Recommended points to include in your letter

• State the issue you are concerned about – Forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China
• Mention the new report “An Update” and urge them to read it (provide EOP web links so your representative can easily access the information – endtransplantabuse.org/an-update )
• Mention other new reports and provide links   eg Freedom House 2017 and U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom 2017https://freedomhouse.org/report/china-religious-freedomhttp://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2017.USCIRFAnnualReport.pdf
• Mention recent legislation/resolutions from around the world endtransplantabuse.org/legislation
• Urge them to take notice
• Urge them to act (see list below)
• Ask questions to engage them in a dialogue.   Ask if they are aware of this issue.  Ask if they have seen the new reports.  Ask if they are willing to support legislation efforts in your country.
• Offer them more information (If they have questions you cannot answer please let us know so we can provide you with the information you may need.  We can refer you to particular parts of the reports etc) )
• Ask for a reply

Urge them to..

1. Advocate for an international investigation into organ transplant abuse in China.
2. Condemn organ transplant abuse in China through moving a motion endorsing a resolution similar to HRes 343 and the European Parliament Resolution (2013)
3. Propose visa requirements that ban entry into the country of those complicit in organ transplant abuse.
4. Request a system of compulsory reporting for transplant tourism.
5. Introduce extra territorial legislation penalizing complicity in organ transplant abuse.
6. Ask the Government to sign on to the Council of Europe treaty on organ trafficking.