[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 162 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AGAINST FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 14, 2016

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, October 1 is designated as an 
International Day of Remembrance Against Forced Organ Harvesting. 
Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting organized the Day of 
Remembrance and a petition to be presented to the United Nations 
calling for an immediate halt to China's forced organ harvesting from 
detained Falun Gong practitioners, other prisoners and prisoners of 
conscience in China. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize--2016, Doctors 
Against Forced Organ Harvesting, is seeking an immediate end to this 
practice, as well as objective investigations leading to the 
prosecution of the perpetrators. And urging the Chinese government to 
end the 27-year persecution against Falun Gong, believed initiated by 
former President Zemin in 1999 and cited as the cause and source of 
forced organ harvesting from prisoners. By ending the genocide of the 
Falun Gong group, other populations in China will be safeguarded. This 
practice is another form of evil in our time and the United Nations 
will be further alerted to this crime against humanity, as are we.

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