Updates Before Year 2008

• 2008-12-15
  CECC Quick Brief: Restrictions on Religious Freedom in China   Congressional-Executive Commission on China

• 2008-12-11
  STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH INDEPENDENT MEDIA   By Paper by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D, for An International Forum on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights At Garden Villa Hotel, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

• 2008-12-11
  HUMAN DIGNITY IN TAIWAN AND CHINA TODAY   By Paper prepared by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D. for An International Forum on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Garden Villa Hotel, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

• 2008-12-10
  THE 60th ANIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS   By DR SEV OZDOWSKI OAM, DIRECTOR, EQUITY AND DIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY

• 2008-12-02
  U.N. Recommendation Must Be Matched by Prompt Action to End Murder of Falun Gong for Their Organsa   FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER

• 2008-12-02
  Letter to the Ombudsman on CBC Radio Canada   By David Matas and David Kilgour

• 2008-12-02
  Complaint re "Malaise en Chinatown"   By Michael Craig and Michael Stainton

• 2008-12-01
  A guest-speaker of the "Conference on human rights in China" to be held in Brussels intercepted at the airport of Beijing and prevented from testifying at the European Parliament   Human Rights Without Frontiers, Brussels, Belgium

• 2008-11-27
  Submission Complaint against CBC for airing of harmful and biased program   Falun Dafa Association of Canada

• 2008-11-27
  China cancels the Summit with the EU   Human Rights Without Frontiers

• 2008-11-21
  United Nations calls on China to prosecute organ harvesters   (French Translation)

• 2008-11-09
  LESSONS FROM KRISTALLNACHT AND THE HOLOCAUST FOR TODAY, Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D, Room 200, West Block, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa (Spanish Translation)

• 2008-10-07
  Recommendations for OSCE States on Stopping Forced Organ Harvesting Conducted by the People's Republic of China, by Jan Jekielek, International Society for Human Rights

• 2008-09
  Organ harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China: An Update, David Matas, INTERFAITH INTERNATIONAL

• 2008-02-28
  Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir

• 2008-02-19
  Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak

• 2007-01-30
  Letter to nominate Gao, Zhisheng, renowned human rights lawyer in China, for the Nobel Peace Prize, by David W. Kilgour and David Matas

• 2008-10-05
  HEALTH PROFESSIONS EVERYWHERE SHOULD JOIN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO END CHINA'S HUMAN ORGAN COMMERCE, Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., The 3rd Annual Health and Human Rights Conference, Biosciences Building, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

• 2008-10-05
  Speech of Mr. Lizhi He at The 3rd Annual Health and Human Rights Conference, By Lizhi He, The 3rd Annual Health and Human Rights Conference, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

• 2008-09
  STANDING WITH THE VOICELESS OF THE WORLD, by Hon. David Kilgour. J.D., September, 2008

• 2008-09-23
  ORGAN PILLAGING FROM FALUN GONG IN CHINA MUST STOP, Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour. J.D., at a public rally near the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Manhattan

• 2008-08
  UPDATE ON ORGAN SOURCING IN CHINA , By D. Matas, Supplement to Transplantation July 27, 2008, Volume 86 Number 2S, Item 2331

• 2008-08-22
  Letter from Matas/Kilgour to the Chinese Embassy

• 2008-08-14
  Organ harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China: An Update , Remarks by David Matas for the Transplantation Society Congress, Sydney Australia

• 2008-08-11
  Letter to President Bush about Gao Zhisheng

• 2008-08
  Declaration opposes transplant commercialism, transplant tourism and organ trafficking , American Society of Nephrology

• 2008-08
  New Olympic Event: Find Lawyer Gao, Public Announcement by The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong

• 2008-08-07
  WHITHER THE BEIJING OLYMPICS? , Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour at a protest at the Embassy of China, St Patrick Street, Ottawa  (French,  Spanish Translation)

• Statement Against Transplant Tourism, National Kidney Foundation

• 2008-08-01
  Statement of Mr. Lizhi He, Former Prisoner of Conscience

• 2008-07-23
  ENGAGING MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH CHINA, Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., To The Washington D.C. Rotary Club, Washington, D.C.

• 2008-07-17
  The Olympics and organ harvesting, Remarks prepared by David Matas for delivery to a rally at Upper Senate Park, Washington DC

• 2008-07
  The Olympic Drama in Beijing, By Erping Zhang, New York

• 2008-07-16
  Gao Zhisheng , BY David Matas, Statement to the National Press Club Press Conference on Persecuted Chinese Groups, Washington, DC

• ANTI-PERSECUTION MILLIONS OF SIGNATURES GLOBAL CAMPAIGN , BY THE COALITION TO INVESTIGATE THE PERSECUTION OF FALUN GONG (Chinese version)

• Petition to ask for explanation of transplantation figures in the People's Republic of China, From Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting

• Sign Petition: Stop Selling-Harvesting of Organs & Tissues, From Tatiana A Kostanian in San Francisco

• 2008-07- 05
  Commentary in THE LANCET on the Declaration of Istanbul Sees Organ Transplantation Worldwide Threatened by Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism and Commercialism

• 2008-07-04
  TRUST THE PEOPLE OF CHINA, BUT NOT ITS PARTY-STATE, Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., Taiwanese-Canadian Association Annual Convention, Carleton University, Ottawa

• 2008-06-25
  THE SCALE OF FALUNG GONG PERSECUTION OUTSIDE CHINA, Speaking Notes by Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, President, Australian Chapter of the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, at a Cross-Party Open Forum on Human Rights in China, Parliament House Committee Room 1R4, Canberra

• 2008-06-10
  Canadian Coalition for Democracies, CPAC / Video on Demand

• 2008-06- 10
  HUMAN DIGNITY ULTIMATELY INDIVISIBLE - China's role in Sudan, Burma, North Korea, Iran and Taiwan, Remarks by Hon. David kilgour, J.D, Symposium on People's Republic of China, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa (French,  Spanish Translation)

• 2008-06-10
  Notice about recent one-day symposium on China in Canada's Parliament , By Alastair Gordon, President of Canadian Coalition for Democracies

• 2008-06- 10
  INTERNET CENSORSHIP AND ANTI-CENSORSHIP IN CHINA, By Shiyu Zhou, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Global Internet Freedom Consortium

• 2008-06-05
  JUSTICE, DIGNITY AND NON-VIOLENCE versus DEHUMANIZED POLITICS , Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour. J.D., Annual Dinner of the World Sikh Organization of Canada, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa

• 2008-05-13
  INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, ECONOMICS, TRADE AND APPROACHES TO GOVERNMENT , Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour. J.D., Canadian International Council/Conseil International du Canada, Victoria Branch, Dunsmuir Lodge, Victoria

• 2008-05-10
  LA DIGNIT?HUMAINE ET LES JEUX OLYMPIQUES DE 2008 , Notes pour l'Allocution de David Kilgour, Relais mondial de la Flamme des droits de l'homme, Montreal

• 2008-05-07
  Using the Olympics to End Organ Harvesting , BY David Matas, Remarks prepared for delivery to a forum at the Parliament Buildings

• 2008-05-07
  HUMAN DIGNITY IN CHINA AND THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES , BY Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., Forum, 362 East Block, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa

• 2008-05-06
  News Update - For Immediate Release: Tian Guo Band Responds to Tulip Festival's Discrimination and False Accusations

• 2008-05-03
  PUBLIC HEALTH, ORGAN PILLAGING FROM FALUN GONG AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN CHINA , BY Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists

• 2008-05- 02
  The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, Participants in the International Summit on Transplant Tourism and Organ Trafficking convened by The Transplantation Society and International Society of Nephrology in Istanbul, Turkey

• 2008-04-27
  China harvesting organs from members of persecuted sect: speaker , By Beth Dotson Brown, Correspondent of CrossRoads / The Bi-Weekly Publication of The Catholic Diocese of Lexington, Volume 19/Number 4

• 2008-04-22
  THE BEIJING OLYMPICS TORCH ODYSSEY , Speech for the Foreign Correspondents Club, Sydney, By Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Chairman of CIPFG Pacific chapter

• 2008-04-07
  THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT , Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., Saint Paul's University Amphitheatre, Ottawa

• 2008-03-31
  Who is posting anti-Tibet comments on North American blogs? , By Ezra Levant

• 2008-03-25
  David's notes in Spanish for his press conference in the Argentine Congress

• 2008-03-25
  Discurso Diputado Fernando Iglesias con David , Speech give by MP Fernando Iglesias in the Congress of Buenos Aires during the press conference given jointly with Hon. David Kilgour

• 2008-03-16
  Letter to the Editor of Star Times New Zealand , By David Matas

• 2008-03-11
  China and Human Rights: A Global Strategy , By David Matas (Remarks prepared for delivery to the Cambridge Union, Cambridge University, United Kingdom)

• 2008-03-11
  THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA , Notes for Address by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D. at Cambridge Union Society, Cambridge, United Kingdom (German,  French , Spanish ,  Chinese Translation)

• FALUN GONG PERSECUTION FACTSHEET, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

• 2008-03-01
  Taiwan: International Forum Held to Consider Extending Human Rights Torch Relay into Mainland China in Advance of 2008 Olympics (Photos)

• 2008-02-21
  HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA AND THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES , Keynote Address by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., International Forum, Grand Hyatt Hotel Taipei, Taiwan. (Spanish translation)

• 2008-02-21
  Whither China , By David Matas, International Forum, Grand Hyatt Hotel Taipei, Taiwan

• 2008-02-21
  THE BEIJING OLYMPICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS , Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (Australian Human Rights Commissioner 2000-2005), International Forum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2008-02-18
  'BLOODY HARVEST' VICTIMS IN CHINA AND THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES , Address by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D. at Human Rights Torch Relay, Tel Aviv

• 2008-02-18
  Speech At The Torch rally In Tel Aviv , By Jennifer Zeng, Writer of "Witnessing History"

• 2008-02-08
  Ukrainian MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj introduces bill to combat underground trade in human organs and body parts

• 2008-02-03
  Beijing Olympic Games and the Chinese Communist Party , By Man-Yan Ng, Executive Director, International Society for Human Rights, Germany

• 2008-01-29
  CAMPAIGNS OF GENOCIDE IN CAMBODIA, BOSNIA/KOSOVO, RWANDA, SUDAN/DARFUR AND CHINA , Notes for a panel talk by Hon.David Kilgour, J.D., Students Union Building, University of Alberta Edmonton

• 2008-01-27
  Mighty Tiger, Hidden Scalpel, By Kinia A., journalism student in Montreal

• 2008-01-07
  Congratulations to Mr. David Matas! - Distinguished Service Award Winner Mr. David Matas , by Sofia Mirza, Fillmore Riley LLP & Co-Chair of the Mid-Winter Organizing Committee

• 2008-01-01
  Request to International Olympic Committee to refuse any discrimination at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Letter Written by Torsten Trey, MD, Chief Executive Director of DAFOH (Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting)

• 2007-12-31
  Spanish justices order investigation of crimes against Falun Gong in China, Media Release by HRWB, Brussels, Belgium

• 2007-12-13
  Petition signed by Canadian Physicians from across Canada

• 2007-12-13
  Resolution on the EU-China Summit- EU/China human rights dialogue

• 2007-12-08
  Whither China in 2008 and Beyond?, Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., World Human Rights Day Forum, CREATING A BETTER WORLD BASED ON FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, Simon Fraser University, Fletcher Challenge Canada Theatre, Vancouver

• 2007-11-14
  THE UKRAINIAN FAMINE OF 1932-33, THE HOLOCAUST AND THE FALUN GONG IN CHINA, Notes for Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., International Symposium on the Crimes of Communism, Kiev Ukraine

• 2007-11-14
  Ideological foundations of human rights violations in China against the Falun Gong, Remarks delivered by David Matas to a symposium on the crimes of Communism, Kiev Ukraine

• 2007-11-08
  TOWARDS REALISM IN CANADA-CHINA RELATIONS, Address by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., at a panel on Canada/China relations, The Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University, Kingston

• 2007-11-01
  ENDING THE CATASTROPHE IN DARFUR, Remarks by Hon. David kilgour, Observatoire sur les missions de paix de la Chaire Raoul, Dandurand, Universite du Quebec a Montreal Centre Pierre-Peladeau, 300 Boul de Masionneuve Est, Montreal, 1 Nov 2007 (French Version)

• 2007-10
  Chinese "Courts", By Clive Ansley, The Verdict Issue 114

• 2007-10-27
  Speech at the Health and Human Rights Conference, Address by Torsten Trey, MD, PhD at Kingston, Ontario

• 2007-10-17
  BEIJING GAMES, HUMAN RIGHTS TORCH RELAY AND DEMOCRACY, Address by Hon. David Kilgour at Dublin, Ireland

• 2007-10-12
  CHINA:THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND THE FALUN GONG, Notes for Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., at Congresso Scientifico Internazionale Hotel Touring, Coccaglio, Italy

• 2007-10-04
  China and the Olympic Games, Address by David Matas, Dam Square ,Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• 2007-09-28
  Appeal for Gao Zhisheng from the Amnesty International (PDF format)

• 2007-09
  Letter from Hon. Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 2007-09-27
  WHITHER THE PARTY-STATE IN CHINA ABROAD AND AT HOME?, Excerpts from an address by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., at St. Mary's University College, Calgary

• 2007-09-25
  Letter to Dr Hans-Gert Poettering, President of European Parliament, From EDWARD MCMILLAN-SCOTT MEP

• 2007-09-07
  ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (APEC), ORGAN PILLAGING AND OLYMPIC GAMES, Address by Hon. David Kilgour, New South Wales Parliament Auditorium, Sydney, Australia

• 2007-09-06
  HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA, Address by Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Former Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia

• 2007-08-15
  GOVERNMENT OF CHINA ROLE IN SUDAN/DARFUR, ORGAN SEIZURES, OLYMPIC GAMES, AND GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS TORCH RELAY , Address by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., Institut des Affaires Publiques de Montreal/Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal Hotel Delta, 777 University Avenue, Montreal

• 2007-08-09
  GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS TORCH RELAY: "One Torch, Five Continents, Many Cities, Many People" , Address by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., Torch Lighting Ceremony at Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece

• 2007-08-07
  Statement by Hon David Kilgour at a public forum at King George Hotel , Constitution Square, Athens, Greece

• 2007-07-13
  Totalitarianism In Romania's Past And China's Present, Address (revised) by Hon. David Kilgour at the International Symposium on Forms of Repression in Communist Regimes, Brancoveanu Monastery, near Fagaras, Romania

• 2007-07-09
  The Spirit of Timisoara in 1989 and Today, Address (somewhat revised) by Hon. David Kilgour to a public meeting hosted by the Timisoara Society, Timisoara, Romania

• 2007-07-20
  Speech at a Rally in Sydney, Australia, by Jenifer Zeng - author of the book Witnessing History: a Woman's Fight for Freedom and Falun Gong

• 2007-07-17
  "China of today is worse than the China of yesterday, or of last year, or of the last decade", Rep. Frank Wolf's in-floor speech

• 2007-06-22
  "China’s government, the Falun Gong and International Law: Presenting a case for the trial of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the International Criminal Court", A Canadian law student's essay

• 2007-06-11
  David Matas response to a reader's questions.

• 2007-06-02
  "Whither Human Rights in China?" Address by Hon. David Kilgour, China Rights Network: Rights Now Forum, Toronto

• 2007-05-01
  "Celebrating the End of Totalitarianism in Europe", Address by Hon. David Kilgour, At Letna Park, Prague, Czech Republic

• 2007-03
  THE CHINESE "JUDICIAL SYSTEM": A FAIRY TALE OF BEIJING, By Clive Ansley, The Verdict Issue 112

• 2007-03-30
  "Religion in China Today" - Speech of David Kilgour at a conference of the International Society for Human Rights,
  Konigstein (near Frankfurt), Germany

• 2007-03-12
  Hoher Organisationsgrad", Manfred Nowak, Menschenrechtsjurist und UN-Sonderberichterstatter, über seine Untersuchungen gegen die chinesische Regierung

• 2007-03
  Speeches given by David Matas during tours in Germany and Hungary

• 2007-03-01
  Letter to President of the International Olympic Committee from David Matas and David Kilgour
  麦塔斯与乔高致国际奥委会主席的公开信
  Offener Brief an den Präsidenten des Internationalen Olympischen Komitees
  La lettre de David Kilgour et David Matas au Comité International Olympique

• 2007-01-11
  Is Peace Just Wishful Thinking? [Français] Address by Hon. David Kilgour, Un Colloque Palais du Luxembourg-15 rue de Vaugirard-75006 Paris. 

• 2006-12-07
  Religious Freedom and Falun Gong in China, Address by Hon. David Kilgour at AI Headquarters, Ottawa

• 2006-11
  AI Fact Sheet on ongoing Falun Gong Persecution in China

• 2006-11-23
  Motion passed in the Irish Seanad regarding Falun Gong

• 2006-09-29
  Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on International Relations House of Representatives One Hundred Ninth Congress (Whole Transcript)
  Submission by | David Kilgour, Esq. | David Matas, Esq. | Mr. Erping Zhang | Kirk C. Allison, Ph.D. |

• 2006-09-21
  Intervention at UN, by David Kilgour

• 2006-09-20 Submission at UN Forum, by David Kilgour

• 2006-07-07 | 2006-08-07
  Responses of David Kilgour and David Matas to the Chinese government statements

• 2006-07-07
  Réponse de David Kilgour et David Matas ? la déclaration du gouvernement chinois

• 2006-07-07  
  加国调查团回应中共使馆的声明

• 2006-07-07
  デービッド・キルガー氏とデービッド・マタス氏の中国政府声明文への返答

• 7 августа 2006
  Ответ Дэвида Мэйтаса и Дэвида Килгура на заявления китайского правительства