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“The unofficial, which later became the official explanation was that organs were coming from prisoners sent to death,” he said.
However, the number of execution in China according to Amnesty International is far below the number of transplants—10,000 annually according to Matas. Even after the Chinese government changed its death penalty system, making death penalty less likely, the number of transplants remained steady.
After publishing several comprehensive reports in previous years, Matas said that their new book, "Bloody Harvest," includes updates since 2006 in addition to the content of the original reports.
“The whole environment has changed, so we have to deal with the new environment,” said Matas.
Since the publishing of their first report, Matas and Kilgour have been invited to 80 cities in 40 countries to present their research, while accumulating more evidence on the way.
“People across the world in academic institutions as well as community, student [bodies], human rights organizations would be outraged to hear this,” said audience member Edward, who recently moved from Texas to study in Vancouver. “This is something primarily upsetting to any human being with any sense of connectivity to other people at all. … The question is how to get the word out and make awareness of this.”
Another audience member, Jim, is a semi-retired researcher and teacher who originally came from China.
“I’m not as shocked as other people, because I’m politically aware … and because I lived in China for so many years,” said Jim. “Even some renowned Chinese figures in Vancouver, they still think half-half, that CCP did something good for China, but I think they are deceived. … The Chinese Communist Party has been [spreading propaganda] for so many years.”
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Bloody Harvest" is available for $19.95 on Amazon.com.
