The 20th of July marks a very tragic anniversary for human rights world-wide. On that day, in July
1999, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Communist Party of China started; the state organised prosecution that has all the hallmarks of genocide.
The methods used are the most brutal used to persecute any religious order around the world, in particular forced organ harvesting for commercial gains. That means killing Falun Gong practitioners by stealing their vital organs to sell them on the industrial-scale transplant market in China.
It is one of the most barbarous and heinous crimes ever undertaken by humanity.
We need to express our solidarity and continued support for your struggle for human rights in People’s Republic of Chin and to publicly expose the crime of organ harvesting in China in order to stop it. I applaud the recent US Congress resolution (H Res 343) is a historic step which condemns the practice of state-sanctioned organ harvesting in China and demands an end to the persecution of Falun Gong.
Australia needs to follow that lead and make clear public statements, as well as raise this atrocity in closed door dialogues.
For my earlier statements on the issue see: