organ harvesting

2016 Year in Review: Another Successful Year of Peaceful Resistance

In 2016, Falun Gong’s peaceful resistance to the brutal persecution marked its 17th year. Calls from Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters for an end to forced organ harvesting in China was recognised by the international community in 2016. American and European lawmakers passed resolutions and declarations requesting that the Chinese regime put a stop …

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Western Australia: Falun Gong Car Tour Raises Awareness of Organ Harvesting Atrocities in China

A car tour through Western Australia is having a profound effect in raising awareness about crimes taking place thousands of miles away in China. In mid-November of last year, Mr. Peter Abetz, current member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, met with Falun Gong practitioners (Falun Gong is also known as Falun Dafa) in front …

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Documentary about China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Screened at UK Parliament

The Conservative Party Human Rights Commission of the UK Parliament held a November 22 screening of the documentary Hard to Believe, a film that reveals the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in China. Lawmakers, medical experts, and human right activists attended the screening in the Parliament building. Ethan …

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Germany: Elected Officials Call for Stopping China’s State-Sanctioned Live Organ Harvesting

The International Forum on Forced Organ Harvesting in China was held in Berlin, Germany on October 28, 2016, days before the official human rights dialogues between China and Germany, as well as between China and the European Union. Elected officials, including a member of German Parliament (MP) and a member of European Parliament (MEP), attended …

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German Lawmakers Talk with Human Rights Activists about Forced Organ Harvesting in China

German lawmakers wanted to learn more details about the persecution of Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) in China before the 35th European Union-China Human Rights Dialogue. Two members of the Bundestag of Germany, Michael Brand and Martin Patzelt, invited the Falun Dafa Association and other human rights organisations for a dialogue on Monday, …

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Protesting Organ Harvesting Atrocities in China Outside a Conservative Party Conference in the UK

Outside of Birmingham’s International Convention Center, Falun Gong practitioners held various activities on October 3 and 4 to raise awareness about state-sanctioned organ harvesting atrocities in China. Those killed for their organs are prisoners of conscience, most of whom practice Falun Gong. The Conservative Party was holding a conference inside at the same time. Many …

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Documentary Film “Human Harvest” Shown in Mexico and Indonesia

The documentary film Human Harvest was shown to the public for the first time at the National Autonomous University of Mexico on August 24, 2016. The university’s Human Rights Research Center invited teachers and students to watch the film. The film, which exposes the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state-sanctioned organ harvesting from living Falun Gong …

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Speech by David Matas at TTS: The High Number of Organ Transplants in China

When The Transplantation Society (TTS) held its 26th annual conference in Hong Kong between August 19-23, 2016, Chinese officials highlighted the event and evaded the topic of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. The Chinese regime has changed its explanation a number of times in the past several years regarding the primary …

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