I, the undersigned resident of Canada, draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following:

Whereas, Falun Gong is the No. 1 persecuted group in China today where in March 2006 the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture Mr. Manfred Nowak reported that 66% of the victims of alleged torture and ill treatment in China were Falun Gong practitioners. "The cruelty and brutality of these alleged acts of torture defy description," commented Ms. Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions;

Whereas, since the Chinese Communist regime started the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, more than 3,000 practitioners have been verified as having been tortured to death to date (excluding the deaths caused by organ harvesting).  The U.S. State Department’s 2006 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in China stated that Falun Gong practitioners may constitute "at least half of the 250,000 officially recorded inmates in reeducation-through-labor camps." Many cases of torture victims remain unreported, as the Chinese Communist regime imposes an information blockade, and reporting these cases to outside world constitutes a severe crime of leaking state secrets;

Whereas, Amnesty International report states in 2007 that "the official campaign of public vilification of Falun Gong in the official Chinese press has created a climate of hatred against Falun Gong practitioners, which may be encouraging acts of violence against them;"

Whereas, an independent investigation conducted by former MP David Kilgour and human rights lawyer David Matas [http://organharvestinvestigation.net] concluded that "there has been and continues today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners." The widespread killing of Falun Gong practitioners for profit to provide organs for transplants is "so shocking that it represents a new form of evil in the world," said Mr. Matas;

Whereas,  the Kilgour-Matas report states, “the government of China and its agencies in numerous parts of the country …since 1999 have put to death a large but unknown number of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. Their vital organs, including hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas, were virtually simultaneously seized involuntarily for sale at high prices, sometimes to foreigners, who normally face long waits for voluntary donations of such organs in their home countries.”

Whereas,  the report states that “The policy of repression of the Falun Gong means that they are in prison without rights, at the disposition of corrupt authorities. The incitement to hatred against the Falun Gong and their dehumanization means that they can be butchered and killed without qualms by those who buy into this official hate propaganda.”

Whereas,  the number of organ transplants performed in China has increased exponentially following the official crackdown on Falun Gong in 1999. The report indicates that about 41,500 organs transplanted in China in the last six years might have come from Falun Gong practitioners;

Whereas,  it is the responsibility of free and democratic nations to condemn the act of crimes against humanity and shameless disregard for human life wherever they occur; it is also our responsibility as human beings to raise awareness necessary to stop horrific crimes against our fellow human beings.

Therefore, I urgently call on our Canadian government to help stop these atrocities. Please:

• Make a public statement and pass a motion in the House to condemn the Communist regime for committing these crimes against humanity;

• Urge the Chinese regime to end the persecution of Falun Gong and release all Falun Gong practitioners immediately, including the 16 with family members in Canada; 

• Take active measures to help stop the mass killing and organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners;

• Discourage Canadians from traveling to China for organ transplants;

• Disallow entry to Canada any Chinese doctor known to be involved in organ harvesting.