direct a vast network organ-harvesting from prisoners of conscience — primarily Falun Gong –– since 2001, but also from Tibetans, Christians and Muslim Uyghurs. As China’s Communist Party marks 70 years in power as of Oct. 1, a recent Nanos opinion survey indicated that nine in 10 Canadians hold a…
Professor Wendy Rogers Named Australia’s Research Field Leader for Bioethics
ETAC’s Professor Wendy Rogers has been named Australia’s Research Field Leader for bioethics by The Australian. For more details see the Special Report.
Hamid Sabi – Counsel to the China Tribunal Addresses the UN Human Rights Council – covered by over 70 media outlets
Mr Hamid Sabi – Counsel to the China Tribunal addressed the UN Human Rights Council on the 24th September, 2019. (Footage provided by UN live feed and Ingenieurs du Monde.) BELOW – See full text speech & coverage in over 70 media outlets. Full Speech Text Mr. Vice President The Durban Declaration “affirms the urgent…
Mandatory Reporting of Transplant Tourism – David Matas – ESOT Congress, Denmark
Mandatory reporting of transplant tourism (Remarks prepared for delivery to the European Society for Organ Transplantation Congress September 16, 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark) by David Matas Should the law require reporting by health professionals to health administrators of transplant tourism? What form of reporting is viable? This is a particularly relevant question for Europe right now.…
A Personal Note to the British Foreign Office – Ethan Gutmann
Westminster Statement, September 11, 2019 “A personal note to the British Foreign Office” Ethan Gutmann The London China Tribunal is wrapping up soon, but the UK foreign policy apparatus will remain. So tonight, I want to speak directly and candidly to the British Foreign Office. As part of this experiment in plain speaking, I want…
The Medical Republic Podcast Examines Organ Harvesting in China
A recent episode of the excellent ‘The Medical Republic Podcast’ featured organ harvesting in China. You can subscribe to The Medical Republic podcast on iTunes, Spotify via the RSS feed or wherever you get your podcasts by searching for ‘The Medical Republic”.
Fifteen Science Papers Retracted Over Suspicion Authors Used Organs Harvested from Prisoners
The journals PLOS ONE and Transplantation have retracted fifteen journal papers by Chinese authors over suspicion they used harvested organs from executed prisoners. Both journals have cited a paper published by ETAC’s International Advisory Committee chair Wendy Rogers. Rogers and colleagues at Macquarie University in Sydney Australia found more than 400 articles that likely used…
The Development of Human Rights Norms as a Reaction to Genocide – David Matas
The Development of Human Rights Norms as a Reaction to Genocide (Paper presented to the International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia July 18, 2019) by David Matas Extremes Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities began his novel, written in 1859 and set in Paris and London at the time of…
Ostracism or Engagement in Combating Unethical Medical Research – Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference 2019 – Dr David Matas
Ostracism or engagement in combating unethical medical research (Paper for presentation to the Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference 2019, Keble College, Oxford, 2 July,2019) by David Matas Introduction Where any component of medical research in a country is unethical, should the global research network working in that component ostracize or engage with researchers…
1000 Canadian and US Physicians Sign Against Forced Organ Harvesting
1000 North American physicians have signed the following letter against forced organ harvesting atrocities in China. Physicians from Australia and the UK and citizens worldwide have also signed in support. To add your name please click on the links below. Link for Canadian Doctors Link for Canadian Citizens Link for American Doctors Link for American…
Highlights: China Tribunal Judgement Delivered
International People’s Tribunal exposes ‘wicked’ mass crimes and killings unmatched over the last century. “Forced organ harvesting has been committed for years throughout China on a significant scale and that Falun Gong practitioners have been one – and probably the main – source of organ supply.” “Governments and any who interact in any substantial…
Canada Must End Complicity in China’s Brutal Organ Trafficking Regime
Republished with permission from Maria Cheung via The Conversation The clock is ticking on Canada’s chance to enact important measures against organ trafficking. For the past two decades, the Chinese regime has been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs. The purchase and sale of human lives has become an industry, and Canada, among other developed…
Engaging China with Canadian Values – David Kilgour
ENGAGING CHINA WITH CANADIAN VALUES Notes for Hon. David Kilgour, J.D. of International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC), Canadian International Council Forum Alt Hotel, Ottawa May 8, 2019, 7 pm ____________________________________________________________ Wei Jingsheng of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition notes that “The constitution of the Chinese Communist Party very clearly states: ‘the…
Belgium Passes Legislation Reform to Combat Organ Tourism
Bill Unanimously Approved On April 2, 2019, the Public Health Commission in the Belgian Federal Parliament has unanimously approved the bill regarding criminalizing commercial organ trade and organ tourism. This law proposition refers directly to the European Parliament Resolution from 2013: “In its December 2013 resolution (2013/2981 (RSP)) and in its Written Declaration of July…
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