Organ Harvesting

United States House Resolution 605

Dec. 21, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin

• FDIC: Argentine Judge Orders Arrest of Top Chinese Communist Party Officials for Crimes Against Humanity • FDIC: Under “Rule of Law” Veneer, Hundreds of Falun Gong Practitioners Illegally Sent to Prison Camps for Up to 18 Years • The Epoch Times: Eyewitness Recounts Forced Organ Removal in China • FDIC: “Pioneering Lawyers in China Defend Falun Gong and Human Rights,” op-ed for International Human Rights Day by Levi Browde, FDIC Executive Director • Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: Study finds Chinese regime’s restrictions on religious freedom 4th most repressive in the world, including because of Falun Gong persecution • Deutsch Presse Agenteur: Falun Gong sues Chinese official in Taiwan court • Examiner.com: Protection of religious minorities is major theme of 2009 Human Rights Day News Conference • Taipei Times: “China rights violators should be tried: DPP”

10 Things President Obama Should Know For His Visit to China

1. Within a 50-mile radius of central Beijing, hundreds of innocent Falun Gong practitioners are being held and tortured in detention centers, forced labor camps, and prison camps. 2. During Obama’s 3-day trip, an estimated 72 Falun Gong practitioners will be abducted by security forces, 15 will be sent to a forced labor or prison camp for the next 1 to 18 years, and at least one will likely be tortured to death. 3. Several Communist Party officials Obama may meet are being investigated for egregious human rights violations, including torture and genocide. 4. Tiananmen Square, a likely destination during Obama’s sightseeing tour, has been the scene of countless Chinese citizens being pummeled, beaten, and shoved into police vans by security forces for peacefully protesting against the persecution of Falun Gong. Many died after being detained there. 5. At least 97 Falun Gong practitioners from Beijing and 414 from the surrounding Hebei province have been killed due to persecution over the past decade. 6. In 1999, roughly 1 out of every 15 Chinese practiced Falun Gong. Thus, many of the people President Obama meets or sees walking down the street have a friend, relative, or colleague who has been victimized by the last decade of persecution. 7. Whatever Obama hears—or doesn’t hear—from Party officials about Falun Gong will be profoundly shaped by propaganda and censorship. 8. Despite Party leaders rhetorical commitment to the “rule of law,” judges, prosecutors, and security agents are routinely manipulated by Party officials into carrying out illegal abductions, detentions, “re-education,” torture, and murder. 9. Public interest lawyers who have represented Falun Gong practitioners have been harassed, disbarred, and tortured. 10. In Beijing and across China, Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters are engaging in a tireless grassroots effort to stop the violence.

Large Numbers of Falun Gong Practitioners Targeted for Persecution and Arrest in 2009, Says Congressional-Executive Commission on China

In its 2009 Annual Report released last week, the U.S. government’s Congressional-Executive Commission on China thoroughly documents the continued and intensified targeting of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese security apparatus over the past year. The section on Falun Gong cites, in particular, the involvement of top Chinese Communist Party officials in directing a “strike hard” campaign against Falun Gong, as well as the robust activity of the extralegal 6-10 Office in carrying out such directives.

Aug. 12, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin

• FDIC: “Falun Gong Practitioner Killed within Days of Arrest” • U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture: Falun Gong One of Largest Groups in Labor Camps, Chinese Regime Ignores Request for Organ Transplant Information • Taipei Times: “Falun Gong Practitioner Home After China Ordeal” • Epoch Times: “South Korea Deports Falun Gong Refugees” • Providence Journal: “Falun Gong Survives Assault by China” • FDIC: “Falun Gong Practitioner Killed within Days of Arrest”

Fueled by Olympics, Falun Gong Persecution Escalated Sharply in 2008

The Communist Party’s campaign against Falun Gong escalated sharply in 2008 as China’s rulers took advantage of the Olympic games to catalyze and justify the large-scale arrest, imprisonment, and monitoring of Chinese citizens known to adhere to the spiritual practice, the Falun Dafa Information Center said in an annual report published on Tuesday.

U.N. Recommendation Must Be Matched by Prompt Action to End Murder of Falun Gong for Their Organs

In a legally binding decision issued on Nov. 21, the United Nations Committee against Torture called for an investigation into illicit organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners. The statement was the latest in a long line of actions taken by writers, lawyers, doctors, and government representatives to research and condemn such abuses. The Falun Dafa Information Center urges the international community to take immediate action to further investigate, prevent, and end such crimes against humanity.

November 19, 2008: Falun Gong News Bulletin

* FDIC: “Shanghai Court Sentences Falun Gong Practitioner to 3.5 Years for Internet Downloads” * Associated Press: “China Imprisons Falun Gong Follower, Lawyer Says” * Weekly Standard cover story: “China’s Gruesome Organ Harvest” * Congressional Executive Committee on China: Annual Report Highlights 6-10 Office and Intensified Persecution of Falun Gong * The Daily Targum: Speaker at Rutgers’ Panel on Human Rights in China Displays Simpson’s Product Made in Prison

Israeli Rabbinical Council Finds Chinese Regime Liable for Falun Gong Deaths

In an unprecedented decision, a special Israeli rabbinical council ruled last week that the Chinese regime has been responsible for the killing of Falun Gong practitioners.

Organ Harvesting Overview

Mounting evidence tells a terrible tale of murder and mutilation in China. Witnesses and Chinese physicians reveal that thousands of persons affiliated with the Falun Gong are being killed for their organs, which are sold and transplanted at enormous profit.