LONDON, December 17 (ANI): More than half a million people worldwide have endorsed a petition urging the Group of Seven and other nations to take action against the Chinese Communist government’s practice of extracting organs from prisoners of conscience, according to The Epoch Times.
The petition, initiated by Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) and the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China in July 2024, had collected 505,970 signatures across 34 countries as of December 15.
The initiative seeks to prompt the governments of the G7 countries—the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the UK—as well as Argentina, Australia, India, Israel, Mexico, South Korea, and Taiwan, to take a stand against China’s forced organ harvesting practices. These violations predominantly affect prisoners of conscience, including detained Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, and other ethnic and religious minorities.
In the weeks leading up to the announcement, hundreds of lawmakers worldwide pledged to promote legislation to prohibit forced organ harvesting. DAFOH said the petition campaign would continue, with organizers now aiming for one million signatures by June 2026.
“We present the issue of forced organ harvesting directly to sovereign governments to inform them about the public’s demand to end such dreadful transplant abuses in our civilized world, while also addressing it to the executive branch, the decision-makers within those governments,” said DAFOH Executive Director Dr. Torsten Trey.
“To witness this international support is encouraging. Not only do we raise awareness about China’s 25 years of persecution against Falun Gong, but we also create a platform for individuals to actively participate in ending it, one signature at a time.”
The petition highlights findings from the London-based China Tribunal, which concluded in 2019 that the Chinese regime has been involved in large-scale forced organ harvesting, predominantly targeting Falun Gong practitioners.
Trey noted that his organization had previously conducted a petition campaign on the issue directed at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2012 to 2018, which attracted more than three million participants. However, the campaign faced regulatory obstacles, and the United Nations ultimately did not take verifiable action.
It took three months to establish the current petition campaign, Trey said, adding that it would continue regardless of leadership changes in the countries concerned. Given the rapid pace of signature collection, he expressed confidence that the campaign could garner support from millions.
“Every freedom-loving individual and every person of faith desires to see this horrific and gruesome persecution, along with the forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners, come to an end,” Trey said.
The petition calls on leaders of the 14 countries to issue a united statement condemning China’s forced organ harvesting, demanding its immediate cessation, and implementing a coordinated action plan. The strategy outlined in the petition includes measures to prevent citizens from receiving transplants in China, halting transplant-related partnerships, holding annual parliamentary hearings on the issue, and initiating investigations to pursue accountability.
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