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Open Letter signed by lawyers, academics and ethicists urges the Australian Government to close “Real Bodies: The Exhibition” – view letter and media coverage

An OPEN LETTER signed by lawyers, academics, ethicists and human rights advocates urges the Australian Government to close the ‘Real Bodies’ exhibition immediately. The authors also call for a boycott by all schools, universities and other organized groups. Media Coverage: The Guardian, SMH, News, ABC Radio, Network 10 The Project, VIce, The Conversation OPEN…

Experts speak at UK roundtable on forced organ harvesting – Westminster

A second roundtable meeting was held at Westminster on Tuesday the 17th April 2018 to raise awareness about claims of forced organ harvesting in China – co-hosted by Jim Shannon MP and Fiona Bruce MP. This meeting presented the available evidence of forced organ harvesting in China and experts discussed the steps the UK Government…

Interaction with Chinese Transplant Professionals – Harvard Medical School Centre for Bioethics Conference

Interaction with Chinese transplant professionals (Remarks prepared for a poster presentation at the Harvard Medical School Centre for Bioethics Conference April 13, 2018) by David Matas In China, there is a lot of money to be made from the sale of organs, a huge organ donor source of dehumanized prisoners, and nothing much to prevent…

OPEN LETTER to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS)

Committee members of the International Coalition To End Transplant Abuse In China (ETAC) wrote to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) to express concern that the Vatican conference “Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Access to Justice for the Poor and Vulnerable” held from March 12-13 included among its attendees and speakers Dr. Wang Haibo, the…

Seminar – China’s Reform Narrative on Transplant Abuse: Does it Stand Up to Scrutiny?

An online seminar examining the reform narrative, the evidence, and the implications for human rights in China – 20 February, 2018 Guest speakers notes and video timecodes: “The CCP’s Reform Narrative” (0:13) – Louisa Greve, International Affairs/Asia Specialist “The Evidence” – Matthew Robertson, Research Fellow, Human Rights Law Foundation “The Ethics” (24:52) – Wendy Rogers, Professor…

Public Statement by the Human Rights Law Foundation on Abusive Organ Transplant Practices in the PRC

February 10, 2018

The following is the Human Rights Law Foundation’s public statement on abusive organ transplant practices in China — 2018 Since the year 2000 the People’s Republic of China has engaged in state-led efforts to industrialize its system of organ procurement and transplantation. This has involved a variety of intensive efforts to modernize its transplantation system, provide…

Westminster Roundtable on Forced Organ Harvesting – Dec 2017

December 20, 2017

Ethan Gutmann’s remarks at the Westminster Roundtable on Forced Organ Harvesting, December 13, 2017 Back when I was a graduate student studying nuclear weapons, in the early 1980s, with Cold War tensions at an all-time high, my advisor, the late Warner Schilling, said to me: “I submit, that you may not recognize the Soviet Union…

“A Darkly Sinister Accusation” – response to Washington Post article by Ethan Gutmann

December 13, 2017

“A Darkly Sinister Accusation” by Ethan Gutmann – FOR THE RECORD – Response to “China used to harvest organs from prisoners. Under pressure, that practice is finally ending” by Simon Denyer of the Washington Post (September 14, 2017). View joint letters and correspondence from the Washington Post here Back when I was working in…

CALL FOR CORRECTION TO WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE

November 22, 2017

CALL FOR CORRECTION TO WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE The Washington Post recently claimed “China used to harvest organs from prisoners. Under pressure, that practice is finally ending” (Simon Denyer, 15 Sept 2017). There are two main claims in the article. The first is that the Chinese transplant system has now moved from reliance upon organs harvested…

COMMUNISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: THE CASE OF CHINA – PARIS

November 14, 2017

BY HON. DAVID KILGOUR, J.D The Platform of European Memory and Conscience International Conference Collège des Bernardins and Fondation Napoleon, Paris Communism as articulated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th century was not instituted in any country until after the Russian Revolution in 1917 and subsequent civil war during which an estimated 8-10…

POSITION STATEMENT – AUSTRALIAN LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

November 3, 2017

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Position Statement on Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism 1.Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) condemns the serious human rights violations from all forms of human trafficking in organs, including the systematic, forced and state-sanctioned organ trafficking from non-consenting persons, especially prisoners and prisoners of conscience. 2.ALHR strongly supports…

UYGHURS FORCED TO UNDERGO MEDICAL EXAMS, DNA SAMPLING

October 30, 2017

While Beijing speaks to the West about claimed Chinese transplant reform something very strange is taking place in Northwest China. Xinjiang has the dubious distinction of being China’s favourite testing ground: in the 1960s it was nuclear weapons tests. In the 1990s, it was it was the first province to experiment with live organ harvesting…

FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING IN CHINA: WHAT CAN WE DO?

October 13, 2017

Cafe Scientifique Presentation by Prof Wendy Rogers China is the only country in the world with a state-sanctioned programme of harvesting organs from prisoners. Wendy Rogers, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, will discuss evidence that forced organ harvesting still occurs in China and describe recent efforts by human rights lawyers, citizens and others to stop the…

BENEDICT ROGERS BARRED FROM ENTERING HONG KONG

October 12, 2017

Breaking story: Chinese authorities have expelled Ben Rogers – Deputy Chair of the Tory Human Rights Commission and EOP advisory board member – from Hong Kong. The world reacts. “If China is now in control of Hong Kong immigration, it means that the idea of Hong Kong people running Hong Kong is dead.” ~Ben…

CHANGES TO NORWEGIAN LEGISLATION ON ORGAN TRAFFICKING

October 5, 2017

BY NICOLAS STRÖMBÄCK On June 8th of 2017 the Government of Norway (Stortinget) updated the national transplant law i.a. regarding commercial use of illegally transplanted organs to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs (Treaty No. 216). Among the changes made are a clear statement that the law now…

SUBMISSION – Inquiry into Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism – Australian Government Inquiry

October 1, 2017

SUBMISSION by EOP’s Australian Advocacy and Initiatives Committee (AAIC) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INQUIRY – Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – Inquiry into Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION Submission_Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism Table of Contents About the Australian Advocacy and Initiatives Committee Executive…

TRANSPLANT VOLUMES IN CHINA

September 24, 2017

BY DAVID MATAS Presentation to the European Society of Transplantation, Barecelona, Spain David Kilgour and I have been researching, writing, and speaking on the killing of Falun Gong for their organs now for ten years. Ethan Gutmann is a journalist who interviewed us on our work and then did his own. Since David Kilgour and…

DAVID MATAS SPEAKS AT THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ORGAN DONATION AND PROCUREMENT – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

September 17, 2017

BY DAVID MATAS Remarks prepared for delivery at the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP), 7 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland Research that I and other have done has led to the conclusion that China has been involved in widespread, prolonged high volume organ transplant abuse which continues to this day. The sources of…

ETHAN GUTMANN SPEAKS AT BRIEFING IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE, AUSTRALIA

September 12, 2017

BY ETHAN GUTMANN A briefing via Skype at Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra. While I appreciate your invitation, listening to anyone on Skype can be tedious, so I’ll be brief. Three years ago, I gave testimony in Canberra on how the forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience evolved from a handful of Uyghur political…

SUBMISSION – THE STATUS OF THE HUMAN RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF – Australian Government Inquiry

September 5, 2017

SUBMISSION by EOP’s Australian Advocacy and Initiatives Committee (AAIC) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INQUIRY – Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – The Status of the Human Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION Submission_TheStatusOfTheHumanBeingToFreedomOfReligionOrBelief_2017 Executive Summary The AAIC is grateful for the opportunity to make this submission and…