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Be one of the first 50 to register at h2b.eventbrite.com and get a free medium drink! www.HardToBelieveMovie.com DVDs available for borrowing at Santa Clara County Libraries (Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Altos, ... ) U.S. House of Representatives Passed Resolution Condemning Chinese Regime's Organ Harvesting Crimes Against Falun Gong 114th CONGRESS, H.Res.343 was cosponsored by 185 U.S. representatives and passed in Congress without opposition on June 13 , 2016 . H.Res.343 expresses "concern regarding persistent and credible reports of systematic , state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience in the People 's Republic of China, inc luding from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups." Resolved , That the House of Representatives- Condemns the practice of state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in the People's Republic of China ; Calls on the Government of the People 's Republic of China and Communist Party of China to imm ediately end the practice of organ harvesting from all prisoners of conscience ; Demands an immediate end to the 17-year persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice by the Government of the People 's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China , and the immediate rele ase of all Falun Gong practitioners and oth er prisone rs of conscienc e; Call s on the Peopl e's Republic of China to allow a c redible, t ra nsparent , and indep ende nt i nv es tigation into organ transplant abus es. Dec. 2006: Major Austra l ian transplant hospital s banned tra ining of Ch inese surgeons March 2008: Israel formulated "Organ Transp lant Law" w h ic h brought transp lant tour ism from Israel to Ch ina to a complete ha lt. July 2010: Span ish Pe na l Code pu n ishes ind ividuals w ho a re in vo lved in t ransp lant tou ri sm and are aware of the orga n's ill icit orig in Sept. 2012: U.S. Congress he ld a hea r ing on "Organ Harves t ing of Rel ig ious and Political Dissidents by the CC P," co ndemning the p ract ice. March 2013: The Austra lia n Senate passed a motion urging t he government to oppose forced organ excision from prisoners. June 2013: U.S. Co ngress introduced H.Res.28 1 de m and ing th e government of Ch in a en d t he p ract ice of orga n p illag ing from a ll priso ners. Nov. 2013: Nearly 1.5 mil lion people from over 50 co un tries signed the DAFO H petit ion to the UN High Comm issioner fo r Human Rights, ca ll ing for an end to China's f orced organ harvesting . Dec. 2013: The European Par l iame nt adopted a resol ut ion against China's unet h ica l organ procureme nt. March 2014: European Economic and Socia l Comm ittee a ligns w it h EU Par lia m ent sta t ing Ch in a's orga n procureme nt prac t ices are "scanda lous" and "a d isgrace for hu ma n ity and should end immediately." June 2016: U.S. House of Repres entatives unanimously passed H.Res.343 condemning organ har ves ting from Falun Gong practitioners in China . WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP Learn the fa ct s www.OrganHarvestlnvestigation.net www.StopOrganHarvesting.org Sign t he pet it ions www.EndOrganPillaging.org www.dafoh.org Share on soci al med ia www.youtube.com/user/lntlCoalition www.facebook.com/DAFOH YOU CA N HELP Pleas e spread t he word. www.S t opOrgan Harvest ing .org HELP STOP FORCED LIVE ORGAN HARVESTING from Falun Gong and Other Prisoners of Conscience in China Cornea $30,000 Heart $130,000- $160,000 Lung $150,000- $170,000 Kidney $62,000 Pancreas $150,000 Transplant fees advertised by Ch ina Internationa l Transplant Network Assistance Center website, which closed down after 2006. web.a rchi ve .org/web /20060422 1430 18/en.zoukiishoku.com/list/cost.htm In 2006, an independent investigation was conducted by former Canadian Secretary of State Da vid Ki lgour (L) and human rights lawyer, David Mata s. On June 22, 2016, David Kilgour, David Matas, and investigative journa list Ethan Gutmann published an update t o their books Bloody Harvest and The Slaughter. The new findings show continued expans ion of transplantations in China after organ ha rves ting first came to light in 2006, driving factors behind the industry's growth, and the role of Party and government agencies and indiv id ual officials in implementing and perpetuat in g the systematic ki llin g of priso ner s of conscience for their organs. Organ Pillaging for Profit In Ch in a, v ital organs are pil laged fo r commerc ial transplantation from conv icted death -row prisoners , as we ll as from prisoners of consc ience. Forced o rgan harvesting is performed in Ch in a to meet the demands of commercial organ transplantation around the wor ld. Patients who obtain organ transplants in Ch in a do not know the true source of the organs They are also ofte n unaware of the more complex post transplantation experience with higher incidence of acute reject io ns and severe infectious complications (Clinical Journa l of the American Society of Nephrology-Nov/2008). We aim to raise awareness in order to end human organ trafficking due to its profoundly uneth ica l nature, grave human rights abuses, and higher rates of medical compl ications Though the authors refrain from giv in g a precise es t imate of the number of prisoners of conscience killed for o rgan s, they cons ider their previous estimate of 40,000-65 ,000 Falun Go ng pract it ioners being killed for t heir o rgans fa r too low. Th ey estimate that actua l transplant volume is c lo ser to 60,000 -100,000 per year since 2000, w hen organ transplant volume in China in creased exponentially This was just months after the persecution of Falun Gong began in 19 99 . Average Wait-Times for an Adult Kidney Transplant (Days) canada 2555 UK 1095 USA 1825 China I 15 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 Wi th o ut public organ donation programs, China reported tra nsplants with waiting times of on ly 1-4 weeks . Map of regions in China where detention or hospital personnel have made admissions to telephone investigators • • lraruplarua1ion Hospil.11 ot Detention Center Th e Chinese government adm its to us ing executed prisoners for over 90% of organs procured, but the highest estimates of criminal executions fal l far short of the number of transp lants performed So where do t hese organs come from? The Chinese reg im e has never explained The full report available in 21 languages at: www.OrganHarvestlnvestigation.net Falun Gong (Fal un Dafa), introduced to the public in 1992, is a mind and body exercise guided by the pr in c ipl es of t ruthfulne ss, compassion, and tolerance . By 1999, the Chinese government estimated t he re were over 70 million Falun Gong practitioners in China . Out of fear of Falun Gong's rapid growth and in dependence, the communist party launched the persecutio n in July 1999. More info at www.Falun ln fo.net. Why is Forced Live Organ Harvesting in China different from the organ trafficking in other countries? 1. Forced Live Organ Harvesting in China targets prisoners of conscience, law abiding cit izens imprisoned for their beliefs . 2. Th e Chinese governme nt agencies, secur ity apparatus, jud iciary, and both c ivi lian and military hospita ls fo rm a value cha in and are t he main culp rit s. How does Forced Live Organ Harvesting in China affect America and the rest of the world? Innocent peop le from Amer ica and around the wor ld have become unknowing accomp l ices to th is cr ime . Patients who we re promi sed fresh organs in days or weeks have flown to China for tran sp lants . Hospitals and medica l schoo ls train Ch in ese surgeons who go back to Ch ina and harv est organs. Ph armaceut ical compan ies perform c lin ica l trials in Chi na. We bring t hi s dire situation to ligh t as we trust in the goodness of people around the world who, once informed, will oppose this crime against humanity. Bloody Harvest (2009): "Falun Gong prisoners were the only plausible source for 41,500 transp lants performed from 2000 to 2005 ." The Slaughter (2014) estimated "that 65 ,000 Falun Gong practitioners may have been killed for organs from 2000 to 2008 ."