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Matas: David Kilgour’s Fierce Devotion to Principle and Deep Empathy for Rights Abuse Victims Will Endure

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Matas: David Kilgour’s Fierce Devotion to Principle and Deep Empathy for Rights Abuse Victims Will Endure
Former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific David Kilgour presents a revised report about continued murder of Falun Gong practitioners in China for their organs, as report co-author lawyer David Matas listens in the background, in Ottawa on Jan. 31, 2007. The Epoch Times
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I have known David Kilgour all my adult life. From the get-go, I could see that he had a friendly, outgoing, gregarious personality.

David Matas
David Matas
Human Rights Lawyer
David Matas, an award-winning Canadian human rights lawyer and a member of the Order of Canada, serves on the board of directors of the Toronto-based International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development. In 2010 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to the investigation of forced organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Matas co-authored "Bloody Harvest: The Killing of Falun Gong for their Organs" and co-edited "State Organs: Transplant Abuse in China."
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