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Virginia County Passes Resolution Condemning Forced Organ Harvesting in China

On January 27, 2021, the Frederick County Board of Supervisors (FCSB) of Virginia passed a resolution condemning the forced harvesting of organs from religious prisoners of conscience by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as a warning to local residents to prevent them from traveling to China for organ transplants and inadvertently becoming complicit in the …

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Bipartisan Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress to End Organ Harvesting in China

Tom Cotton, Republican U.S. Senator from Arkansas, announced on December 16 that he and two Congress members, Congressmen Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) and Tom Suozzi (D-New York), had introduced a bipartisan bill to curb forced organ harvesting in China. Known as the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, this legislation “aims to prevent the Chinese Communist …

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Republican National Committee Passes Resolution Against Forced Organ Harvesting in China

The Republican National Committee (RNC) of the U.S. unanimously passed a resolution on August 2, 2019 to denounce forced organ harvesting in China. The RNC “strongly condemns the practice of China’s involuntary organ harvesting.” The full text of the resolution can be found at the end of this article. Shawn Steel, former chair of the …

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Media Spotlight on China’s Organ Harvesting Crimes Upon Conclusion of Tribunal in London

An independent people’s tribunal in London, established to inquire into forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, announced its findings on June 17, 2019. The panel concluded that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in China for many years, and that this brutality still continues …

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Missouri State Legislature Condemns Forced Organ Harvesting in China

Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) No. 6 was voted on by the Missouri House of Representatives on May 15, 2019, making the resolution officially passed by the Missouri State Legislature. SCR 6 calls on “the Chinese Government to end the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners as well as prisoners of conscience, specifically Falun Gong prisoners …

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Germany: Forced Organ Harvesting in China Highlighted in Parliament Hearing

On May 8, 2019, the German Bundestag’s Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid held a public hearing on the persecution of religious minorities in China. More than 20 Members of the Bundestag (MdB) attended the hearing, which included experts from NGOs, representatives of minority groups, and scholars. David Li, a researcher with China Organ …

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Croatian Parliament Adopts Convention Against Organ Trafficking

The Croatian Parliament voted unanimously on March 1, 2019, to adopt the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, becoming the eighth European nation to ratify the treaty. The Convention was drafted in 2015 after the European Parliament passed a resolution in 2013 condemning the Chinese regime’s “state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners …

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Czech Senate Passes Resolution Calling for End to Persecution of Falun Gong in China

The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic passed a resolution expressing support for persecuted groups in China, including Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners, Christians, Uighurs, and Tibetans. Resolution No. 131 passed on March 20, 2019. It called for the Czech president and government to demand that China adhere to the international …

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