The House on March 27 overwhelmingly passed a bill to punish communist China for its forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. The move marked the first non-symbolic legislative measure in the United States to counter the atrocity. H.R. 1154, dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, passed by a vote of 413…
House Overwhelmingly Passes First Ever US Bill to Punish CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting
Deaths of Chinese Transplant Specialists Shine a Light on Forced Organ Harvesting
At least eight organ transplant specialists in China died in 2023. Six were eminent physicians in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and several were suspected of involvement in forced organ harvesting. Their deaths highlight China’s burgeoning transplant industry, which is accused of using persecuted groups such as Falun Gong as living organ banks. On March…
US ‘Will Continue to Focus’ on China’s Forced Organ Harvesting: State Department
WASHINGTON D.C.—Beijing’s state-sponsored forced organ harvesting has remained a concern for the United States, a State Department official told reporters on March 20. The communist regime’s systematic act of forcibly taking organs from prisoners of conscience for sale, which first came to light around 2006 after several whistleblowers came forward to The Epoch Times, has…
Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims to Punish Beijing for Forced Organ Harvesting
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate is aiming to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for forcibly harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. S.761, also dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, would authorize the State Department to deny or revoke passports and visas to anyone involved in forced organ harvesting. It would…
Kidney Removal from Chinese Neonates Rings Alarm on CCP’s Organ ‘Production Machine,’ Expert Warns
In a recent international academic journal, Chinese doctors at Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University reported two cases of transplantation using kidneys from neonates for adult patients with end-stage renal failure. Two neonates had their kidneys removed—one day and three days after birth—respectively. Given it would take weeks to months for an infant’s kidney…
Kidney Removal from Chinese Infants Rings Alarm on CCP’s Organ ‘Production Machine,’ Expert Warns
In a recent international academic journal, Chinese doctors at Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University reported two cases of transplantation using kidneys from infants for adult patients with end-stage renal failure. Two infants had their kidneys removed—one day and three days after birth—respectively. Given it would take weeks to months for an infant’s kidney…
Bill Combating Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting Advances to House Floor
A bill aimed at combating the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting has cleared the committee and is headed for a vote on the House floor. H.R. 1154, also known as the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, passed unanimously through the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Feb. 28 and is now advancing to…
Head of Japanese Nonprofit Arrested for Facilitating Unauthorized Organ Transplants Overseas
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Feb. 7 arrested the head of a nonprofit organization for allegedly violating Japan’s organ transplant law. The organization sent its patients to China for organ transplants between 2017 and 2020, which highlights the Chinese regime’s practice of forced organ harvesting among prisoners of conscience. Hiromichi Kikuchi, 62, is the…
Mass Demise of Communist Elite in COVID Outbreak Adds to Xi Jinping’s Power Crisis
News Analysis Heading into 2023, Xi Jinping is grappling with one of the most pressing ruling crises from the out-of-control COVID-19 outbreak, while the recent collective deaths of officials and elites have triggered more dissatisfaction with his policies among the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) higher echelons. In early December last year, without sufficient medical preparation…
Are We Babes in the Woods to the Unimaginable Evil of the CCP?
Commentary The evil of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unimaginable to most people. This is especially so for those who either lack personal experience with the CCP or who lack the interest to engage in any in-depth thinking about the CCP or Chinese society, let alone imagine how a government could allow heinous crimes…
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