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The slaughter
My testimony to Irish Parliament, 2013
Thank you for inviting me to participate in this profoundly important hearing.
Beginning in 2006, I began conducting comprehensive interviews with medical professionals, Chinese law enforcement personnel, and over 50 refugees from the Laogai System, in order to piece together the story of how mass harvesting from prisoners of conscience evolved in China. Based on my research, here is a short timeline:
In 1994, we have evidence that the first live organ harvests were performed on the execution grounds of Xinjiang.
In 1997, following the “Ghulja massacre,” we have evidence that the first political prisoners, specifically Uyghur activists were harvested on behalf of high-ranking cadres.
In 1999, Chinese State Security launched its largest action of scale since the Cultural Revolution, the eradication of Falun Gong.
By 2001, Chinese military hospitals were unambiguously targeting select Falun Gong prisoners for organ harvesting.
By 2005, overall transplant numbers--and the refugees that I have spoken to--suggest that the number of numbers of Falun Gong who are being harvested had increased dramatically.
In early 2006, the Epoch Times revealed the first charges of organ harvesting of Falun Gong, and this was followed that summer by the distribution of the Kilgour-Matas report.
In 2012, Wang Lijun attempted to defect at the US Consulate in Chengdu. Two weeks later information surfaced that he had overseen thousands of organ transplants. Six weeks later the Chinese State declared an end to organ harvesting of death-row prisoners over a five-year time frame. No mention was made of prisoners of conscience. Any attempt at third-party verification was rejected.
I can’t supply a death-count for House Christians, Uyghurs and Tibetans. But I estimate that 65,000 Falun Gong were murdered for their organs from 2000 to 2008.
What does this have to do with Ireland? China is the organ repository of last resort and Ireland—in spite of its sterling human rights record—is no exception. So my policy recommendation is simple enough.
Down in Australia, the local legislature of New South Wales is currently discussing criminalizing organ tourism—i.e. if you go to China and come back with a new organ you will be incarcerated. Simple as that. And until the Chinese authorities provide a full accounting of this crime against humanity, this is precisely the model that Ireland should follow.
Ethan Gutmann
The slaughter
My testimony to Irish Parliament, 2013
Thank you for inviting me to participate in this profoundly important hearing.
Beginning in 2006, I began conducting comprehensive interviews with medical professionals, Chinese law enforcement personnel, and over 50 refugees from the Laogai System, in order to piece together the story of how mass harvesting from prisoners of conscience evolved in China. Based on my research, here is a short timeline:
In 1994, we have evidence that the first live organ harvests were performed on the execution grounds of Xinjiang.
In 1997, following the “Ghulja massacre,” we have evidence that the first political prisoners, specifically Uyghur activists were harvested on behalf of high-ranking cadres.
In 1999, Chinese State Security launched its largest action of scale since the Cultural Revolution, the eradication of Falun Gong.
By 2001, Chinese military hospitals were unambiguously targeting select Falun Gong prisoners for organ harvesting.
By 2005, overall transplant numbers--and the refugees that I have spoken to--suggest that the number of numbers of Falun Gong who are being harvested had increased dramatically.
In early 2006, the Epoch Times revealed the first charges of organ harvesting of Falun Gong, and this was followed that summer by the distribution of the Kilgour-Matas report.
In 2012, Wang Lijun attempted to defect at the US Consulate in Chengdu. Two weeks later information surfaced that he had overseen thousands of organ transplants. Six weeks later the Chinese State declared an end to organ harvesting of death-row prisoners over a five-year time frame. No mention was made of prisoners of conscience. Any attempt at third-party verification was rejected.
I can’t supply a death-count for House Christians, Uyghurs and Tibetans. But I estimate that 65,000 Falun Gong were murdered for their organs from 2000 to 2008.
What does this have to do with Ireland? China is the organ repository of last resort and Ireland—in spite of its sterling human rights record—is no exception. So my policy recommendation is simple enough.
Down in Australia, the local legislature of New South Wales is currently discussing criminalizing organ tourism—i.e. if you go to China and come back with a new organ you will be incarcerated. Simple as that. And until the Chinese authorities provide a full accounting of this crime against humanity, this is precisely the model that Ireland should follow.
Ethan Gutmann