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TAZ (German newspaper): People executed, then butchered
2006-12-10
"The Ministry of Health in China admitted at a physician’s conference, that the majority of organs used for transplant operations are taken from people who were executed. Beijing keeps silent about the number of death sentences but Amnesty International estimates that in 2005, the number was around 1,770 ... “China has so far deflected all discussions about this topic”, says Nicholas Bequelin, a Hong Kong based member of the human rights organisation Human Rights Watch. He thinks that transplantation medicine affects one of the most important human rights problems in China: the death penalty and the decline of medical ethics when organs are traded." -
France: French National Human Rights Advisory Committee Expresses Concern about CCP Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-12-09
At a routine public hearing held at the French Premier Office Building, the French National Human Rights Advisory Committee invited the two Canadian independent investigators, Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, to testify about the crimes of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Belgium: Practitioners Write a Letter to Singapore Court Personnel
2006-12-09"When the day comes when Chinese people have abandoned the CCP and the truth has come out, will be able to face your families and your people? Yu Wenzhong, Falun Gong practitioner, said, 'As a person, one should have a conscience. The world is not an Eden for the evil to act violently. The evil will take its medicine and must also pay out for what it has done, this is justice. The Singapore government does not allow us to expose the truth about the persecution, but no matter how difficult it is, we will hold the line until the day when the persecution ends'." -
Germany: Two Day Protest against the Crimes Taking Place in Chinese Labour Camps
2006-12-08
For two consecutive days,German and Chinese Falun Gong practitioners let the people of Bremen know about the shocking practice that was made public six months ago: The Chinese Communist Regime's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Belgium: Call for an Investigation into Organ Harvesting by the Chinese Communist Regime
2006-12-08
At the invitation of Belgian MP Jan Loones, independent Canadian investigators David Kilgour and David Matas held a press conference at the Belgian Parliament about organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Switzerland: Letter to Member of Parliament, Micheline Calmy-Rey
2006-12-08"In early September, I received a flyer called “Falun Gong Blickpunkt” (“Falun Gong in Focus”) when walking on the street in the city of Biel. Never before did I read anything in the popular press about the persecution of this spiritual movement.After having read “Falun Gong Blickpunkt”, I am starting to really wonder why this is the case. I think I’ve been deprived of important information. The reports have been disturbing me for days because they were talking about some of the most terrible events imaginable: The horror of torture and secret death camps where organs are removed from people!" -
Scotland: Raising Awareness of Organ Harvesting at Edinburgh's Ethics of Transplantation Film Festival
2006-12-07
The festival was organised by bioethical and medical scientists with the aim of stimulating public debate and was attended by a wide range of people including doctors and interested members of the public. The organisers were happy to accommodate Friends of Falun Gong by permitting them to have an allocated slot in the post-screening panel discussions. -
Austria: Parliamentary MPs are Concerned about Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-12-07
On November 21st, 2006, the former Canadian Secretary of State (Asia Pacific) David Kilgour was invited by the Austrian branch of the International Human Rights Association (IGFM), to hold a press conference in Austria. Afterwards, he and several Austrian politicians discussed the CCP's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Holland: "The Chinese Communist Regime has moved Auschwitz Concentration Camp to China"
2006-12-06
On November 25th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Holland and Belgium held a poster exhibition at the Waterdam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, exposing the Chinese Communist regime’s torture and relentless persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. They also exposed the regime’s trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Hamburg Practitioners Expose the Crimes Committed by the CCP
2006-12-06
Hamburg Falun Gong practitioners organised an information day on Saturday, November 2nd, 2006, in downtown Hamburg. They wanted the public to hear about the persecution of Falun Gong. Some of the practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises while others distributed flyers to passersby. -
Belgian Senator Investigates the CCP's Trade in Harvested Organs and Calls for Legislation to Punish these Crimes
2006-12-05
On the evening of November 27th, Prof. Vincent Donckier, the president of the Belgian Transplant Association, chaired a seminar on the “Ethical Issues of Organ Transplantation” held in Brussels’ Hospital Erasme. The Association explicitly stated its firm opposition to this kind of organ trade which violates basic ethical and moral principles. -
Austria: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Salzburg
2006-12-05
Practitioners in Salzburg held an art exhibition. Nearly 30,000 people attended, including locals and visitors from Europe. After visiting this art exhibition, many people were really indignant about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP. -
Spain: Mainstream Media Focus on Organ Harvesting
2006-12-04
On November 30th, David Kilgour, coauthor of the Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China, visited Spain. The report has attracted widespread attention from Spanish media. Mr Kilgour held a press conference in Madrid, and nearly twenty media outlets including all the prominent Spanish media attended. -
Board of Appeals of the German Parliament Requests German Government to Battle Human Rights on Behalf of Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-12-04Members of the Board of Appeals believe: "The brutal measures employed by the Chinese Communist regime in the persecution against this spiritual group since 1999 is very troubling. In this regard, the German government has submitted a list of practitioners being persecuted to the Chinese authorities, requesting it to stop discrimination and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and to release detained practitioners." -
Germany: Promoting the 'Nine Commentaries' at Cologne Cathedral
2006-12-03For more than six years, there have been Falun Gong practitioners distributing information about Falun Gong and the persecution outside Cologne Cathedral. During the past year practitioners have focussed on promoting the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party” (an editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper) to tourists from Mainland China visiting the cathedral and encouraging them to withdraw from the CCP and its associated organisations.
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