(Clearwisdom.net) During the first conference of the UN Human Rights Council, a health, ethics and human rights seminar was held at the auditorium of the UN Office in Geneva on June 29, organized by international non-government organizations Interfaith International and the Transnational Radical Party. The seminar focused on the illegal organ trade in China. Those who participated in the conference strongly called for an independent investigation into the incident so as to end the inhuman crimes.

Dr. Charles Graves, chairman of Interfaith International hosted the conference. Targeting the accusation of organ removal from live Falun Gong practitioners in China, he made the point that the new human rights council should pay attention to the issue of health and ethics especially when it is related to faith. Regarding Falun Gong, he told those who came that Falun Gong is a faith that includes the traditions of the Taoist and Buddhist Schools. He said, "We should highly evaluate Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong. Because of his efforts and works, the exercises, and the faith are practiced not only in China but some other places in the world. However, what makes people difficult to understand is what he has done has aroused the crazy reaction of the Chinese Government".

Mr. Edward MacMillan Scott, Vice-Chairman of European Parliament, the first western politician to make an investigation into the issue of Falun Gong in China, specially sent a letter to the conference expressing his full support. In his letter, he stated that in China, there are now about four hundred hospitals doing organs transplantation. Business is brisk. It indicates on their websites: Kidney transplantation for 60,000 US dollars. When asked, some managers replied: Yes, as organs providers, the kidneys of those practicing Falun Gong are healthy.

A statement by Ms. Chen Ying, a Falun Gong practitioner who now lives in France, has validated the above fact. Because of refusing to give up practicing Falun Gong, Ms. Chen was illegally locked up in a detention center several times and forced to do hard labor. She said that during the time she was locked up, she went on hunger strike protesting against the police persecution. "Later on, I was forced to wear handcuffs and leg-irons and taken to a hospital for a health check-up such as heart, blood and eye checks. Although the result of health checkup showed that I was in good health, a doctor of the prison forced me to have an injection of an unknown drug. When the medication entered my body, my heart started to beat acutely and my blood vessels were in sharp pain like they would burst apart. I felt flustered and suffocated, and my body was too painful to describe. After the injection, the left side of my body often twitched and I felt pins and needles in my nerves. Even worse, I was in an anxious state of mind. I was so dejected and oppressed that I couldn’t help wanting to cry or get angry. I nearly collapsed, and subsequently I lost my memory. Later, on my family members bailed me out. The first time I read the news that the Chinese Communist Party has been removing organs from live Falun Gong practitioners in Sujiatun Concentration Camp, I couldn’t stop my tears flowing. I have recalled that those people were in all probability prepared to use drugs to destroy my nervous system and then would take me somewhere to have my organs removed. Whenever I think of this, I always tremble with fear."

Chairman of the International NGO Human Rights Special Committee, Mr. Peter Prove indicated that, as a person committed to protecting the dignity of human beings, the reports and the experiences of the victims help him to realize that the value of the fundamental dignity of human being has been attacked. They have systematically violated a fundamental human right: the right to life. The only response should be conducting an independent investigation. He hoped that these calls could be widely responded to.

Mr. Thomas Buchi, the former chairman of the Human Rights Committee in the Parliament of Geneva said, "I am horrified at such a wild action, like that of the Nazi doctor Mengele. The parliament of Geneva has already carried out a series of investigations into the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners since 2000. In 2002, the parliament passed a decision condemning the persecution of Falun Gong. But now, the situation is getting even worse. We should report the above to the Human Rights Council and Ms. Louise Harbor, High Commissioner of Human Rights in the UN so as to stop the wild infringement of human rights".

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200607/34142.html