Unethical Human Organ Harvesting Practices in China

I (we), the undersigned, hereby condemn as unethical any activity that transgresses an individual's human rights in relation to being an organ donor in China. Such human rights abuses include the alleged use of organs from executed prisoners without consent.

I (we) also have concerns about:

- the reported easily obtainable organs in China and speedy cross matching which implies pre-selection of prisoners for organ harvesting.

- recent allegations of systematic organ harvesting from some live Falun Gong practitioners in labour camps and detention centres in China.

I (we) condemn any such unethical practices unreservedly.

I (we) call for urgent, open and independent investigation into all prisons, detention centres, labour camps and related hospitals by the United Nations, World Health Organisation and other relevant international organisations without the Chinese government's sanctions on information.