Tag: Organ Harvesting in China

Forced Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Adherents Should Be Focus in Human Rights Talks With China: Advocates

July 20 marks the 23rd year of the Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline with meditative exercises and moral teachings. It grew in popularity during the 1990s with up to 100 million people practicing in China by the end of the decade. Perceiving this to be a threat, the Chinese regime in…


Ending Western Complicity in China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Will Come Next, Says Expert

WASHINGTON—With rising awareness of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) harvesting organs of prisoners of conscience, ending Western complicity would come next, said Dr. Jessica Russo, a board member of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), a medical professional advocacy group, and a clinical psychologist based in Philadelphia. By “Western complicity,” she is referring to international…


Hudson Institute: China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Continues

The Hudson Institute will host a breakout session on forced organ harvesting in China at the 2022 International Religious Freedom Summit on Thursday. The Epoch Times will livestream the session on this page. Time and Location Thursday, June 30, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ET Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel Room: Anacostia Salon E Host Nina Shea,…


Chinese Regime Killed Falun Gong Adherent for His Liver, Says Former Japanese Gang Member

A former Japanese criminal gang member said he was witness to China’s live organ trade, having seen an anesthetized Falun Gong adherent—with tendons cut to prevent his flight—shortly before the man was placed on an operating table to have his liver carved out. That was 15 years ago in August 2008 when Ushio Sugawara, now…


LIVE June 30, 2:30 ET: Hudson Institute: China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Continues

The Hudson Institute will host a breakout session on forced organ harvesting in China at the 2022 International Religious Freedom Summit on Thursday. The Epoch Times will livestream the session on this page. Time and Location Thursday, June 30, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ET Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel Room: Anacostia Salon E Host Nina Shea,…


LIVE June 30, 2:30 PM ET: Hudson Institute: Forced Organ Harvesting in China Continues

The Hudson Institute will host a breakout session on forced organ harvesting in China at the 2022 International Religious Freedom Summit on Thursday. The Epoch Times will livestream the session on this page. Time and Location Thursday, June 30, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ET Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel Room: Anacostia Salon E Host Nina Shea,…


Four Days to Find a Transplant Donor, Wuhan Hospital Accused of Participating in Forced Organ Harvesting

A teacher at Lanzhou University in China recently received a heart transplant only four days after being placed on the donor waitlist. The waiting period for a heart transplant in the United States is 180 days to years. The unbelievably short wait period in China has aroused suspicions of forced organ harvesting. On April 8,…


‘Time to Break the Silence’: Medical Community Urged Take Stand Against China’s Ongoing Murder for Organs

Lack of media coverage, institutional silence, self-censorship, and fear of Beijing’s retribution are among the reasons that many people, including those in the medical sector, are unaware of China’s ongoing state-sanctioned practice of killing innocents for their organs. Those reasons were presented during a roundtable discussion on June 9, in an online event titled “Forced…


LIVE at 3 PM ET: Round Table Discussion on Forced Organ Harvesting From Living People—Past, Present, Future

Round table discussion on June 9, 2022 Sixteen years ago, the international community was made aware of forced organ harvesting from living prisoners of conscience or the intentional killing of people for their organs. This is an abuse of the medical profession, a violation of ethical standards in medicine, and a criminal practice. As inconvenient…


LIVE: Round Table Discussion on Forced Organ Harvesting From Living People—Past, Present, Future

Round table discussion on June 9, 2022 Sixteen years ago, the international community was made aware of forced organ harvesting from living prisoners of conscience or the intentional killing of people for their organs. This is an abuse of the medical profession, a violation of ethical standards in medicine, and a criminal practice. As inconvenient…