organ harvesting awareness

Film “Harvested Alive: Ten Years of Investigations” Screened at Slovak Parliament

World NewsDecember 17, 20170Comments

The documentary film “Harvested Alive: Ten Years of Investigations” was screened in the Slovak parliament on Thursday, December 7, 2017. About ten members of parliament and five assistants attended the screening, which was sponsored by MP Peter Osuský. The screening was prompted by a visit to Slovakia by a representative from the World Organization to…

Film on China’s Live Organ Harvesting, “The Bleeding Edge,” Screens in Canada

World NewsNovember 20, 20160Comments

The Bleeding Edge, a film exposing China's state-sanctioned organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, was shown as part of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) on November 5, 2016. The film is a narrative feature by award-winning Vancouver-based director Leon Lee, who won a Peabody Award in 2015 for his documentary Human Harvest about…

New Zealand: Nationwide Car Tour Drawing Attention to Chinese Regime’s Organ Harvesting Crimes

World NewsOctober 19, 20160Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in New Zealand embarked on a nationwide car tour in the first week of October 2016 to raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) state-sanctioned killing of prisoners of conscience and taking their organs for transplants. The car tour visited over ten cities in two weeks. Their efforts drew attention from…

Major Danish Newspaper Covers Chinese State-sanctioned Organ Harvesting Crimes

World NewsOctober 16, 20160Comments

Berlingske, one of the largest newspapers in Denmark, published two full-page articles on October 12, 2016, revealing the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China. The articles were titled, “When political prisoners are killed to order” (Når politiske fanger bliver dræbt på bestilling) and “Members of religious movement used as organ storage” (Medlemmer…

Australia: Car Tour Calls for an End to the Ongoing Persecution in China

Australia NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

Australian Falun Dafa practitioners in Sydney began a 100-city car tour on August 29, 2016. The tour aims at raise awareness of the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa in China, especially the state-sanctioned large-scale forced organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa practitioners in China. They also call upon the Australian government of various levels, along…

Malaysia: Forced Organ Harvesting Exposed in Major Chinese Newspaper

World NewsAugust 4, 20160Comments

Falun Gong has been banned in China for 17 years, and a large number of practitioners have been arrested, detained, and tortured for their belief in the practice. This peaceful meditation practice has been well-received for years in over 100 countries outside of China. The Guang Ming Daily, a major Chinese newspaper in Malaysia, recently published…

European Parliament Asked to Investigate Forced Organ Harvesting of Prisoners of Conscience in China

World NewsJune 16, 20160Comments

The European Parliament passed a resolution in December 2013 to call on China to stop the forced organ harvesting of living prisoners of conscience, the majority of whom are Falun Gong practitioners. Twelve European lawmakers recently issued a written statement asking the European Parliament to initiate an investigation of China's live organ harvesting. If half of…

Minnesota Senate Resolution Expresses Concern Over Organ Harvesting in China

World NewsMay 29, 20160Comments

May 27, 2016 | The 89th Session of Minnesota Senate passed Resolution SF2090 on May 20, 2016 “expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned, forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting prisoners of conscience, primarily from Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their spiritual beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups in…

Hamburg, Germany: People Oppose Organ Harvesting in China

World NewsMay 29, 20160Comments

May 24, 2016 | It was a fine spring day in Hamburg, Germany, and the downtown area was swarming with tourists and local residents, as usual. Next to Reesendammbruecke, a tourist site more than 150 years old, Falun Gong practitioners set up a booth to raise awareness about the persecution in China, especially the organ harvesting…