“Questions first arose over China’s transplant system when the numbers of transplants rose dramatically after 2000. Transplant capacity rapidly increased; new infrastructure was built and staff were trained. Hospital websites offered livers, hearts and kidneys available in a matter of days or weeks, for a price. Foreigners were encouraged to come to China to…
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…
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…
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.
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 (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.…
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…
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”.
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…
UNIVERSAL VALUES AND ENGAGEMENT WITH BEIJING West Lawn, Capitol Hill, Washington Notes for Hon. David Kilgour, J.D. For International Coalition to end Transplant Abuse in China July 18, 2019 ___________________________________________________ Twenty years ago, the party-state in Beijing launched a brutal campaign to eradicate Falun Gong. People everywhere should condemn the ongoing torture, killing, organ pillaging,…
The 20th anniversary of the repression of Falun Gong (Remarks prepared for a rally in Hong Kong July 20, 2019) by David Matas We are marking today the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Communist Party campaign of repression of Falun Gong. The fact of the repression and its continuation for so long are…
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 (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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Students are an important part of any movement and with universities all over the world having either established collaborations with China in relation to transplant medicine, research and training, or considering moving in that direction, its essential that students take a stand. If you are a student and are interested to link in with…
Over 20 Fact Witnesses, experts and investigators appeared before the China Tribunal on April 6th/7th, 2019 in Central London. Watch footage of the hearings here. BMJ – Richard Hurley – “Evidence to contradict “substantial” forced organ harvesting from prisoners in China is lacking, tribunal hears.” Bitter Winter – Ruth Ingram – “Governments that refuse to tackle…