WASHINGTON, July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Unlike black
market organ trafficking operations elsewhere, the on-demand
killing of prisoners of conscience for organs in China is driven by the state, run on an
industrial scale, and carried out by both military and civilian
institutions. A new report published by the China Organ
Harvest Research Center (COHRC) sheds light on "one of the most
hideous human rights disasters of the 21st century."
COHRC's new report is released at a joint press conference
and panel presentation at the National Press Club the day before
the U.S. State Department opens its Second Ministerial to Advance
Religious Freedom. The report incorporates recent developments in
China's transplant system,
highlights new testimonies from relatives of suspected organ
harvesting victims, missing persons, and survivors who were
tortured in China for their
religious beliefs but escaped organ harvesting.
Building on more than a decade of research, COHRC's new 2019
Report provides up-to-date evidence of forced organ harvesting
in China within the context of the Chinese Communist
Party's (CCP) systematic campaign to eradicate Falun Gong in violation of international law and
human rights conventions.
Falun Gong is a Buddhist
meditation system that was practiced by over 70 million people in
China until it was banned by the
CCP in July, 1999. Practitioners cultivate the qualities of
Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance.
Since 2000, the Chinese government has prioritized organ
transplantation in its national development strategies and
continuously incorporated organ transplantation into its Five-Year
Plans. Led by heavy investment in research and industrialization,
China's transplant system has
grown exponentially and become the most prolific in the world in
several years despite the lack of voluntary organ donation
system until 2010 and the paltry number of donations since then.
This dramatic increase in transplant volume was facilitated, in
great part, by the CCP's campaign to eradicate Falun Gong according to the report.
While both the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress have
passed resolutions condemning China's killing for organs, and some countries
have passed laws prohibiting their citizens from traveling to
China to receive transplants, the
international community has yet to take a strong stance to stop
these atrocities.
Because of this silent acquiescence, the Chinese regime has been
emboldened to strengthen and broaden its suppression to other
religious groups, including Uyghur Muslims, Tibetans Buddhists,
House Christians, and all who defend and speak out for freedom of
belief. Using the latest technologies, the CCP's fast-growing
system of surveillance and violent repression now encompasses a
much wider population than it has ever before.
"Falun Gong is neither the first
nor the last group to be persecuted by the Chinese communist
regime, but it is the only group that has been openly targeted for
eradication. The scale, sophistication, cruelty and longevity of
the campaign against Falun Gong make
it one of the most hideous human rights disasters of the 21st
century," the authors state, "Studying the genocide of Falun Gong provides a lens through which the
world can understand the persecution of other faiths in
China; addressing this issue is a
crucial step towards ending the atrocities being committed against
humanity."
The new report demonstrates that China's transplant system continues to be
supported by the killing of innocents and that by expanding the
influence of its organ donation and transplant system and entering
into agreements to share organs with other parts of Asia, One Belt One Road regions, and beyond,
China is making the international
community complicit in its crimes.
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https://www.chinaorganharvest.org/app/uploads/2019/07/dc-media-package.pdf
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