(Minghui.org) Australian news network SBS aired the documentary Human Harvest: China’s Organ Trafficking on its Dateline program in early April. Many people learned about the state-sanctioned killing of peaceful Falun Gong practitioners in China for their organs through the program and related media coverage.
Upon hearing that David Matas, a Canadian human rights lawyer who led the investigation into the illegal organ harvest, would visit Australia in early July, many of them found it a good opportunity to contact the Foreign Minister for concrete follow-up actions to end the ongoing atrocity in China.
Western Australian Falun Gong practitioners set up a booth in downtown Perth on June 20, 2015, telling passersby about the organ harvest and Matas's visit. Many pedestrians said they would be glad to help.
Falun Gong practitioners in Perth tell people about the killing of practitioners in China for their organs.
State Legislative Assembly Member: A Key Issue that Australian Government Cannot Ignore
Peter Abetz, a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, recently wrote in a letter to Julie Bishop, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, “Some time ago, I wrote to you regarding the alleged organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China. In the letter of response I received from your office, I was advised that the Australian Govt did not believe these allegations as having been substantiated.”
“David Matas, the human rights lawyer who has done most of the ground work to expose the organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China, will be in Perth,” Abetz continued. “I would be most grateful if Ms Bishop or at least policy advisor could meet with David Matas while he is here in Perth.”
Having read Matas's book, Bloody Harvest: Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China, Abetz says this is a key issue that the Australian government cannot ignore.
“It's the Most Evil Crime”
A man named Gary Bevan told a practitioner that he already knew about the organ harvesting atrocities in China. “It's the most evil crime,” he commented. “The Chinese communist regime is the most evil one, but not everyone understand this. You're doing something very godly.”
He said he had already written a letter to Ms. Bishop about this subject in the past, and that he would contact her office again, hoping she can meet with Matas.
A practitioner tells passersby about the organ harvesting investigation conducted by David Matas, a Canadian human rights lawyer, who will visit Australia in early July.
Another pedestrian, Georgia Starcevich, who had also contacted Ms. Bishop in the past, gave a notepad to a practitioner and said, “Write down what you want to tell the Foreign Minister. I'll write her a letter again and let her know.”
“You are doing the right thing,” Starcevich encouraged the practitioner. “Please keep it up.”
After a brief rainstorm, pedestrians returned to the booth for more information.
Ashley Awemende, a high school student, was shocked by the Chinese regime's brutality. “My teacher gave us a presentation assignment, and I will choose this as my topic,” she said.
She requested 20 copies of a pamphlet, one copy for each student in her class. “They will read it and understand it. And they may also contact the Foreign Minister about this.”
Category: Organ Harvesting
