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Latvia: Nobel Peace Prize Nominees David Kilgour and David Matas Meet with Elected Officials, Discuss Ways to End Forced Organ Harvesting in China
January 29, 2017
(Minghui.org) Former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific David Kilgour and human rights attorney David Matas hosted a series of events on January 11-15, 2017 in Latvia’s capital, Riga. The gatherings aimed at informing the Latvian people about the state-sanctioned harvesting of organs from living prisoners of conscience in China, especially Falun Gong practitioners. In meetings with elected officials, the two defenders of human rights discussed how legislation could help end this ongoing violence in China.
For the past decade, Mr. Kilgour and Mr. Matas have been investigating forced organ harvesting in China. In 2006, they published their first report, “Bloody Harvest,” for which they have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In collaboration with China expert and journalist Ethan Gutman, an updated investigation report, Bloody Harvest/The Slaughter: An Update was released in the summer of 2016, which contains further evidence of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) atrocities.
Parliament Presentation
Mr. Kilgour and Mr. Matas presented a lecture titled “On the organ harvesting in China and its relationship with the rest of the world” on January 11 at the Saeima–the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia. The session was attended by Members of Parliament and others concerned about human rights.
Meetings were also held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, as well as with individual professionals, who can help promote positive changes in this matter in their daily work. All countries are encouraged to help end the forced organ harvesting in China via legislation, as has already been done in Israel, Taiwan, and Spain.
Presentation at the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia: “On the organ harvesting in China and its relationship with the rest of the world.”
250 Killed for Their Organs Daily in China
Mr. Kilgour pointed out during the presentation that every day in China, approximately 250 people, primarily prisoners of conscience, not criminals, are killed for their organs. Most are Falun Gong practitioners, as well as Tibetans, Uighurs, and Christians. Mr. Matas said that he has met Falun Gong practitioners in 50 countries and that they are law-abiding citizens–the complete opposite of how Falun Gong practitioners are demonized by the Chinese communist government.
Mr. Matas pointed out that a 2013 European Parliament resolution calls on the EU Member States to address the issue of organ harvesting in China, openly condemn it, and inform citizens who are traveling to China about the issue. He also pointed out that the Latvian Constitution preamble states that the Latvian people condemn crimes committed by communist regimes. He invited the audience to understand that today they were discussing precisely the crimes of the communist regime in China.
He further suggested that hardly anyone in the audience knows whether people from Latvia are going to China for transplant tourism, or how many people may be doing so. He discussed the Latvian government’s announcement of joining the Council of Europe Convention against illicit trafficking of human organs, noting that there is serious work ahead to adapt national laws to the convention.
Mr. Matas said that negative publicity abroad makes the Chinese government uncomfortable, and if even a small country like Latvia condemned organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China, it would help the Chinese government realize that it really can no longer continue to perpetrate such crimes. Condemnation from Latvia would certainly contribute to stopping the organ harvesting crimes more quickly. He stressed that Latvia is well positioned to take such a stand because it has previously confronted and opposed the crimes of communist regimes.http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2017/1/29/161844.html
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