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2008-04-01 Oral Communications SubmittalFa~lun Dafa In.farr~a.ation. Center NEWS AIVD INFORMATION At301.1T FALIJN CanNG AROUND THE WORLD New Independent Report Concludes Falun Gong Organs Being Harvested, Victims Kiiled "I don't think anyone can have any doubt that this unbelievable practice is continuing" (7/6/2006 15:28) NEUV YURK Falun Dafa Information Center] - A 45-page investigative report was released Thursday that addresses allegations of organ harvesting from Falun Gang detainees; the Falun Dafa Information Center is calling the report, "vitally important." Coauthored by former Canadian Secretary of State Asia-Pacifica David ~ilgour and human rights attorney David Matas, the report draws "the regrettable conclusion that the allegations are true." Speaking with the press, Kilgaur said on ~1Uednesday that, "I don't think anyone can have any doubt that this unbelievable practice is continuing... They take bath kidneys, then the heart and the skin and the corneas and the liver, and your body is then thrown in the incinerator." The report identifies the perpetrators specifically as "the government ofi China and its agencies in numerous parks of the country, in particular hospitals but also detention centres and `people's courts' " "The allegations here are so shocking that they are almost impossible to believe," the report states. "lThey] represent a grotesque form of evil which, despite all the depravations humanity has seen, would be new to this planet. The very horror makes us reel back in disbelief. But that disbelief does not mean that the allegations are untrue." Kilgour and Matas spent weeks gathering and verifying evidence for the report, interviewing witnesses, and attempting travel to China. The Chinese Embassy did nvt accede to the team's request far travel to China for investigative purposes. The report also details at length the team's methods of investigation and the process of evaluating evidence. "fur conclusion comes not from any one single item of evidence, but rather the piecing together of all the evidence we have considered. Each portion ofi the evidence we have considered is, in itself, verifiable and, in mast cases, incontestable. Put together, they paint a damning whole picture. It is their combination that has convinced us." The Information Center welcor~es the recommendations made in the report which include diplomatic pressure and stronger measures to prevent crimes against humanity such as organ harvesting in China---and hopes that other governments will join Canadian officials in considering them. "This kind of independent investigation is absolutely vital," says Falun Dafa Information Center spokesman Erping Shang. "These organ harvesting crimes are so horrific that, sadly, what is Submitted by Conniewang atthe 04.41.08 Council Meeting under http://www. faluninfo. nit/Disp~ayAnArticlePrialt. asp?ID=9443 Qral Communications ~ °f ~ c% preventing many organisations and nations around the world from pressuring China to open the doors of its labor camps immediately is the disbelief that such crimes are passible in this day and age. But under the direction of the Chinese Communist regime, they do take place and many continue to die." The full report, which includes interview transcripts, can be downloaded at; http:Ilinvestigation.redirectme.netl ### NEWS -- July 0~, 200(~~ Falun Dafa Information Center, ww~r.faluninfo.net Download: as . doc ~ . htm (7/6/2006 15:28) FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER Contacts: Gail Rachlin (+1917-757-9780}, Levi Brocade {+164b-415-0995}, Erpi~ig Zhang {+1 bob-533-6147}, or Christina Chai {+1 9~ 7-38b-5Q68}. Fax: 646-792-3916 Email: r_.+atit.a~~t~fy]f~1~_~t,~if~~~.ti~t.,'~Vebsite: iltt~~: «~~~~.~~~1«nEnta.n~t h~tp://wvvw. ~alunxn~o, net/Disp~.ayAnAr~ie~ePri~r~. asp?ID=9443 Z of 2 II11~ r~~1v ~®s~~~~r~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~ - _.. ; ,~ P ~ .;. By Ben Bendig to their invol~emont, Epoch Times San Francisco Staff Sudan, Burma, Zx _~ The torch bega~tt °. Though many may realize that China's leadership regularly violates pits, on August 9# human rights, the extent of their persecutions may not be known to all, and New Zealand ~~ _ es eciall in li ht of China hostin the 2008 Ol m its. Human ri hts p Y g g y P g In March it wall t~ groups such as Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders North America, a .~ - have re orted that after China was awarded with the Ol m its re res- ~ ,F P Y p P States it will aae c. sion has increased, instead of improving, as was the hope when giving Olympic torch ~ ~L,, the Olympics to China. scheduled to ga t~;~ After it became clear that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had Though ~h~za no intention of improving its human rights situation, and was instead world has still ~-~ using the Olympics to benefit its image, human rights advocates real- widely knaw~ Th ized action must be taken to let the world know that even though China that the CCP'~has is hosting the .Olympics, the CCP's treatment of the Chinese people truth of their dech~ and support of other totalitarian regimes outside China, does not live vesting of organs3~ ~~ up to the spirit of the Olympics. not been brought .~k Thus, the Human Rights Torch was barn, to convey the true spirit The HRTR ~~ a~ .. ~~ of the Olympics and what it means for humanity. The message of the in China and'h t.~r ~ f . Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) is that the Olympics and crimes volvement aliro ~. f against humanity cannot coexist in China" rights end Founding-the HRTR was the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution political aims= and~S~ of Falun Gong (CIPFG}, though all of the CCP's human rights abuses mocracy m-~C~na o~~ Y ~ ` '~' are meant to be exposed, beyond the persecution against the Falun in San Francisco on ~ Gong spiritual practice: from their suppression of Christians, Uighurs, ceremonylrally and ~~ ~ ~ = Tibetan Buddhists, rights advocates, journalists, and defense lawyers, ,~ ~, Q a. a ~ 3.iT~ ~, ,' ~~r ~ F ti ~ ,.. ~~ ~~ ~ k 3S 3 .~f7i gF~~} yy~~,, 'ki'n 4.~ ~._ ~ it ~ A,.., ~ '~'i`' i4~~ ~ ~:~ 1: i 5'. - ~3 p lei {- ~ f~f~ L r ~ ~ y ' ~ *4i A ~~,,.~ ~. it, ~,~ Pans Berlin ~~ r~ , _ ~ ~~~~ - China's Human Bights Violations are .Escalating EverYdaY! With the Human Rights Torch Relay we hope to raise awareness of the escalation of China's human rights violations in advance of the Olympic games, and the breadth and scope of its campaign worldwide. Through a variety of grassroots events, the torch will bring with it facts including: An estimated 100 million Falun Gong practitioners and their families are enduring ever more stringent persecution; tens of thousands of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience have had their organs forcibly extracted aiid> sold. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens are held as political prison- erswithout charge or trial, including democracy activists, lawyers, human rights defenders, religious leaders, journalists, trade unionists, Tibetan Buddhists, Uighurs, `unofficial' church members, Falun Gong practitio- ners, environmental activists, health and reproductive rights activists, and political dissidents People have been evicted from their homes to make way for commercial construction, and beaten or killed if they protest; any meager payment af- fered to them is usually stolen by corrupt local officials Millions of Chinese are sent without trial to slave labor camps, where they are tortured and forced to work long days producing consumer goods. By SHAR ADAMS Epoch Times Brisbane Staff American actress Uma Thurman has joined the growing chorus of celebrities speaking out about China's human rights record in the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games. Referring to Steven Spielberg's recent decision to resign as artistic consultant to the Beijing Olympic because of China's involvement with Sudan, Ms. Thurman said the U.S. film director could add a few more things to his list of concerns. "Although there is so much good in China and in the Chinese people, the hu- manrights record of the Chinese govern- mentisappalling. Ithink Steven Spielberg could have written a longer list. Steven, please waste a little more ink on it". Ms. Thurman, the daughter of Robert Thurman, a scholar of Tibetan Bud- dhism and the first American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, was particularly concerned about the plight of Tibetan Buddhists in China but noted there were many other human rights issues. "I'm not joking'; she told the BBC, "China's human rights record is horrible and there are marvelous, caring, wonderful people amongst the community of Chinese people who also are unhappy about the record of the Government and some of their choices and behaviors." Steven Spielberg said the situation in Darfur was rapidly deteriorating and his Recent product recalls highlight the dangers of these goods to the public, which,' for higher profits, often use toxic ingredients instead of safe ones China continues to impose forced abortion and sterilization to enforce its gruesome `One Child' policy, asper-family population control measures China imprisons more reporters, and executes more prisoners, than any other country in the world ;- Thy military junta in Burma, controlled ley ,the CCP; :has has enforced 19 years of brutal oppression on the Burmese peoples and most recently violently cracked down on monks, sympathizers' and ~epoirters The Chinese regime funds and arms the Sudanese-government-support- ed Janjaweed militia, which is committing genocide in,Darfur. Hundreds of thousands have been murdered and nearly two ~tnillion displaced from their homes. Article: The China Connection Stringent Internet censorship and public surveillance, with technology supplied~by v~estern companies; enables close inoriitoring and suppression of free speech.. -- wtivw.Ilumanl~rghtsTorch.org Coalition to Investigate the Persecution ofFalun Gang (CIPFG) conscience would no longer allow him "to continue with business as usual." "At this point, my time and energy must be spent, not on Olympic ceremonies, but on doing all I can to help bring an end to the unspeakable crimes against hu- manitythat continue to be committed in Darfur," he said in statement. Ms. Thurman and Mr. Spielberg join a growing list of celebrities and senior statesmen that have ex pressed concern about China's con- tinuedhuman rights abuses. Earlier this month Prince Charles, announced he had declined an invi- tation to attend the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, noting in a statement that he had a "close interest in Tibet". Last August ~ Global Human Right Torch Relay was launched in Athens to raise awareness of reli- giauspersecution inChina, particu- larly the severity of the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. Human Rights Torch Relays have since been held in cities and towns across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Africa. and parts of Asia, drawing Federal, State and local community leaders to express their concern that Olympics and crimes against humanity cannot co exist. The Relay is presently in Israel A montage of various poster campaigns from v China's hosting of the summer Olympics in Bei Mere Stars Put Off by Beijing's `Genocide Olympics' Actress Uma Thurman told BBC re- porters, "The human rights record of the Chinese government is appalhi-g." (DAVE HDGAN/GE T T Y IMA GE5) Do you know . ~~ o an harvestin ,~, from Falun Go ~~~~ is bi bus' '~~°°° g - __a ,~ .. ~~ This ~s ha -~ ~ ow. Christians jailed and tortured for their faith Should a country like this host the Olympic Games? Products for export made by child slave labor ~ Should the Zoos Games ~e "Made in China"? c ~- `t ~ x _ _ "~- ' +-- ,~ ~~ n .,i '.,` ~ +v'. p 'w''±r a icy v-c`'1'~~'r`*.a ~~ ,r =~ r"~a7~ ~~x+~~~ 4" ~ =~n~situaor~s o~~~n~'u~fii~ oar aye, c~o~~ e- _ If ~c~ a:re~~ne~~ra. 1 i ~- - r'- - ~-r~l~bi~~ Resod Tub of tie oppr~sso . -~ ~_, , and will commence its route through the United States around March to finish in Asia in August. Earlier this month a group of Nobel laureates, politicians and Olympic athletes sent an open letter to the Chinese government calling on it to stop supporting Sudan. Signatories included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, actors Mia Farrow, Emma Thompson and Joanna Lumley, singer Angelique Kidjo and British Playwright, Tom Stoppard. Human Rights Watch has welcomed the celebrity concern about Darfur but warned that un- less human rights abuses were ad- dressed within China., little would be gained "Repression in China is on the rise and Olympic sponsors, gov ernments, or world leaders-es- pecially those planning to attend the Games--can't pretend other- wise;' said Mirky Warden, media director at Human Rights Watch, "These influential players should be prepared to show the steps they are taking to address the worsening rights climate in China, or they risk being tarnished by a human rights debacle" Last year, a group of 571awyers, academics, editors, writers and civil rights campaigners within China joined the voices of thousands of Chinese rural workers who signed a petition saying "we want human arious political acti3~ist organizations protesting rights not the Olympics." ding {PETER PARIfS/AFP/GETTYI!'IIAGES) The group of dissidents signed an r r - r -. - e ~ /. ~~,. .,,,.. ,, .~ ~: ~,-~- ~~Ty open letter condemning the ar- rest of human rights activist, Hu Jia and urged the government to improve human rights ahead of this year's Olympics. Since then Hu remains incar cerated and the numbers joining him are growing. "Nobody apart .from the In- ternational Olympic Committee seems to believe the govern- ment will make a significant hu- man rights concession before the Games start," said press freedom agency Reporters Without Bor- ders in its 2008 annual report. Oscar winningfilm directorS'teven Spielberghas "Every time a journalist or blog- withdrawn asap artisticadviserto the2008Sam- ger is released, another goes irlt0 mer Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on prison. () China's dissidents wifl the conflictin Sudan's Darfurregion. (MARSAI- probably be having a hard time EIMCGRATH/GETTYIMAGESFOR VES) this summer." The Chinese Communist Party, however, remains paranoid about anything that might blemish its image during the Olympics. "We believe that any. political issue that has nothing to do with the Olympics should not be linked to the Beijing Games," Liu Jingmin, executive vice presi- dent of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, told a news conference last year, Reuters reported. "I believe that the preparations,for the Olympics have tremendously boosted the development of human rights in China;' he added. One wonders what the thousands of innocent people languishing in labor and detention camps scattered around China's particularly harsh winter countryside would make of that if they were to ever gain a rare word from the outside world. ^ ~ ~ i~ 1 ~ ~: f .~ ~ ~ .f ~~ Non. DaI~ INlgour, Co-au~or of Blood Narwest "The invasion of Afghanistan by Russian troops caused a boycott by some countries of the 1980 - Games in Moscow, all nations should have boycotted the Berlin Olympics in 1936, but at the time most governments claimed not to know what Hitler had in mind. Today, we do know only too well what the government of China has in mind for its Falun Gong community because of what it continues to do to them. This is a vitally important difference between 1936 and 200$," :ti ,~ _ - - - _ ~'~ ' Kry, ~ - - T. Kumar,lmnesty International - _ "In spite of promises to improve human rights, China continues to account for upwards of 80% of all x e ecutions in the w rl o d. At this rate the onl world recor d China i s gran u tee d to earn at th 2 e 008 y g games will be for the world's champion of executions" µh tj ?5v+'i- ~`~ -r - ~ "~c~v . _ ~caorg Today! ~:. , ,ill ~. = ;~~ } :-_~~ ~~ - Former Olympian Ines Geipe[ carries the human rights torch faith ~";yeax old Fadu Chen who's fa- ther was tortr~red to death by the CCPin China