David Matas

Ending a Crime Against Humanity in China

April 4, 2013, 2:33 pm

In a note presented on March 20, 2013 at the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, the Hon. David Kilgour makes the case for international initiatives that can help end [...]

Government Should Criminalise Organ Tourism, Says Australian Legislator

March 3, 2013, 5:42 am

New South Wales Government must enact laws to criminalise organ tourism, says a state legislator, after a petition discouraging organ transplants, surgical training and organ [...]

Taipei Bar Association Condemns Organ Harvesting in China

March 2, 2013, 4:02 am

On Feb. 27, the Taipei Bar Association hosted a roundtable discussion in response to the recently published book State Organs, which discusses transplant abuse by the Chinese [...]

International Efforts to Stop Forced Organ Harvesting From Falun Gong in China

February 9, 2013, 2:50 pm

David Kilgour, co-author of the groundbreaking investigative report “Bloody Harvest” on the pillaging of organs from Falun Gong practitioners, holds out hope that a [...]

Canada Should Hold Hearing on Transplant Abuse in China, Says MP Irwin Cotler

December 6, 2012, 7:28 pm

Liberal MP and former justice minister Irwin Cotler says China must account for allegations of illicit organ harvesting.

Governments Must End Organ Harvesting, Says Nobel Prize Nominee

November 15, 2012, 1:40 am

Speaking at a launch event for his latest book State Organs Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Matas says the world’s governments have a responsibility to end the illegal [...]

Organ Harvesting, Falun Gong, and the Future of China

November 10, 2012, 7:47 pm

The killing of Falun Gong for their organs discredits the whole Communist Party control over China.

Engaging Beijing on Organ Pillaging

November 6, 2012, 10:54 pm

All democratic governments ought to enact effective safeguards to combat organ trafficking inside and from China.

Chinese Regime Covering Up Atrocities, Say Researchers

November 6, 2012, 8:35 pm

A recently announced plan to wean the Chinese organ transplantation industry off of the organs of executed prisoners is a cover-up, say researchers and a medical advocacy group.

China’s Secret State Transplant Business (Video)

October 22, 2012, 7:26 am

It’s being called “abhorrent” and a “crime against humanity.” Allegations of forced organ harvesting in China started to surface in 2006. Since then, mounting evidence [...]