August 28, 2006
FALUN GONG NEWS BULLETIN
Monitoring the Falun Gong Human Rights Crisis in China
www.faluninfo.net
Update: Organ Harvesting Crisis in China
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STATEMENT CONCERNING HARRY WU’S POSITION ON ORGAN HARVESTING REPORTS
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN: CHINA’S OWN STATISTICS REVEAL ORGAN HARVESTING ATROCITIES
EPOCH TIMES: AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR PROBE INTO CHINESE ORGAN CRIMES
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: ORGAN TRADE IN CHINA RAISES ALARM OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: A CHINESE HORROR STORY
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION ISSUES STATEMENT ON ORGAN HARVESTING IN CHINA
STATEMENT CONCERNING HARRY WU’S POSITION ON ORGAN HARVESTING REPORTS
“As a result of Mr. Wu’s attempts to discredit the witness reports, some members of Congress have chosen to
dismiss this humanitarian issue when they could put real pressure on the regime to end such atrocities.
Whose interests, then, is Mr. Wu really serving with his campaign?...The witness reports are horrifying, and
in a way, we all wish they weren't true. But when a Chinese surgeon cheerfully tells a potential transplant
customer they have a supply of livers from Falun Gong practitioners, from living bodies, what are we to
conclude? How should we, as human beings and members of the international community, react to this kind
of information? For the CCP to hold spiritual practitioners in camps like livestock until it is time to slaughter
them for their organs is an evil greater than we can imagine. If it is one day fully revealed, this is an issue
that could shake our humanity to the core.”
Full statement: http://www.faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=9452
CHINA’S OWN STATISTICS REVEAL ORGAN HARVESTING ATROCITIES
The Ottawa Citizen (Aug 25, 2006): “Between 2000 and 2005, the source of 41,500 organs in China is
unclear. China does not have a developed national voluntary donor program. Family donors or non-family
brain-dead donors account for, at most, one per cent of donations in China. In this period, kidney transplants
just about tripled, and liver transplants jumped astronomically to 4,000 in 2005, compared with about 150 in
1998, and with promised waiting times of one week -- unheard of in the civilized world. Consider the China
International Transplantation Network Assistance Centre website (http://en.zoukiishoku.com/)... In the
question-and-answer section, the site advertises that ‘Before the living kidney transplantation, we will ensure
the donor's renal function. ... So it is more safe than in other countries, where the organ is not from a living
donor.’ And the answer to ‘Are the organs for the pancreas transplant from brain death patients?’ is: ‘Our
organs do not come from brain death victims because the state of the organs may not be good.’ This is
damning evidence by their own words. Anyone who knows anything about organ donations would be
horrified to learn that organs come from "live" patients, and are promised within the week or month,
including kidneys, livers and hearts. It means that live patients are being killed to provide organs. By
their own words, and the corroborating interviews and calls, are the Chinese authorities condemned.”
Full story:
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=e30130bb-a21c-482e-8f49d3d7de2e596a
AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR PROBE INTO CHINESE ORGAN CRIMES
The Epoch Times (Aug 23, 2006): “The Australian Government's commitment to an independent
investigation into allegations of genocide against Falun Gong practitioners in China is a welcome first step,
say former Canadian Secretary of State, David Kilgour and Vice President of the European Parliament,
Edward McMillan-Scott. The two foreign dignitaries have spent the last week visiting Australian members of
parliament, professionals and non-government organisations looking to gain support for an inquiry into
allegations that Falun Gong prisoners of conscience are being systematically killed for their organs.”
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Full story: http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-8-23/45203.html
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: ORGAN TRADE IN CHINA RAISES ALARM OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Aug 20, 2006): “In 2001, Huagui Li was arrested in southern China for handing out
banned literature. For that crime, she could have become one of thousands of Chinese reportedly rounded up
every year and killed for their organs. She says she was tortured repeatedly at a women's labor camp, and one
day with about 500 other detainees, was taken to a hospital for a physical examination that included
extensive medical tests. Her high blood pressure probably saved her life, she says. It made her ineligible to
become an organ donor. Her jailers later released her.”
Full Story:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/04CC023D77BFF302862
571D10015D0A3?OpenDocument
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: A CHINESE HORROR STORY
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Aug 20, 2006): “Removing organs from a live human being for transplanting into a
wealthy foreigner seems like a horror movie plot. But an international investigation led by a former member
of Canada's parliament concluded last month that 'there has been and continues to be the large-scale seizure
of organs from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners.' Among evidence cited in the report are statements by the
wife of a surgeon who removed the corneas of about 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners between 2001 and 2003.
It also cites statements by officials at detention centers in Shanghai, Shandong and the provinces of
Guandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan and Hubei. Some admitted that organs came from Falun Gong
practitioners; others simply referred to the availability of 'live, beating hearts' or 'young, healthy kidneys.' As
many as 41,500 organs transplanted in China from 2000 to 2005 may have come from prisoners, including
Falun Gong practitioners, the report notes.”
Full Story:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/512CF02D059C4A06
862571D10081EAFA?OpenDocument
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION ISSUES STATEMENT ON ORGAN HARVESTING IN CHINA
“The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is deeply concerned about recent allegations regarding the
procurement of organs and tissues through coercive or exploitative practices abroad, or practices which
violate worldwide human rights standards. The 'Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun
Practitioners in China', from Canadian human rights attorney David Matas and former Canadian
Minister of State David Kilgour, alleges that large numbers of Falun Gong* practitioners in China
are being imprisoned and executed for the purposes of organ or tissue donation.”
Full statement: http://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/newsitem.cfm?id=336
For more about the organ harvesting story, see: http://www.killed4organs.net/
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION
CENTER (FDI) – Gail Rachlin 917-757-9780, Levi Browde 646-415-0998, Erping Zhang 646-533-6147, or
Christina Chai 917-386-5068. Email: contact@faluninfo.net, Website: http://www.faluninfo.net/
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