China’s Dark Secret: The Ongoing Tragedy of Forced Organ Harvesting

At the heart of one of the most pressing ethical debates of the 21st century lies the issue of  forced organ harvesting in China.

This practice, widely condemned internationally, has been linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime and is seen as a blatant abuse of human rights.

In particular, ethnic and religious minorities, as well as prisoners of conscience—such as practitioners of Falun Gong and Uyghurs—have been identified as the primary victims of this horrific crime.

Since 2006, independent investigations have uncovered that China has carried out thousands of organ transplants under suspicious circumstances. 

Canadian lawyers David Matas and the late David Kilgour discovered that, between 2000 and 2005, China performed over 41,500 transplants without an organized organ donation system in place. 

This raises disturbing questions, especially considering that Chinese culture traditionally does not encourage voluntary organ donation.

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The China Tribunal, an independent tribunal based in London, concluded in 2019 that  forced organ harvesting in China has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt . The court found evidence that prisoners of conscience, particularly Falun Gong practitioners, have been killed for their organ

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