Amendment to the Health and Care Act: UK Prohibits Commercial Organ Tourism Click HERE to read the amendment to the Health and Care Act Last week, a new UK law came in to act; prohibiting commercial organ tourism to China, as well as other countries, internationally. The legislation change came about as a…
European Parliament Resolution of 5 May 2022 on the Reports of Continued Organ Harvesting in China (2022/2657(RSP)) Click HERE to view the resolution The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on EU-China relations, – having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2013 on organ harvesting in China[1], – having regard to the…
Uyghur NextGen Project: Statement Against Organ Trafficking The Uyghur NextGen Project stands in solidarity with the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) and its campaign to stop the Chinese government’s illegal and inhumane organ trade. We will fight alongside ETAC to ensure no human being, incarcerated or not, has to ever…
WATCH – Launch Event for the Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance, “DO NO HARM: Mitigating Human Rights Risks When Interacting with International Medical Institutions & Professionals in Transplantation Medicine”. Event 1 – Aust/UK/Europe timezone Wayne Jordash QC – International Human Rights Barrister and Managing Partner and Founder of Global Rights Compliance Dr Julian…
International Law Firm Global Rights Compliance Publish Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance, “DO NO HARM: Mitigating Human Rights Risks When Interacting with International Medical Institutions & Professionals in Transplantation Medicine”. We are delighted to announce the publication of the Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance, “Do No Harm: Mitigating Human Rights Risks When…
Open Letter – 65 NGOs Urge UN Special Rapporteurs to Take Further Action A joint open letter signed by 65 NGOs has been sent to the 12 UN Special Rapporteurs and human rights experts who issued a joint correspondence to the Chinese Government last year regarding credible evidence about forced organ harvesting targeting specific religious,…
David Kilgour by David Matas I have known David Kilgour all my adult life. From the get go, I could see that he was a friendly, outgoing, gregarious personality. David K. was an undergraduate at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg in the early 1960s the same time as I, a bit ahead of me,…
(This page will be updated regularly over the next week as messages continue to come in.) A Tribute to the Honourable David Kilgour It is with great sorrow that we farewell our dear friend and colleague David Kilgour. David’s warm and friendly nature, and his great capacity to care for and dedicate himself to others,…
Wednesday 30th March 2022, the UK’s House of Commons passed a government backed amendment to the Health and Care Bill to prohibit commercial organ tourism to China, as well as other countries globally. The amendment, which is likely to become legislation at the end of April 2022, means it will be illegal for British citizens…
Students for Falun Gong – Public Statement Students for Falun Gong stands in full support of the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China and our collective goal to end the inhumane act of forced organ harvesting in mainland China. For the past 20 years, the Chinese Communist Party has been systematically harvesting organs…
Execution by organ procurement: Breaching the dead donor rule in China Matthew P. Robertson and Dr Jacob Lavee The American Journal of Transplantation 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…
Execution by Organ Harvesting: A discussion on China’s crimes against humanity On Thursday, April 7th, VOC and ETAC co-hosted an online event with top China experts Matthew Robertson and Dr Jacob Lavee who presented on their groundbreaking paper published in the American Journal of Transplantation. Panelists include: Ambassador Andrew Bremberg (moderator), President and CEO, Victims of Communism Memorial…
The Arithmetic of Compassion: Sharing the Stories of Victims of Persecution in China By Andrew Quist Read the stories on the Arithmetic of Compassion website HERE For the past 20 years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been arresting and torturing prisoners of conscience. The organization International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China…
STATEMENT: CMA supports proposed legislation to criminalise coercion of organ donation and transplantation Read the statement on the CMA website HERE Ottawa – Mar. 21, 2022 – The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is deeply disturbed by ongoing reports of organ trafficking targeting minority populations in China. Recent reports from the China Tribunal and…
Ethical standards and organ transplant abuse (Remarks for a presentation to the United Nations Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law, Porto, Portugal March 9, 2022) by David Matas Chinese health practitioners have been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs in the thousands every year from the start of this century. This…
The Hudson Institute – Organ Harvesting as an Instrument of Religious Repression (Virtual Event) During the Hudson Institute’s “Olympics Boycott Series,” Nina Shea, director of Hudson’s Center for religious freedom, sat down with David Kilgour and David Matas to discuss their research on the Chinese government’s horrifying practice of organ harvesting.Mr. Kilgour and Mr.…
WATCH – Webinar: Human Trafficking Through An International Lens 25th Feburary 2022: ETAC’s UK Manager Victoria Ledwidge presented at the Human Trafficking Foundations’s webinar Human Trafficking Through An International Lens. Watch the forum on the Human Trafficking Foundations page HERE. This online forum examines forms of human trafficking around the world, considering…
Award-Winning Documentary Highlights Organ Harvesting in China (FREE VIEWING) Click HERE to watch the documentary Canaries in a Cold War Documentary | 2022 At the beginning of 2021, singer-songwriter and human rights activist James H. White sets out for Washington, DC to write a song in protest of the Beijing Winter Olympics. After…
MEP Mr Peter van Dalen Addresses Organ Harvesting at European Parliament Plenary Mr Peter van Dalen addressed organ harvesting in China in his speech in the European Parliament’s plenary, during the debate on the annual human rights report of the Parliament. Plenary session from 15/02/2022 Speech: Report on Human Rights and Democracy…
Invite to Sign: Declaration of Non-Collaboration with Doctors and Scientists in China To all Medical Practitioners and Scientists, The signatories of this document declare the following. We note with concern that these practices, which we regard as unethical, continue to be carried out in China: Forced birth control, sterilisations and abortions Forced…