WND reported in 2004 charges by the banned Falun Gong group – backed up by Chinese doctors and human rights experts – that the communist government was torturing prisoners, executing them and trafficking in their body parts.
China’s ambassador to Ireland is to be asked to appear before an Oireachtas committee to discuss claims that the Chinese authorities have been harvesting bodily organs from prisoners.
A report investigating alleged organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China was presented to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs today.
Labor’s Chris Bowen, has become the first MP to address the Australian Parliament on the issue of forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Amnesty International new statement on Organ Harvesting – Amnesty international has appealed to the Chinese authorities to stop the campaign of persecution of Falun Gong, including by releasing all those detained solely on account of their peaceful religious or spiritual beliefs and practices.
Member of the Australian Labor Party Dr. Carmen Lawrence attended the rally entitled “Join Together to Stop the CCP from Harvesting Organs of Living Falun Gong Practitioners”. She said that the persecution of Falun Gong is against the values respected in the 21st century.
Australian Senator Andrew Barlett, who recently announced to join the “Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China” (CIPFG) attended the rally and made a speech to express the support and encouragement of the Australian Democrats.
Falun Gong practitioners from Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane held a rally and anti-torture exhibition in front of Parliament House in Canberra. They called on the Australian government to pay attention to the CCP’s atrocities of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners and take to measures to stop this crime against humanity.
On October 4, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Sydney and Canberra started a van tour to clarify the truth of the persecution against Falun Gong to people in the small towns along the coast north of Sydney.
The Taiwanese Vice President, Ms. Annette Lu, met the two Canadian independent investigators, Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, on October 13, 2006 and paid close attention to the report concerning the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) organ harvesting from living people.
Taiwan condemns in the strongest possible terms China’s harvesting of human organs from executed Falun Gong practitioners, Mainland Affairs Council(MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu said yesterday.
