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

World NewsOctober 13, 20160Comments

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…

Documentary Film “Human Harvest” Shown in Mexico and Indonesia

World NewsOctober 9, 20160Comments

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…

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

World NewsSeptember 23, 20160Comments

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…

History Suggests the Communist Regime Is Lying about Its Source of Organs for Transplants

China News, World NewsSeptember 11, 20160Comments

When the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS) was held in Hong Kong in August, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claimed that China used only organs from death row prisoners for transplants and that the allegation of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience was, therefore, “a lie.” Ironically,…

Australians Call on Prime Minister to Bring Up Falun Gong Issue During China Trip

Australia NewsSeptember 9, 20160Comments

Before Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's visit to China for the G20 Summit, Falun Gong practitioners and supporters held several large scale rallies in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, requesting the Prime Minister to bring up the persecution of Falun Gong during his meeting with Chinese leaders and to help stop the state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting…

UK Falun Dafa Association and DAFOH Submit 11,000 Signatures to Prime Minister

World NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

Representatives of the UK Falun Dafa Association and Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) submitted more than 11,000 signatures on August 22, 2016, on a petition to the office of Prime Minster Theresa May, calling for the British government to help stop the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) large-scale forced organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa…

What’s Behind China’s Denial of Forced Organ Harvesting?

China News, World NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

The Chinese state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, became a focus of media attention during the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong from August 19 to 23, something the Chinese government did not expect. The New York Times published four reports on the issue. On August…

Australia: “Hard to Believe” Premiere Inspires  Social Action on the Gold Coast, Queensland

Australia NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

Many in the audience were deeply moved when they saw the multi-award winning documentary Hard to Believe on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The documentary, which covers the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs, was screened for the first time on the Gold Coast on August 12, 2016…

President of The Transplantation Society: “China’s Transplant System Has Horrified the World”

China News, World NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

The president of The Transplantation Society, a global non-governmental transplantation organization based in Montreal, disputed on Friday the Chinese claim that China's transplant system is supported by the world, according a New York Times article. During the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong, Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times, reported: “Scholars say…

China’s State-Sanctioned Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners Stuns Mainstream Australians

Australia NewsAugust 17, 20160Comments

China's state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience has drawn the attention of mainstream Australia, especially after the release of the new investigation report by David Kilgour, former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific; human rights lawyer David Matas; and senior reporter Ethan Gutmann in late June 2016. People are calling on the Australian…

Residents of Sydney and Auckland Call for End to Forced Organ Harvesting Crimes in China

Australia News, World NewsAugust 12, 20160Comments

Falun Gong practitioners throughout the world have been tirelessly raising awareness about the Chinese regime's brutal 17-year persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Of particular focus has been the regime's crime of forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience, the majority of whom are Falun…

Major Swedish Media Expose Forced Organ Harvesting in China

World NewsAugust 12, 20160Comments

Recent reports from numerous news agencies have spotlighted the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. Following CNN and The Globe and Mail, the second largest Canadian newspaper, both Dagens Nyheter and Sveriges Television (SVT) have also covered this severe human rights violation. Based in Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter is the largest…