China Harvests Falun Gong's Organs

There are things that are happening in China which are of enormous historical significance. The persecution of Falun Gong is one of the most horrific, large-scale. There were 70 to 100 million Falun Gong practitioners when the persecution started. All of them were instantly put under persecution. I had never expected to see this in my lifetime. There's no moral ambiguity. There's no shades of meaning about this. This is an evil crime and it's happening. I mean, this is the case. We do know for a fact that there's large-scale executions in China. We do know for a fact that executed prisoners have their organs harvested unwilling, without their consent. We do know for a fact that the Falun Gong are depersonalized, dehumanized, marginalized, repressed, persecuted, both in word and in deed, in the most vile ways possible. One of the first people we met with was the wife of a former surgeon. And she told us, I guess this was 2006, she's now a refugee living in the United States. She told us that her husband, during the period 2001-2003, had removed the corneas from the eyes of approximately 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners. Their corneas would be removed, then they're unconscious at this point. They'd be taken into another room and their heart, lung, all their vital organs would be removed for sale purposes. Hi, I'm Natalie. And about one month ago, it's on 8th of June, I was told my parents were taken away by secret policemen in a dark evening. And then, since then, I haven't been able to contact my parents. And my families have been trying to meet my parents, and they didn't allow, they were not allowed to do so. So basically, we don't know how my parents are and what they've been treated in China. We received a warrant last week, and the official reason of my parents' arrest is they've been practicing Falun Gong in China. Falun Gong, it's also called Falun Dafa, it's a meditative exercise, together with a very high requirement on moral standards. And the principle of Falun Dafa is being truthful, being compassionate, and being tolerant. Falun Gong started in 1992, and it was widely spread in China, and highly encouraged and promoted by the government before 1999. Because Falun Gong can bring lots of benefits to the practitioners, like the health benefits and better relationship with other people, so there were more and more people starting to practice Falun Gong. By the point, there are more Falun Gong practitioners than the communism membership. The party felt threatened. So on 20th of July 1999, 10 years ago today, it was outlawed, and the Falun Gong practitioners have been portrayed as a group of evil, strange people, which are seeking political powers. But all true practitioners know we are not seeking political powers. All our effort is to end the persecution, so the practitioners in mainland China can practice as they could 10 years ago. Falun Dafa is a peaceful religion, and all the campaigning effort the Falun Dafa practitioners are doing all over the world are aiming to stop the persecution in China and no violence involved at all. The Falun Gong was outlawed on 20th of July 1999, and today is the 10th anniversary of this outlaw, so it is a significant day for all the Falun Gong practitioners and all the people who have a sense of justice as well. Since my parents were illegally arrested, I contacted Amnesty International and also different media. I also contacted my MP and MEP. I started an online petition as well. Today, later, I will be handing my letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ask for help from him to get my parents released as well. This is my dad, Yongfang Qiao, and this is my mom, Dongfei Yan. Both of them are in their 60s. They are very calm, nice people. They've been trying to help people whenever they can. This is the second time they came to visit me, and this is the first time they came inland to visit us. This is my mom, and it's in the setting of a nursery in China. And this is my dad. They went to a local restaurant, and they had a very lovely day that day, and my mom took this photo for my dad.