Thank you, Bitteroot Star, for your work through the years to help us become more aware of events and concerns in our state, nation and our world.
I also want to thank Congressman Daines who was among the first of a total of 230 Representatives who have co-sponsored H. Res. 281 “expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience in the People’s Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, as well as Christians, Tibetans and Uighurs.”
At a congressional hearing last September, evidence was given that Chinese medical doctors are conducting forced organ harvesting from living people for profit. Their organs are sold to transplant patients, including those from the U.S. Our hope is that H. Res. 281 can come to a vote in this congressional session in the House of Representatives.
Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese self-improvement practice. Its core principles are Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. Initially credited by Beijing officials for its health benefits, Falun Gong is practiced by more than 100 million people in more than 70 countries. However, due to the Chinese Communist Party’s long-standing intolerance of independent civil society groups, Beijing has been engaged in an intensive, nationwide persecution to eradicate Falun Gong since 1999.
In the holiday spirit of goodwill, Montanans can offer the gift of their good conscience by signing an online petition that could help save lives in China. StopOrganHarvesting.org
Katherine Combes
Kalispell