Category: David Matas

A ‘Perfect Crime’ Leaving No Survivors: Investigators Detail China’s Lucrative Organ Harvesting Industry

They were in robust health when they were put on the operating table for doctors to carve out their organs. Many of them were still breathing. When the job was done, the bodies were tossed into the incinerator and burned, leaving no trace behind. The spine-chilling scene had been a lived reality for prisoners of…


A ‘Perfect Crime’ Leaving No Survivors: Investigators Detail China’s Grisly Organ Harvesting Industry

They were in robust health when they were put on the operating table for doctors to carve out their organs. Many of them were still breathing. When the job was done, the bodies were tossed into the incinerator and burned, leaving no trace behind. The spine-chilling scene had been a lived reality for prisoners of…


David Matas: CCP’s Human Rights Abuses Continue as Notorious ‘610 Office’ Officials Investigated

The corruption charges and subsequent downfall of several top officials in China’s Gestapo-like “610 Office” doesn’t mean the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is changing its ways when it comes to its disregard for human rights, says well-known rights lawyer David Matas. Fu Zhenghua, a longtime official in the Chinese public security sector, was recently placed…


Investigator of China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Wins First Global Humanitarian Leader Award

He is known to the Uyghurs, Falun Gong practitioners, and other oppressed minorities in China for his battle against the regime’s human rights violations and courageous investigations into brutal organ harvesting. David Matas, a Canadian lawyer and human rights defender, has become the first to be awarded the Global Humanitarian Leader of the Year award…


Whistleblower on China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Wins First Global Humanitarian Leader Award

He is known to the Uyghurs, Falun Gong practitioners, and other oppressed minorities in China for his battle against the regime’s human rights violations and courageous investigations into brutal organ harvesting. David Matas, a Canadian lawyer and human rights defender, has become the first to be awarded the Global Humanitarian Leader of the Year award…


International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Bans Research Papers From China

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) issued a statement introducing a policy to ban acceptance of any research papers on organ transplantation from China due to the regime’s forced organ harvesting practices. The policy is the first in recent years to come from a medical institution. The statement titled “International Society for Heart…