2007

DAFOH has been invited to speak at the Health and Human Rights Conference at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, on October 27, 2007.

The WMA urges China to change organ transplant practices – Although Chinese medical officials agreed at the General Assembly of the WMA in Copenhagen not to transplant organs from prisoners – except into members of their immediate families,

Utrecht, 19-09-2007 re: Statement against Forced Organ Harvesting Dear Sir, On behalf of the Board of the Association of Surgeons of the Netherlands (NVvH) I hereby declare that the NVvH support your activities to raise

DAFOH introduced its Advisory Board on August 19, 2007. The Advisory Board serves as independent entity and provides advice to DAFOH.

Annika Tibell The Transplantation Society has for many years taken a stand against the use of organs from executed prisoners in the People’s Republic of China. Recently, increasing contact between Chinese transplant programs and the

Letter to the Ottawa Citizen regarding Former MP pushes for Beijing Games boycott, Kilgour spearheads drive against ‘Bloody Harvest Olympics, Aug. 9, published August 11, 2007. DAFOH states that the Olympic Games cannot go along with crimes against humanity.

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Statement on Transplant Ethics Approved April 2007 Thoracic organ transplantation improves the length and quality of life of patients with severe heart or lung disease. It is a

In March 2007 Dr. Tom Treasure publishes his article “The Falun Gong, organ transplantation, the holocaust and ourselves” in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. The article addresses ethical responsibilities of the medical profession.

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE Volume 100 March 2007 J R Soc Med 2007;100:119–121 By Tom Treasure The numbers of organ transplants performed in China and the speed with which organs become available