Tag: Organ Harvesting

Multilateral Forces Target the CCP Ahead of the G7 Summit 

Commentary A virtual meeting was held by G7 members on Feb. 19, prior to the G7 summit scheduled for June in Cornwall, United Kingdom. On the eve of the preparatory meeting for the annual G7, it can be seen from public reports and Chinese media rebuttals that China has moved to the top of the…


More Legislation Needed to Fight Forced Organ Harvesting: Lord Hunt

After introducing a piece of legislation that regulates the use of imported human tissues in medicine, Lord Philip Hunt of Kings Heath said he would like to see more changes in UK laws to combat forced organ harvesting. Hunt’s amendment, which became law with the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill on Feb. 11, means that “ministers…


Planned Comic Book Aims to Shine Spotlight on Forced Organ Harvesting

The Chinese regime’s practice of killing prisoners of conscience for their organs to sell on the transplant market has been the subject of media articles, books, and documentaries. Now Czech activists have their sights on creating a comic book to raise awareness about the grisly practice. The historical fiction story, created by Milan Kajínek, takes…


Chinese Regime’s Forced Organ Harvesting an ‘Egregious Crime’: Rep. Steube

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) practice of killing prisoners of conscience for their organs is but one example of its “egregious crimes” that makes it among the worst human rights violators in the world, Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) has said. The congressman, in a video message to an online conference on the CCP’s practice of…


Third Virginia County Passes Resolution to Condemn China’s Organ Transplant Abuses

Another Virginia county has adopted a resolution to curb organ transplant tourism to China, making it the third one since January to take a stance against Beijing’s forced organ harvesting practices. “It’s a travesty and completely unacceptable,” said Yesli Vega, supervisor for Coles district in Prince William County, who initiated the bill. Allegations that the…


Relative of Shanghai Doctor Reveals Details About Forced Organ Harvesting

A California resident said his relatives in China were involved in state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting and had asked him for patient referrals from the United States, a recent human rights report revealed. Lu Shuping, a U.S. permanent resident originally from Shanghai who is now past 70 years old, gave his full name in making the…


Virginia County Passes Resolution Condemning Forced Organ Harvesting in China

A Virginia county on Jan. 27 unanimously adopted a resolution condemning forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, particularly from adherents of the spiritual group Falun Gong. While “there has been little media coverage of this problem,” dozens of residents in the state’s Frederick County have come forward to voice concerns, the resolution…


With a Nod to China’s Organ Harvesting, UK Lawmakers Tweak Medicines Bill

With a nod to China’s forced organ harvesting, UK lawmakers have slipped in an amendment to a bill on medicines that means proof of consent for human tissues from overseas may be demanded. Proponents of the measure—which tackles only the use of human tissue in medicines—acknowledge that it is largely symbolic, but describe it as a…


Chinese Embassy Tried to Silence Me, UK Rights Activist Benedict Rogers Reveals

The Chinese Embassy in Britain made repeated attempts to pressure a prominent human rights advocate to stop criticising the Communist regime, it has been revealed. Benedict Rogers, co-founder and deputy chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, told The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders” program about his own “very small experience” of the Chinese…


Senior UK Conservatives Urge Government to Reset China Policy

Senior members of Britain’s ruling Conservative party have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government to play a leading role in the international response to the Chinese regime’s human rights violations. The party’s Human Rights Commission said that the intensifying assault on human rights in China illustrates “the mendacity, brutality, inhumanity, insecurity, and criminality of…