Organ Harvesting in Chinese Prisons
- Submitted by: Bob Doris, Glasgow, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2012
- Motion reference: S4M-04684
That the Parliament abhors what it understands is the practice of organ harvesting in Chinese prisons; is shocked by allegations that approximately 65,000 members of the banned Falun Gong spiritualist group have been killed for their organs; recognises that political dissidents and members of minority groups, including the Uyghur and Tibetans, are also believed to be among the victims; understands that organs are often harvested from live prisoners for sale on the black market; applauds what it sees as the efforts by human rights activists, including Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Matas, co-author of Bloody Harvest - The Killing of Falun Gong for their Organs, to bring these atrocities to the attention of organisations such as the UN; understands that over 100,000 people have signed the petition to the UN on Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting petition, with over 14,000 of those signatures coming from the UK; welcomes discussions by the UN Human Rights Council and the US Congress on this issue in September 2012, and urges the UN to investigate and put an end to these atrocities.
Supported by:
Richard Baker, Colin Beattie, Marco Biagi, Sarah Boyack, Roderick Campbell, Jackson Carlaw, Ruth Davidson, Jim Eadie, Annabelle Ewing, Linda Fabiani, Mary Fee, Patricia Ferguson, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Kenneth Gibson, Rob Gibson, Annabel Goldie, Rhoda Grant, Iain Gray, Jamie Hepburn, Jim Hume, Alex Johnstone, Alison Johnstone, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Angus MacDonald, Gordon MacDonald, Margo MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Hanzala Malik, Jenny Marra, John Mason, Joan McAlpine, Mark McDonald, Margaret McDougall, Alison McInnes, Stuart McMillan, Stewart Stevenson, Kevin Stewart, David Torrance, Jean Urquhart, Maureen Watt, Sandra White