Hundreds of people from a spiritual group that has long been targeted for persecution by the Chinese regime held a rally on Dec. 8 in downtown Toronto ahead of Parliament’s third reading of a bill that would ban the crime of forced organ harvesting. Adherents of Falun Gong, a meditative practice based on Buddhist traditions,…
Toronto Rally Supports Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill, Calls Out Beijing Regime’s Abuses
MPs Reiterate Commitment to Vote in Favour of Senate Bill to Combat Forced Organ Harvesting and Trafficking
MPs of all political stripes reiterated their stance to vote in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting, as their second debate on the bill’s third reading concluded in the House of Commons on Dec. 7. Should it pass Parliament on Dec. 14 and receive royal…
Killing for Profit: Prisoners of Conscience Feed China’s Vast Organ Transplant Industry
Four soldiers carried a wounded young man from prison at night. White-clad doctors in a military van waiting nearby then work to work: one used a scalpel to open the entire abdominal cavity, while others quickly took out two kidneys and put them in a container. After gouging the two eyeballs out, the corpse was…
Parliamentarians Express Support to Vote Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill Into Law
A third reading debate on a Senate bill that seeks to fight forced organ harvesting began at the House of Commons on Dec. 5, with parliamentarians of all political stripes expressing their support to vote in favour of the bill before the Christmas break—which would pass the bill after nearly 15 years of legislative efforts….
House of Lords Pushes Legislation Targeting China’s Hikvision and Forced Organ Harvesting
The UK’s upper house of Parliament on Wednesday pushed a number of new amendments to legislation in a bid to buttress the UK’s public supply chain against human rights abusers and national security threats. During the third reading of the Procurement Bill, the House of Lords voted to pass an amendment targeting forced organ harvesting by…
Parliamentarians Express Support as Key Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill Nears Final Step
Key legislation aimed at fighting forced organ harvesting is now awaiting the third and final reading in the House of Commons before it can become law, with parliamentarians expressing optimism that the bill will finally be passed after 15 years of legislative efforts. Bill S-223, introduced by Sen. Salma Ataullahjan, passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
‘The China Nexus’: New Book Chronicles CCP’s ‘Human Rights Horrors’ of Three Decades
Benedict Rogers had an idea late one night—to write a book that chronicles all of the “human rights horrors” committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that he observed during his three decades of experience as a journalist and human rights campaigner in and around China. “I realised that although there are many books on China,…
‘The China Nexus’: New Book Chronicles CCP’s ‘Human Rights Horrors’
Benedict Rogers had an idea late one night—to write a book that chronicles all of the “human rights horrors” committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that he observed during his three decades of experience as a journalist and human rights campaigner in and around China. “I realised that although there are many books on China,…
Canadian MPs Voice Support for Bill That Would Make Organ Trafficking Illegal
Several MPs say they are optimistic that a bill which would create new offences in relation to human organ trafficking will soon become law, after many similar bills over the past 15 years died when Parliament was dissolved. Bill S-223, introduced by Sen. Salma Ataullahjan, would make it a criminal offence for a Canadian citizen or…
Australia Can Help Stop Heinous Crimes Committed by Beijing: Human Rights Lawyer
It won’t take a lot for Australia to help stop one of the worst crimes on the planet, said David Matas, an international human rights lawyer based in Winnipeg, Canada, who was attending a rally held by Falun Gong practitioners in front of Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra on Nov. 22. Matas, along with late…
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