US Lawmakers Seek Accountability for Organ Harvesting in China
WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers last month introduced the first legislation to combat global organ trafficking, which, if approved, would end U.S. silence on the lucrative and illegal practice perpetrated by the Chinese communist regime, according to experts.
U.S. lawmakers in early March reintroduced legislation in the Senate and the House to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. Similar legislation was introduced in the previous session of Congress in December last year.
The United States and the international community have remained silent on the forced organ harvesting issue, despite the evidence of this practice, for far too long, Kristina Olney, the director of government relations for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation told The Epoch Times.
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 have the chance now to stop organs or human tissues being brought in from other countries where proper consent has not been given,” he told The Epoch Times on Tuesday.
“In the case of China, it means that organs from prisoners of conscience, the Uyghurs, practitioners of Falun Gong, cannot be brought into our country without the proper consent having been given,” he said.
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Countries Should Do More to End China’s ‘Horrific’ Forced Organ Harvesting: Experts
A group of international advocates is calling on countries, including the United States, to do more to hold China accountable for its state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from living prisoners of conscience.
“On the issue of forced organ harvesting, the international community has remained silent despite the evidence for far too long,” said Kristina Olney, director of government relations for the Washington-based nonprofit Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC), during a webinar held on Feb. 24.
The online event was co-hosted by VOC and the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC), a group comprising lawyers, academics, medical professionals, researchers, and human rights advocates.
Vietnam Democracy Center Among 117 Organizations to Call Attention to the Practice of Forced Organ Harvesting
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Forced organ harvesting is the practice of killing people for their organs. For the victims, who include political prisoners, Falun Gong practitioners and Uyghurs, it is not just the harvesting of their organs, it is also a harvesting of their life. For the rest of us, it robs us of our humanity and forever poisons our capacity of being human.
On 2/24/2021, 117 international organizations will call attention to this horrendous practice with an online conference on forced organ harvesting. The event will be co-hosted by