Essential Research on the
Medical Crime of Organ Harvesting
Since 2006, a field of research on forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China has been undertaken and published by independent researchers, investigators, including doctors, journalists, and non-governmental organizations. The research and evidence continues to grow.
BOOKS & MAJOR REPORTS
Bloody Harvest / The Slaughter: AN UPDATE (Free PDF Download)
By David Kilgour, David Matas, and Ethan Gutmann, 2016, as presented to U.S. Congress and numerous Parliaments around the world.
The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China's Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem
By Ethan Gutmann, Prometheus Books, 2014
State Organs: Transplant Abuse in China
By David Matas (editor) and Torsten Trey (editor), Seraphim Editions, 2012
Bloody Harvest: Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
By David Matas and David Kilgour, Seraphim Editions, 2009
"Hard To Believe" Study & Discussion Guide
By Swoop Films, 2015
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
By Ken Stone, Irene Silber, Kay Rubacek, Stone Soup Productions, Swoop Films, 2015
By Leon Lee, Flying Cloud Productions, 2014
By Masha Savitz, 2013
Killed for Organs: China's Secret State Transplant Business
By NTD Television, 2012
SELECT MEDIA REPORTS
THE DIPLOMAT: China’s Organ Transplant Problem
CNN: Report: China still harvesting organs from prisoners at a massive scale
NEW YORK TIMES: Angry Claims and Furious Denials Over Organ Transplants in China
NEW YORK TIMES: Chinese Claim That World Accepts Its Organ Transplant System Is Rebutted
NEW YORK TIMES: Debate Flares on China’s Use of Prisoners’ Organs as Experts Meet in Hong Kong
NEWS.COM.AU: The reality of human organ harvesting in China
ABC PM: Does China kill prisoners to order for the trade in organ transplants?
DAILY BEAST: Does China Harvest Organs From Living Prisoners?
MEDICAL/ETHICS JOURNAL ARTICLES
Smoke and mirrors: Unanswered questions and misleading statements obscure the truth about organ sources in China
By Rogers, Wendy A, Trey, Torsten, Fiatarone Singh, Maria, Bridgett, Madeleine, Bramstedt, Katrina, Lavee, Jacob, Journal of Medical Ethics, 2016; 42 (8): 552-553.
Here’s what Australia can do to help end the Chinese organ trade
By Rogers W., The Conversation, 9 August 2016
China’s terrible transplant secret
By Rogers W., Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, 6 May 2016
Hard To Believe Review
By Holly Northam, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Mar. 30, 2016 13: 353. doi:10.1007/s11673-016-9717-1
Historical development and current status of organ procurement from death-row prisoners in China
By Kirk C. Allison, Arthur Caplan, Michael E. Shapiro, Charl Els, Norbert W. Paul and Huige Li, BMC Medical Ethics 2015, 16:85, Dec. 2015.
China’s Semantic Trick With Prisoner Organs
By Kirk C Allison, Norbert W Paul, Michael E Shapiro, Charl Els, and Huige Li, The BMJ blog, Oct. 2015.
Bleaching Organ Procurement Crimes in China
By Jacob Lavee, MD, The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation Newsletter, Vol 6, Issue 10, Feb. 2015.
Organ Procurement from Executed Prisoners in China
By A. Sharif, M. Fiatarone Singh, T. Trey and J. Lavee, American Journal of Transplantation, 14: 2246-2252, 2014.
The Use of Prisoners As Sources of Organs -- An Ethically Dubious Practice
By Arthur Caplan. The American Journal of Bioethics. 11 (10): 1–5, Oct. 2011
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China
www.EndTransplantAbuse.org
Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting
www.DAFOH.org
Global Bioethics Initiative
www.GlobalBioethics.org
Donate Life America
www.DonateLife.net
American Transplant Association
www.AmericanTransplantFoundation.org