Austria: Exposing Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners in China During a Press Conference in Vienna (Photo)
(Clearwisdom.net) David Kilgour spoke during a press conference on
human rights, held November 21, 2006, and arranged by the International Society
for Human Rights (ISHR-IgfM) in Vienna. The press conference's purpose was to
highlight the unimaginable human rights violations happening in China. Mr.
Kilgour presented an investigative report that details illicit organ harvesting
from Falun Gong practitioners in China. Mr. David Kilgour spoke at the ISHR-IgfM press conference with a disarming
smile and a pleasing voice. The message he brought to Austria, the 20th country
he visited with the message, posed a stark contrast to his demeanor. He spoke of
human rights violations suffered by Falun Gong practitioners in China that are
unimaginable to those living in the West. The investigative report, prepared by
Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, both well-respected Canadian human rights
lawyers, discloses that China has a large scale 21st century organ harvesting
activity where the organ sources are imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Kilgour provided details of the unimaginable organ trade. He said,
"A few weeks ago we met with a man who traveled in 2004 to a hospital in
Shanghai in the hopes of having a kidney transplant. None of the four kidneys
the military doctor provided were a match for this man. It took eight kidneys
before a match could be made. The main surgeon at that hospital was also the
chief doctor at the military hospital." Kilgour reasoned that since the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong,
41,500 to 60,000 transplants organ sources were unverified. At the same time,
Kilgour contends that China's regime did not, until actual accusations were
made, admit officially that organs from executed death row inmates have been
used commercially. "What China's regime does not admit is that innocent
Falun Gong practitioners are executed for their organs." When asked if the United Nation's Special Advocate for Torture, Manfred
Nowak, had already looked into the allegations, Kilgour responded that Nowak is
active concerning the issue. "I was told that Mr. Nowak already put
seventeen to nineteen questions about organ harvesting of Falun Gong
practitioners to the Chinese Regime. Alas, he still has yet to receive a
reply." When someone in the audience remarked that organ trade is also practiced in
other countries, Kilgour emphasized quite emphatically that in China it is organ
theft where unwilling donors are murdered for their organs. When asked what could be done about it, Kilgour responded, "It helps if
more people ask Chinese diplomats about it. Also, it would help if more people
state publicly that the Olympic Games should not be held in a country ruled by
such a regime, a regime that murders its own citizens for no more than
economical gain and lining individuals' pockets." Originally published in German at: http://de.clearharmony.net/articles/200612/35259.html
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