Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong

The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) is an international non-governmental organization established in the United States on April 5, 2006 by the Falun Dafa Association.^[1][2] The organization also has offices in Canada.^[2] In 2006, the organization issued a report authored by former Canadian Secretary of State for the Asia-Pacific region David Kilgour and attorney David Matas implicating hospitals and jails throughout China for being involved in organ harvesting.^[3]

History

Human Rights Torch Relay protesters, the banner reads: "Human Rights Abuse Cannot Co-exist with Beijing Olympics"^[4]

In December 2006, the Australian government responded to the newly formed CIPFG's petition alleging unethical organ transplant procedures in China by announcing the abolition of training programs for Chinese doctors in organ transplant procedures in the Prince Charles and the Princess Alexandra Hospitals as well as ending their joint research programs into organ transplantation with China.^[5]

The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong organized the international Global Human Rights Torch Relay that traveled through 150 cities in 35 countries of Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia to support a boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[6][7][8] The relay started in Athens on 9 August 2007, one year before the start of the Olympic Games. According to CIPFG, the role of the Human Rights Torch Relay is to raise awareness of Human rights in the People's Republic of China, especially the persecution of Falun Gong. ^[9] Some celebrities participated in the march, such as Chen Kai, a former member of China’s national basketball team.^[10]

See also

Falun Gong portal

• Falun Gong
• Concerns over the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ Thomas Lum (August 11, 2006). "Congressional Research Report #RL33437". Congressional Research Service. p. CRS-7 paragraph 3. http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RL33437.pdf. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Agence France-Presse (July 8, 2006). "Canadian report implicates China in organ harvesting". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/07/08/2003317781. 
3. ^ "China's pre-emptive public relations". Stratfor. http://www.stratfor.com/chinas_pre_emptive_public_relations. 
4. ^ "Newspaper". Thewhig.com. 2009-12-01. http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1034514&auth=Jordan+Press. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 
5. ^ Australian Associated Press (December 5, 2006). "Hospitals ban training Chinese surgeons". The Age. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20876865-1702,00.html?from=public_rss. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ CIPFG. "Wakas To Bring Human Rights Torch Into Nelson". http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00326.htm. 
7. ^ Alanah May Eriksen (December 17, 2007). "Human rights marchers want Olympic boycott". New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10482783. 
8. ^ Calgary, The (2008-05-20). "City rally hears student's tale of torture, imprisonment in China". Canada.com. http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=4b4fd555-3455-40ba-b594-3cd16aa28624. Retrieved 2009-12-18. ^{[dead link]}
9. ^ "A Site Without Borders - - Human Rights Torch Comes to Vancouver". MWC News. 2007-08-09. http://mwcnews.net/content/view/22620&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2009-12-18. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ "Activists carry torch to protest human-rights violations in China". News.medill.northwestern.edu. 2008-05-14. http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=89005. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 

External links

• http://www.cipfg.org/