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The current head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will visit the U.S. next week and meet with President Bush. To stop the 7-year brutal persecution and to investigate the recently exposed atrocities of the CCP in labor camps where the regime harvests organs from living practitioners and cremates the remains to destroy evidence, at around noon of April 13, San Francisco Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in front of the Chinese Consulate to send out their request to President Bush, asking him to bring up the following points while meeting with Hu:
1. Open up all of China's labor camps, jails and hospitals for international investigation.
2. Allow IGFG to go into China and research the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong.
Since the CCP's atrocities in the Sujiatun Concentration Camps were exposed in early March, more and more eyewitnesses have stepped forward, testifying that the regime has set up similar concentration camps nationwide to murder Falun Gong practitioners and profit from their deaths. Reporters from the Sound of Hope recently phone interviewed hospitals and transplant centers in Hubei, Shanghai, Liaoning, Beijing and Shan'xi. Many of the interviewed doctors said that patients should make good use of the current opportunity, as livers and kidneys from living donors will be available till end of this April before the traditional May 1st long holiday in China. After this period, however, the number of available organs will decrease. Meanwhile, many Chinese doctors have acknowledged that these livers and kidneys from living donors are from Falun Gong practitioners.
Practitioner Chen Zhao pointed out that the CCP remained silent for three weeks after the atrocities were first exposed in early March. However, the regime started to respond to this claim recently and even "invited" international community to perform an investigation at Sujiatun. At the same time, its mouthpiece media outlets said that the regime will pass regulations to ban the trade of human organs. However, the regulation will not be effective until July 1.
Zhao said that all the collected evidence show that the regime is now trying to destroy evidence of its crimes. The situation in China is very urgent, as a large number of Falun Gong practitioners are facing arbitrary killing and cremation.
During Hu Jintao's visit, Zhao said that San Francisco practitioners will fly to Seattle and Washington DC to participate in large-scale truth-clarification activities and to protest against the CCP's persecution.
While the persecution of Falun Gong is spearheaded and implemented by the Jiang Zemin regime and the Chinese Communist Party, and Falun Gong practitioners have no personal issues with Hu, Zhao said that Hu is nevertheless responsible because the persecution has been going on for years since he took his current position.
"The longer the persecution lasts, the more Hu is accountable. He is at a critical moment We hope that Hu will make the right choice for his conscience and the welfare of China and all Chinese people to stop the persecution of kind-hearted people." Chen said.
Investigate Genocide against Falun Gong in China (IGFG), with the full name of "The Integrated Committee to Fully Investigate the Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong in China", was initiated by the Falun Dafa Association and the Clearwisdom website recently. Chen said that local practitioner members of the IGFG would come to the consulate to apply for visas next Monday. A press conference will be held regarding this important step of this historic investigation.
Apr. 14, 2006
Monitoring the Falun Gong Human Rights Crisis in China -- www.faluninfo.net
*** SPECIAL EDITION ON ORGAN "HARVESTING" CRISIS IN CHINA ***
- CHINESE PHYSICIANS TELL INVESTIGATOR: ORGANS FROM LIVING FALUN GONG PRISONERS
- TIANJIN HOSPITAL STAFF CONDUCT RECORD NUMBER OF TRANSPLANTS
- MEDICAL RECORDS REPORTEDLY BEING SEALED IN JILIN HOSPITALS
- COLORADO GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION CONDEMNS PRC ABUSES
- WORLDWIDE PROTESTS GROW, CONTINUE FOR FIFTH WEEK
CHINESE PHYSICIANS TELL INVESTIGATOR: ORGANS FROM
LIVING
FALUN GONG PRISONERS
A reporter for Sound of Hope Radio, Ms. Mei Tang, on Thursday called
major organ
transplant centers in China posing as someone seeking a transplant.
Doctors with
whom she spoke admitted that organs used came from imprisoned Falun
Gong--and
still living--practitioners, and that there is a temporary abundance of
organs
that will last only until the end of the month. Tang recorded these
telephone
conversations, which are available online in Mandarin Chinese (audio
/ transcript).
The doctors' alarming statements tally closely with information
reported here (link)
in recent weeks. Ms. Tang called organ transplant centers in Hubei,
Shaanxi, and
Liaoning provinces, Beijing, Shanghai and other cities. The following
are
excerpts from her conversations:
Doctor "S" from Changzheng Hospital in
Shanghai: "We
should have a lot of organs before the end of April. We are getting
more and
more organs supplied to us, but you have to seize the opportunity. Do
you know
what I mean? After this period of time, the supply is going to become
very slim.
After April there will be a period where we have nothing."
Doctor "W" from the Organ Transplant Center in the No.2
Affiliated
Hospital of Dalian Medical University in Liaoning province: "You will
have to
get it done by May 1--this week or next week! After May 1 we will have
very few
organs."
Doctor "S" from Shanghai: "In China, we get our supply of human
organs
from the same place. How should I explain it to you...? Only we doctors
know
where the organs are from."
Doctor "W" from affiliated hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
in
Shaanxi province: "If you want to come have an organ transplant, you
need to try
to come before May..."
Reporter: "Do you mean kidneys from living people?"
Doctor W from Xi'an: "Yes. We also supply livers from living
people!"
Reporter: "Livers from living people?" Doctor W: "Yes, yes." Reporter:
"I heard
they'll be harvested from living human beings." Doctor W: "Yes, Yes,
Yes."
Reporter: "Do some labor camps imprison Falun Gong practitioners and
then
harvest their organs while they're alive?" Doctor W: "(Sneering) That's
right!"
TIANJIN HOSPITAL STAFF CONDUCT RECORD NUMBER OF
TRANSPLANTS
According to inside sources from Tianjin, at the end of March many
foreigners
went to Tianjin No. 1 Hospital for liver and kidney transplants. The
operations
were conducted at night. The operating department is located on the
11th and
12th floors of the hospital. The sources raised the question of where
so many
liver and kidney donors suddenly came from. Similarly, a new
investigative
committee called Investigate Genocide against Falun Gong in China
(IGFG), has
confirmed that hospitals and transplant centers in the provinces or
cities of
Heilongjiang, Hunan, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Anhui, Shaanxi and
Xinjiang are
operating overtime to perform batches of transplant surgeries. Organs
involved
are said to come from Falun Gong adherents being executed before the
upcoming
July 1 legislation. (article)
MEDICAL RECORDS REPORTEDLY BEING SEALED IN JILIN
HOSPITALS
A source from China reports that the medical records of patients at
major
hospitals in Jilin City are suddenly being sealed, with all outside
access
forbidden. The move is said to follow a citywide "emergency" meeting of
hospitals on April 12. Police are said to be guarding major hospitals
in the
city, with the scene being likened to "martial law." Ambulances are
said to rush
into the hospitals in the evenings, for possibly overtime, illegal
transplant
operations as reported by other regions.
COLORADO GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION CONDEMNS PRC ABUSES
The Colorado State Senate and State House passed a joint resolution
Thursday
condemning the persecution of Falun Gong in China, the harassment and
attacks on
Falun Gong practitioners in the United States, and the practice of
harvesting
organs from Falun Gong members held in labor camps. The resolution
(SJR06-027)
was passed unanimously, and was backed by 22 Senate and 53 House
cosponsors. It
urges the PRC rulership to "end immediately the harassment, detention,
physical
abuse, and imprisonment" of citizens who practice the Falun Gong, and
urges the
U.S. government to issue an "official, public, diplomatic statement to
the
Chinese Foreign Ministry condemning China's repeated violations of
basic human
rights," among other things.
WORLDWIDE PROTESTS GROW, CONTINUE FOR FIFTH WEEK
On April 8 over 300 Falun Gong practitioners from Jakarta, Batam, Bali,
and
other Indonesian islands marched in protest of the killing of Falun
Gong
practitioners for their organs. In the last week alone, rallies and
protests
have been held in Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, Czech
Republic,
England, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan,
Turkey, and other countries, as well as in New York, Los Angeles, Los
Vegas,
Washington, D.C., and many other U.S. cities. Sit-in protests opposite
Chinese
embassies and consulates are taking place 24 hours a day in many cities.
Links:
Sound of Hope Audio file:
http://pkg.dajiyuan.com/pkg/2006-04-12/may1.mp3
Sound of Hope Radio transcript:
http://eng.soundofhope.org/makeArticle.asp?catID=465&id=36652
Tianjin transplant surge:
/emh/articles/2006/4/14/71962.html
Info Center report:
http://www.faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=9386
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On April 9, 2006, in Chungshan Park, Falun Gong practitioners from Montreal, Canada reenacted the live human organ harvesting taking place in China, to expose the Chinese Communist Party's bloody atrocity of stealing organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and selling them for huge profits. The group called on the Canadian government to intervene and investigate the related facilities in China where this is taking place, including forced labor camps, prisons, and hospitals.
Ms. He used English and Chinese to explain the reenactment to passersby, telling them about what is happening right now in China. She told the audience that under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Falun Gong practitioners' organs are harvested when they are still alive and then sold for huge profits. She explained that the organs for transplantation operations were not cut from dead bodies. They are from living human beings. In Sujiatun Concentration Camp, there were over 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners jailed as a living organ bank.
Reenactment to expose the CCP's atrocities
The Crime is Still Taking Place in Forced Labor Camps
According to the witness who exposed the secret Sujiatun Concentration Camp, there once were about 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners jailed in the camp. In 2004, when the witness left that place, there were only 2,000 practitioners still alive. It is estimated that about 4,000 people's organs were harvested and their bodies cremated to destroy the evidence. Another witness pointed out that over 30 similar concentration camps were built all over China to carry out the same crime.
Though the crime was exposed recently, it actually started sometime in 2000 to 2001. The illegal organ harvesting is still taking place in forced labor camps, prisons and hospitals in many cities and provinces throughout China. The practice reached its peak in 2001 to 2003.
After the Sujiatun Concentration Camp was exposed by the media, the Chinese Communist Party took nearly a month to cover up the evidence. The imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners were transferred to other facilities. Insiders said that the CCP is planning to kill all of them to eliminate the witnesses and evidence.
A Choice Based on Conscience
Signature drive calling on the Canadian Government to investigate the CCP's crimes against humanity
In tears, Ms. He called on the passersby, "Please, for just one minute of your time, facing such a crime in the human world, please sign your name to support us. Please write to your representatives, urging him or her and the Canadian government to publicly investigate these inhuman crimes. Please do this out of your conscience."
Many people watched the reenactment, read the materials and signed their names.
A Western father and his three boys had come to Chinatown for dinner. They passed the practitioners' site. The father asked them to walk by quickly but the boys turned around to look. Later, the father pushed them away and left. Some time later, the three boys returned to the signature table and signed their names and started to help by passing out flyers. They deliberately picked up the Chinese-language newspapers and passed them out to Chinese passersby. About 30 minutes later, they had handed out all the papers. The older boy then said, "Now I am going to eat."
Exposing CCP atrocities and calling for attention to the fate
of practitioners detained in concentration camps
After learning about the live organ harvesting in Sujiatun Concentration Camp, one German lady said angrily, "Sixty years ago, the Nazi's seriously persecuted the Jewish people. Now sixty years have gone by, yet the CCP is still committing such a crime. The format of petitioning to the public is very necessary. Not only do we need to tell people here about this atrocity, everyone needs to know. That history should not be repeated." This lady's sentiment was shared by many.
On April 8, 2006, at Munich Karlsplatz in southern Germany, Falun Gong practitioners went to expose the atrocity of harvesting people's organs while they were still alive that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed. They urgently called for the public's attention on the fate of those Falun Gong practitioners who are still detained in CCP concentration camps and labour camps.
The eyewitnesses of Sujiatun Concentration Camp have been relocated and face danger of being killed
On April 5, the "Integrated Committee to Investigate the Secret Sujiatun Concentration Camp and the Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong in China" issued an urgent announcement. In this bulletin, it stated that since the year 2001, concentration camps have been set up in many cities and provinces in Mainland China, which are similar to the one in Sujiatun. In these concentration camps, the CCP harvested organs for sale from living Falun Gong practitioners, who are illegally and secretly detained, and cremated their remains to destroy the evidence. However, since this incident was exposed to the international society at the beginning of March 2006, within three weeks, the underground concentration camp in Sujiatun, Shenyang city has been relocated. In the meantime, many hospitals and organ transplantation centres in Mainland China are doing a large volume of organ transplantation surgeries. The investigation committee urgently calls for the international society to immediate investigate these crimes and put a stop to them.
People sign to condemn the CCP's atrocities
There was a great number of people at the Munich Karlsplatz, and many of them gathered around the Falun Gong practitioners' stall after seeing the banner with the words, "Chinese Communist Party concentration camps cremate Falun Gong practitioners and sell their organs" in Chinese and German. Falun Gong practitioners repeatedly broadcasted the Urgent Announcement issued by the Clearwisdom website on April 5. A lot of people came to sign the petition and condemned the CCP's atrocities.
A German lady named Eva explained that she signed
the
petition to condemn the CCP's crimes and to help end the existence of
concentration camps. She said that it was terrible that it happened in
Germany
sixty years ago, and now the CCP is doing the same thing and even
persecuting
people for their faith.
Mr. Ameite from Turkey was very shocked. He said that this atrocity is
simply
intolerable and we must stop it immediately.
Mr Benhart denounced this as murder. He signed the petition in the hopes that more politicians will understand and pay attention to this atrocity.
A 6-year-old girl signing her name carefully
Ms. Caty, who is a doctor's assistant, condemned the CCP's concentration camps and denounced the CCP as a government that has committed such a terrible crime against its own people.
Ms. Inger Dilo and her six-year-old daughter Sabrina came to sign the petition. She said: "My daughter and I came to sign because we think those people detained in the concentration camps should receive some help. Human beings should never be treated like experimental animals. The Nazis' time has long gone, and history should not repeat itself."
Ms. Martina expressed: "Live organ harvesting and forced abortion cannot be allowed anywhere in the world, this is a form of murder."
People sign to condemn the CCP's atrocities
Ms. Hyde Mary, a secretary, said: "This is the first time that I have heard about this, and it is simply unbelievable! We must do something about it, rather than wait and see. We had concentration camps here in Germany in the past, and such a crime cannot happen again."
On April 3 and 4, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Europe, Taiwan, North America and Oceania held a rally and a news conference in front of the UN Office in Geneva and the UN Human Rights Committee, strongly condemning the crimes at the CCP concentration camps, where Falun Gong practitioners' organs have been removed and their bodies burned to eliminate the evidence. The practitioners urgently called on the UN to launch an immediate investigation into the situation. Swiss MPs and delegates from International NGOs expressed their condemnation of the atrocities, and their sympathy and support for Falun Gong practitioners in different ways.
Sylvia G. Iriondo, Chairman of "M.A.R. Por Cuba" from International NGOs in the UN (the branch in Cuba) stated:
We are condemning the extremely cruel events in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp in Northeast China. According to information given by several witnesses and media reports, 4000 Falun Gong practitioners have already been persecuted to death there. Their organs were removed when they were still alive and then their bodies cremated.
We feel very painful whenever we hear that those who are asking for freedom of belief and speech as stated in the International Human Rights Convention are being persecuted.
We are urgently requesting the international community to together call for the end of crimes against humanity and take action to rescue the 2000 Falun Gong practitioners who are still locked up in the Concentration Camp. The free and civilized world cannot keep silent and remain completely indifferent to these horrible incidents happening right now.
Many members and leaders of M.A.R. Por Cuba have experienced persecution themselves and their family members all have suffered persecution and violent infringement of their human rights under the dictatorship in Cuba for about a half century. These persecutions include a team for carrying out a death sentence. We can feel your sufferings and we are standing with you, shoulder to shoulder.
Dr. Charles Grave from the International Organization of Beliefs stated:
The International Organization of Beliefs supports Falun Gong and is shocked at the action of removing organs from human bodies in the CCP Concentration Camp. We hope that the incident will be made known to the world and be dealt with in the First Human Rights Council Conference of the UN.
Mr. Oscar Freysinger, a congressman (from Berne, Switzerland) stated:
Communism has committed big crimes against humanity. When western countries turn blind eyes, they are accessories as well.
The horror has finally been disclosed.
When reading Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, I felt desperate and helpless.
Just as if I was walking into a nine-level hell, hand in hand with Dante, a poet of Italy, I was experiencing that terrible horror in my spirit.
The "Nine Commentaries" should be distributed in all schools. All media should promote it as well in order to disclose the lies of that so-called great steersman, and show the barbarity and cruelty of the so-called "Cultural Revolution" to the world's people.
What the Nine Commentaries state are all facts. You don't need to say anything more and read other books or write something either: the facts are right before you.
The red empire and its subordinates are always ready for attacking. That is why the world's people all show special concern over their threat, and that is also why the world's people would rather think more about money and something theoretical than look at their actions. The weakness of western countries is indicated by the fact that they want to cover up this incident and avoid publishing any comments from the "Nine Commentaries" so that they can suppress information about the bloody tragedy of genocide.
Crowds of followers, who are wild about Mao' thoughts and have grown up living a dissipated life, have congregated again under the Communist Party's flag, and its waving shadow has shut out these dark hands.
These followers, however, seem very pleased. The flag is red so they cannot see the bloodstains on it.
Mr. Antonio Hodges, Chairman of Green Party in Geneva stated:
People in the west who have benefited from the economy of China tend to keep silent, but the fact is that not all of us have accepted the horrible and repeated actions of infringing on human rights of Falun Gong practitioners. Therefore, all democratic countries in the world should condemn the atrocities in China conducted by the CCP, among which the incident happening at Sujiatun Concentration Camp is the latest, most lamentable action.
Mr. Rene Wadlow, a delegate of the Cosmopolite Organization in the UN expressed:
I agree with the value you place on "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance".
We have already pointed out many times the danger and threat brought by forced labor camps and concentration camps in China. The facts of persecution you have just disclosed are very serious. I think it necessary to have the UN investigate this incident. And any assistance you can supply to the investigation will be very useful.
If it is impossible to do an official investigation, I think we must consider the feasibility of letting International NGOs take care of the investigation. And a book entitled "Human Rights Mission: On-the-spot Record, Review from the NGOs" by H.Thoolen and B.Verstaapen is very useful in this field.
Please accept my firm support and best wishes.
9 April 2006