Worldwide News
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Persecution and Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Discussed at U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus Meeting
2006-07-30Mr. Erping Zhang, a spokesman for Falun Gong, explained the reason why the CCP persecutes Falun Gong. He said: "The CCP has been trying to ruin traditional Chinese culture, because many things in communism conflict with traditional Chinese culture. It has brought many disasters to Chinese people, including the persecution of Falun Gong. The CCP thinks that Falun Gong, which has many practitioners, is a threat to it." -
Surgeons From Chinese Communist Regime Charged with Forced Organ Removal From Living Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-07-29These surgeons were attending the 2006 World Transplant Congress in Boston on July 25th when they were issued with the legal documents. This is the first international human rights complaint Falun Gong practitioners had filed regarding live organ harvesting initiated the Chinese Communist regime. -
United States: World Transplant Congress Held in Boston, Falun Gong Calls for Attention to be brought to the CCP’s Crimes of Organ Harvesting
2006-07-29"Any deliberate deprivation of others’ lives is wrong, including harvesting organs from unwilling living people and intentionally using fatal medicine." A Boston resident said, "No one has the right to use violence on others, we should not allow this to happen. Look at these photos depicting the brutal tortures. I support all that you are doing (to end the violence)." -
United States: CCP Organ Harvesting Gets Attention at the World Transplant Congress in Boston
2006-07-28The first World Transplant Congress was held in Boston on July 23rd, 2006. More than 6,000 doctors and scientists from 85 countries gathered in Hynes Convention Centre for a five-day congress. The allegation of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit drew attention from the attendees. -
New Zealand: Practitioners in Wellington Protest the Persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy
2006-07-28On the morning of July 21st, 2006, it was raining in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. Falun Gong Practitioners from all over the country were assembled in front of the Chinese Embassy to protest the persecution. -
Taiwan: Practitioners in Taitung Hold a Candlelight Vigil
2006-07-28On the night of July 20th, Falun Gong practitioners from Taitung County held a candlelight vigil on the beach in memory of those who were persecuted to death. Practitioners condemned the persecution and called for an end for it. -
Falun Gong Group Files Criminal Complaint against Chinese Doctors for Committing the Crime of Torture by Harvesting Organs from Living People
2006-07-27Renowned human rights lawyer Dr. Terri Marsh officially delivered a criminal complaint on July 24th, 2006 to the Massachusetts Prosecutor's Office on behalf of all Falun Gong practitioners and their families who are being detained in China's prisons and detention centres, and who have had their organs forcibly extracted against their will. The complaint was submitted during the first World Transplant Congress held in late July 2006, in which hundreds of surgeons and medical professionals from China came to Boston to attend. -
Australia: Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold a Great Wall of Truth Activity Sydney to Awaken Conscience and Stop the Persecution
2006-07-27A wall of banners and display boards that lined the streets forming a Great Wall of Truth attracted attention from many passersby. An Australian girl cried after learning about the suffering of Falun Gong practitioners. She said in an interview, "How can these people harvest organs from living people only for money. It’s too cruel." -
Taiwan: Representatives from All Walks of Life Call on the World to Condemn the CCP
2006-07-27Ms. Chen said that Taiwan’s medical standards are among the highest in the world. When such evil things are happening in Mainland China, Taiwan doctors must have the courage not to comply with the evil. More important, the World Health Organization (WHO) should also look at this issue fairly. A solution to the issue can be reached only after the world community works on it together. -
Korea: Falun Gong Practitioners Harassed, Cursed, and Physically Attacked during an Appeal at Singapore Embassy
2006-07-26A coordinator of the Korean Falun Dafa Association stressed that the protest was completely legal. The spokesman of the association believed that the reaction of the building management staff was instigated by the Singapore Embassy and the purpose was to please the CCP. -
Australia: Queensland Falun Gong Practitioners Protest the Persecution in Front of Chinese Consulate
2006-07-26On July 20th, 2006, Queensland Falun Gong practitioners rallied in front of the Chinese Consulate to protest the 7-year long brutal persecution and the recently revealed atrocities of organ harvesting. They called on people from all circles to take action to end the genocide. -
South Africa: Protesting the 7-year Persecution in front of Chinese Consulate
2006-07-26The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong has lasted 7 years, during which time practitioners in China have been routinely subjected to brutal physical and mental torture. On July 20th, 2006, South African Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Cape Town. -
United States: Canadian Independent Investigation Team Exposes CCP Atrocities of Live Organ Harvesting in Washington, DC
2006-07-25At 9:30 a.m. on July 20th two members of the Canadian independent investigation team, David Kilgour and David Matas, held a press conference at the National Press Club. They announced their two-month investigation into allegations of the CCP's organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners and answered questions from participants. -
Hong Kong: Falun Gong Practitioners Call on Singapore Not to Be an Accomplice to the CCP
2006-07-25Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners called upon the Singapore authorities to see clearly that the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong is doomed to fail and urged them not to be an accomplice of the CCP, to take morality, justice and conscience seriously and withdraw the charge against the Falun Gong practitioners. -
Japan: Falun Dafa Practitioners Peacefully Protest the Persecution in Front of the Chinese Consulate in Nagoya
2006-07-25On July 20th, central Japan Falun Dafa practitioners held a hunger strike in front of the Chinese Consulate in Nagoya to protest the 7-year brutal persecution in China.