PRESS RELEASE: Chinese Official Makes Conflicting Statements About Forced Organ Harvesting in China WASHINGTON, JUNE 3, 2013—Facing international pressure about the unethical harvesting of organs from convicted prisoners, China’s top health care official […]
The University of Sydney awarded China’s Vice-Minister of Health, Huang Jiefu, with the title of Honorary Professor in 2008 and again in 2011. In a letter to Vice-Chancellor Dr. Michael Spence, Prof. Maria Fiatarone-Singh
On March 21, 2013, the Australian Senate unanimously passed a motion urging the Australian government to oppose the practice of unethical organ harvesting in China. The motion was introduced before the Upper House of the
In the last week of February 2013, a delegation of medical doctors and lawyers attended a series of events to report about the unethical organ harvesting practices in China. The events included forums and hearings
A publication on transplant ethics and the responsibilities of medical doctors in the Croatian Medical Journal discusses the duties of medical doctors to prevent the deterioration of ethical standards in the transplant discipline. The article elaborates on different forms
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David Shoebridge, member of the Upper House in NSW, Australia, is seeking broad consultation with members of the medical community, general community and other stakeholders in relation to the proposed transplant law reform. The law
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Global Bioethics Initiative held the forum “Crimes of 21st Century: Organ Trafficking, Global Health and Security” on February 14, 2013 in New York City Among the speakers was Ashok Vaseashta, director of the Institute
Brussels – On January 29, 2013, a hearing in the European Parliament entitled “Religious Persecution by China: A Horror Story” was convened by Edward McMillan-Scott, EP Vice-President for Democracy and Human Rights, in conjunction with
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(Remarks for a panel on Organ Trafficking in China, Metropole Hotel, 17 December 2012 Geneva, Switzerland) The World Health Organization Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation require, in principle 10,
On November 22, 2012, the Taiwanese Yuan Voted for Budget Resolution Concerning Medical Organ Transplantation, which is legally binding for the Department of Health. According to the statistics of the Taiwanese Department of Health, Taiwanese
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