Interesting article this week in the Sydney Morning Herald about an investigation by a Canadian humanrights lawyer and a former Canadian cabinet minister into alleged state killings of Falun Gong members in order to harvest human organs for transplant.
The full report is here. According to a press release (.doc file) issued by the invesitgators, the report concludes:
“…the government of China and its agencies in numerous parts of the country, in particular hospitals but also detention centres and ‘people’s courts’, since 1999, have put to death a large but unknown number of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. Their vital organs, including hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas, were virtually simultaneously seized for sale at high prices, sometimes to foreigners, who normally face long waits for voluntary donations of such organs in their home countries.”
It also notes that:
Witnesses were consulted in Canada, Australia, France and the United States, sometimes in personal interviews and sometimes by email. Among the most significant incriminating evidence, however, were certified translations of recorded conversations in Mandarin with doctors and other officials at hospitals and detention centres located in various parts of China.
Which western government will be the first to condemn China for this?