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DetailsORGAN TRANSPLANTS FROM PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN CHINA Message (virtual) by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., for International Coalition to end Organ Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) Annual General Meeting (virtual) of UOSSM* at McMaster University, Hamilton Feb 6th, 2021 Time is short, and hopefully there will be some questions, so permit me to address immediately…
DetailsETAC is becoming well known for its efforts to raise awareness of and bring an end to the illegal harvesting and trafficking of human organs. To succeed in this venture, it is critical that ETAC engage effectively with the international transplant community. We are therefore delighted to announce that transplant surgeons Prof David McGiffin and…
Details1 GRAPHISTE 1 ANIMATEUR RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) ETAC recrute des volontaires : rejoignez-nous en envoyant votre candidature STATUT : bénévole DURÉE : à temps partiel HORAIRES : 1 à 2 h par jour LIEU : travail à domicile Nous recrutons une ou des personnes pour les postes suivants avec des compétences…
DetailsOn Human Rights Day, December 2020 ETAC spoke at the meeting of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands Speaker: Susie Hughes, Executive Director, International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) Topic: Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China International Human Rights Day, 2020
DetailsAn amendment to combat China’s forced organ harvesting has passed through the House of Lords in UK Parliament, with government support. Following considerable pressure from across the House of Lords, the UK government has backed an amendment to the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill, which will mark the first UK legislative response to the China…
DetailsOn 13 January 2021, the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission (CPHRC) launched its new report on China, titled “The Darkness Deepens: The Crackdown on Human Rights in China 2016-2020” Beginning on page 42 the CPHRC report covers the issue of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China and the China Tribunal Judgment. Read…
DetailsCHINA MUST EXPLAIN BARBARIC ORGAN HARVESTING 29th January 2020 We demand China to explain a report on the killing of Muslim prisoners to harvest ‘Halal’ organs for rich Saudis. The report from a witness confirms the “slaughter on-demand” of China’s Muslim prisoners to provide “Halal” organs for rich Saudi customers. This trade, if true, would…
DetailsRemarks by the Hon David Kilgour at the National Capital Peace Council (of the Universal Peace Federation) online event, “Uyghur Genocide: Canadians Confronting China” The persecution of Turkic peoples in Xinjiang/East Turkistan is an increasingly criticized feature of Beijing’s rule under Xi Jinping. It began following Mao’s army seizure of the independent state of…
DetailsWinnipeg-based international human rights lawyer David Matas, and ETAC co-founder, has been awarded the first ever Global Humanitarian Leader of the Year award by the human rights group Canadians in Support of Refugees in Dire Need (CSRDN). The award recognizes outstanding individuals, organizations and programs that uphold the principles of peace, justice and mercy, irrespective…
Details“Before I start, can I wholeheartedly endorse the expression of appreciation for the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon)? It has been my great pleasure to work with him on a number of issues, especially freedom of religion or belief. He is an inspiring leader on that issue, in particular in his role as chair…
Details‘Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2020’ welcomed after introduction to both houses of the United States Congress US Legislators take action to protect US citizens and to stop a horrifying trade in China that claims the lives of innocent victims [17 December 2020]: Susie Hughes, Executive Director of the International Coalition to End Transplant…
DetailsSir Geoffrey Nice QC (China Tribunal Chair) speaks at 2020 Ministerial Side Event.
On the 4th November, 2020 the UK’s China Research Group hosted a webinar event focused on the China Tribunal. Sir Geoffrey Nice QC (China Tribunal Chair), Professor Martin Elliott and Hamid Sabi look at the findings of this year’s China Tribunal and evidence of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China.
DetailsPhoto: Lord Alton of Liverpool Originally posted here: https://www.davidalton.net/2020/10/29/lord-hunts-all-party-amendment-on-forced-organ-harvesting-in-china-targeting-falun-gong-uighurs-political-and-religious-dissidents-debated-in-parliament-peers-demand-that-the-governmen/ Lord Hunt of Kings Heath 24: Clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert— “(o) the origin and treatment of human tissue used in the process of developing and manufacturing medicines.”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment adds the origin and treatment of human tissue, including organs, to…
DetailsTo mark UK Anti-Slavery Day FREEDOM UNITED held a webinar with experts putting a spotlight on forced organ harvesting and organ trafficking – crimes that amount to underreported forms of modern slavery. Join the discussion with: Susie Hughes, Executive Director of International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China Tamara Barnett, Director of Human Trafficking…
Details(Revised Remarks for a panel October 26th, 2020 hosted by University of North Carolina Center for Bioethics and Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery) Recording of presentation available here: https://panopto-web.med.unc.edu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=4b81eef1-510c-4e56-b4d3-ac5c013c7b0a Medical ethics intersects with medical advocacy in various ways. One is advocacy to develop medical ethics locally. A second is advocacy for medical ethics in…
Details‘Gandhi and Human Rights, the Modern Context’ by David Matas (Talk prepared for presentation to The India Centre, University of Winnipeg) I want to begin with a quote from a 1949 essay George Orwell wrote about Gandhi. He wrote: “there is reason to think that Gandhi, who after all was born in 1869, did not…
DetailsAn unprecedented consortium of more than 117 organisations, academics, lawyers, community and faith leaders came together to urge the NSW Premier to end delay and bring the state’s historic Modern Slavery Act into force by 1 January 2021, two and a half years after it was passed unanimously by both houses of parliament in June…
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