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Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Announces Conference on the CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting
Tomorrow, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse will host a virtual conference about the Chinese Communist Party’s forced organ harvesting. Forced organ harvesting is the practice of killing people for their organs. For the victims—who include political prisoners, Falun Gong practitioners and Uyghurs—it is the harvesting of their life. It is time this brutal practice be exposed and the CCP be designated a criminal organization.
WHAT: Conference on the CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting
WHO:
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Chair of the China Tribunal, a people’s tribunal into forced organ harvesting
Ethan Gutmann, a China Studies Research Fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington DC and co-founder of The International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China
David Matas, an international human rights lawyer, author, and researcher based in Winnipeg and currently acts as Senior Honorary Counsel for B’nai Brith Canada
Wendy Rogers, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Ethics at Macquarie University, Sydney and has contributed to Australian national ethical guidelines on organ and tissue donation
Xiaoxu “Sean” Lin, Ph.D. serves as the communication director for Falun Dafa Association in Washington DC and is a survivor of 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre
Kristina Olney is the Director of Government Relations for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) and leads VOC’s engagement with U.S. federal and state policymakers, embassies, and advocacy initiatives with human rights allies and captive nations constituencies
WHEN: Tomorrow, February 24th at 4:00PM ET
WHERE: Online, register HERE
Additionally, several parliamentarians will be participating including:
Senator Marilou McPhedran, C.M., B.A., LL.B., LL.M., LL.D. (Canada)
Mr. Ramesh Sangha, MP (Canada)
Mr. Sameer Zuberi, MP (Canada)
Mr. Ivan Vilibor SINČIĆ, MEP (EU – Croatia)
Mr. Hermann Tertsch (EU – Spain)
The Honourable David Kilgour (Canada)
