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The International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China

We are a coalition of lawyers, medical professionals and human rights advocates dedicated to ending organ transplant abuse in and from China.

Legislation to Combat the CCP’s Ghoulish Industry of Stealing People’s Organs Clears Major Hurdle in US Congress

ETAC welcomes the progress of the bipartisan Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Bill in the United States. Below is the press release issued by Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) about the bill. The latest version of this release may be viewed at: https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=411235 WASHINGTON—Bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on…

New Book Released: The China Nexus

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny A new book has been published exploring the history, politics and ideology of the China’s authoritarian regime, the human rights abuses occurring in China and the international response to such practices. It is a must read for anyone wishing to understand…

The CCP’s Weaponizing of Organ Genocide Against the Unwanted – Remarks by David Matas

The Communist Chinese Party’s Weaponizing of Organ Genocide Against the Unwanted (Remarks prepared for a webinar hosted by the Committee for the Present Danger: China January 5, 2023) by David Matas Click HERE to watch the webinar on the Committee for the Present Danger: China website. The evidence of the mass killing of…

Australia, New Zealand and Transplant Abuse in China – Remarks by David Matas

Australia, New Zealand and Transplant Abuse in China (Revised remarks prepared for a Parliamentary briefing in Canberra, November 23, 2022, and Adelaide, South Australia November 29, 2022 and a public forum in Auckland, New Zealand, December 1, 2022) by David Matas 21 December 2022 I. Introduction One reason, though far from the only,…

Organ Transplant Abuse in China and Legal Responses – Remarks by David Matas, Gold Coast, Australia

Organ Transplant Abuse in China and Legal Responses (Remarks prepared for delivery to the World Congress for Medical Law, Gold Coast, Australia, December 7th, 2022) by David Matas The Congress theme for the papers presented today is medicine and technology. The technology I wish to address is the technology of organ transplantation. The…

Acting Against Transplant Abuse in China – Remarks by David Matas, Canberra, Australia

Acting Against Transplant Abuse in China (Remarks prepared for a Parliamentary briefing Canberra, Australia November 23, 2022) by David Matas Thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak to you today about transplant abuse in China. I have been working on this issue now for more than sixteen years, and have met before…

Canadian Bill S-223 Combatting Organ Trafficking Unanimously Passes into Law

Canadian Bill S-223 Combatting Organ Trafficking Unanimously Passes into Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs) has now passed into law. This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create new offences in relation to trafficking in human organs. It also amends the…

ETAC Australia: Submission to the Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)

ETAC Australia: Submission to the Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION HERE EXCERPTS FROM THE SUBMISSION “Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) 6. ETAC welcomes the Review of Australis’s Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Review). 7. The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Act) requires that a…

Amendment 91 to UK Procurement Bill Agreed – Combatting Forced Organ Harvesting

Amendment 91 to UK Procurement Bill Agreed – Combatting Forced Organ Harvesting Update to the Amendment to the Procurement Bill Moved in the UK House of Lords. 30th November 2022: The debate in the House of Lords concluded with Amendment 91 (forced organ harvesting) to the Procurement Bill defeating the Government, winning 191…

Jiang Zemin – Leader of the Mass Killing of Innocents by David Matas

Jiang Zemin – Leader of the Mass Killing of Innocents by David Matas Originally published in the Epoch Times – https://www.theepochtimes.com/jiang-zemin-leader-in-the-mass-killing-of-innocents_4896232.html The death of Jiang Zemin, former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), reminds us of the instrumental role he played in the mass killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs. That mass killing wouldn’t…

Former CCP Leader Jiang Zemin Who First Issued the Order to Harvest Organs from Falun Gong Practitioners, Dies

Former Chinese Communist Party Leader Jiang Zemin Who First Issued the Order to Harvest Organs from Falun Gong Practitioners, Dies Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who is responsible for launching the brutal persecution against people who practice Falun Gong (Buddhist Qigong), has died. He was 96. Jiang Zemin, was the communist regime’s top leader from…

CECC 2022 Annual Report Includes Forced Organ Harvesting in China

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) 2022 Annual Report Includes Forced Organ Harvesting in China November 14th 2022 (WASHINGTON, DC): U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chair and Cochair of the bipartisan and bicameral CECC, issued the Commission’s 2022 Annual Report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments…

New Amendment to Procurement Bill Moved in the UK House of Lords – Combatting Forced Organ Harvesting

New Amendment to Procurement Bill Moved in the UK House of Lords – Combatting Forced Organ Harvesting Procurement Bill – House of Lords committee stage amendment on forced organ harvesting. The amendment would block U.K. public contracts with companies that could be complicit in facilitating forced organ harvesting. “[The] amendment is designed to…

Innovation and Value: Organ Transplant Abuse in China – Remarks by David Matas

Innovation and Value: Organ Transplant Abuse in China (Remarks prepared for an International Academic Forum conference on arts, media and culture, Kyoto, Japan, October 20, 2022) By David Matas This paper is intended as a contribution to the International Academic Forum Innovation and Value Initiative. The approach of the Initiative, as described on the…

JHLT Article: Transplant Ethics and Forced Organ Harvesting

Perspective Article published in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Transplant Ethics and Forced Organ Harvesting Click HERE to read the full article In this Perspective article, the authors comment on the recent statement from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) regarding transplant ethics. The article concludes that this…

Global Accountability Network Report Includes Forced Organ Harvesting “A Multi-Generational Effort to Eliminate the Uyghurs: An Ongoing Genocide”

The Global Accountability Network’s Pacific Rim Accountability Project have just released an extensive white paper on the Uyghur situation in China. Titled A Multi-Generational Effort to Eliminate the Uyghurs: An Ongoing Genocide the paper draws attention to crimes committed against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang/East Turkestan, including forced organ harvesting. View and download the full…

International Association of Bioethics (IAB) 2022 Award for Bioethics Service in the Face of Challenges Awarded to Prof. Wendy Rogers

ETAC would like to congratulate Professor Wendy Rogers on receiving the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) 2022 Award for Bioethics Service in the Face of Challenges. Wendy is Chair of ETAC’s International Advisory Committee and has worked tirelessly to investigate and expose the forced organ harvesting atrocities happening in China today. (Scroll down to watch…

Killing Prisoners for Transplants: Forced Organ Harvesting in China

Killing prisoners for transplants: Forced organ harvesting in China The Conversation Click HERE to read full article on The Conversation website AUTHORS: Dr Ali Iqbal, Transplant Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University Dr Aliya Khan, Clinical professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University Organ…

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Issues Policy Regarding Transplant Abuse in China

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Issues Policy Regarding Transplant Abuse in China Click HERE to read the full policy statement The ISHLT Policy Statement can also be found on their policy page and in the Guidelines for Submitting Abstracts. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) issued a policy…

ETAC Joins 55 Organisations Urging for US Sanctions to Stop the Uyghur Genocide

ETAC Joins 55 Organisations Urging for US Sanctions to Stop the Uyghur Genocide Click HERE to read the full joint civil society letter to the US Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State Dear Secretary Yellen and Secretary Blinken: We, the 56 undersigned organizations dedicated to human rights in China and to…