Tag: Organ Harvesting in China

UN Human Rights Experts ‘Extremely Alarmed’ by Forced Organ Harvesting Allegations in China

A dozen human rights experts affiliated with the United Nations on Monday expressed shock and dismay at what they said were credible allegations of forced organ harvesting at the hands of China’s communist regime, targeting religious and ethnic minorities. The experts, including special rapporteurs to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights…


Coalition of Christians Call for Global Prayer for Prisoners of Conscience Persecuted by CCP

An informal coalition of prominent lay Christians from six continents have launched a global campaign calling on the faithful to pray for the persecuted prisoners of conscience in China from May 23 to May 30. Specifically, the global prayer effort will focus on the millions of Christians, Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, Falun Gong prisoners of…


Thirteenth Virginia County Condemns Beijing’s ‘Intolerable’ Forced Organ Harvesting

On May 3, one more Virginia county adopted a resolution condemning the “intolerable, horrible” forced organ harvesting perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime. “We want to make sure this message gets out because we feel it’s important,” said Robert F. Babyok, Jr., chairman of Louisa County board of supervisors. “All the Americans should be aware…


13th Virginia County Condemns Beijing’s ‘Intolerable’ Forced Organ Harvesting

Three more Virginia counties adopted resolutions in May condemning the forced organ harvesting perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime. Since last year, officials from 13 Virginia counties have adopted resolutions against Beijing’s forced organ harvesting practices. In May, three counties of Virginia, including Caroline, Culpeper, and Louisa, had taken a stance against the issue. “We want to make sure…


Organ Donation Worker Exposes China’s Money-Driven Transplant Industry

In China, state-run media have been promoting a job called “organ donation coordinators,” trumpeting how people in this line of work are making a difference in society. Their role is to convince families of dying patients to agree to donate their loved one’s organs—needed to supply China’s booming transplant industry. The families that agree, in…


Canadian Officials Voice Support in Celebration of Falun Dafa Day

Over 120 Canadian officials from across the country sent anniversary greetings in support of Falun Dafa on May 13, commending the faith group’s peaceful resistance against persecution in communist China since 1999, as adherents held an online event to celebrate 29 years since Falun Dafa’s introduction to the public. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun…


Canada’s Senate Approves Bill to Combat International Organ Trafficking

Canada’s Senate unanimously approved a bill meant to help combat international organ trafficking on May 6. Bill S-204 will now be passed on to the House of Commons for deliberations by MPs before it can be passed into law. “[Organ trafficking] is a violation of the principles of equity, justice, and respect for human dignity….


Inside Communist China’s War on Faith—USCIRF Commissioner Nury Turkel, Born in a Chinese Re-Education Camp

Nury Turkel was born in a Chinese re-education camp where his mother was imprisoned at the height of China’s Cultural Revolution. Now, he’s a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The Chinese Communist Party has been waging a war on faith, Turkel says. Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang are being treated as…


Jailing of 4 Doctors For Illegal Organ Extraction in China Casts Spotlight on Forced Organ Harvesting

A criminal case involving unauthorized organ procurement surgery conducted in an unlicensed ambulance in China is casting a spotlight on Beijing’s continued efforts to cover up its state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. Last July, four doctors from eastern China were sentenced to between 12 and 28 months in prison after being…


Forced Organ Harvesting Should Be Part of US-China Agenda: Religious Official

The Chinese regime’s forced organ harvesting from political and religious prisoners “should be brought up any time the United States and communist China are at the negotiating table,” according to Gary Bauer, who sits on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). He added that “in any bilateral negotiations with communist China … religious…