The People’s Republic of China performs the second-highest number of organ transplants in the world, yet the Chinese population has a cultural aversion to organ donation. Started in the 1980s on executed prisoners, organ harvesting in China exponentially increased from 1999 with the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese philosophy and way of life based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. Spread from 1992, it attracted an astonishing 100 million practitioners in seven years. Seeing it illegitimately as a threat, the Chinese Communist Party started to chase and persecute them. It is estimated that 65,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been the object of forced organ harvesting, which constitutes a crime against humanity.

Organ transplants are a lucrative source of income for Chinese hospitals, who work in collusion with state security agencies. Coming from all over the globe, foreign patients receiving organs in China contribute to this atrocity. But a few countries like Taiwan, Australia and Israel have already passed legislation punishing unlawful organ receivers with jail sentences. Let’s massively spread the word before Human Rights Day held on December 10, when we’ll deliver the petition to the UN Human Rights High Commissioner. Please sign on the right, then share it with everyone!

