Posted on 10/24/2020 9:04:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Allies in free countries can be a powerful force to help unshackle those suffering under brutal regimes, said renowned Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas, as he outlined how he and others worked with a Chinese lawyer to expose some of the Chinese regime’s most horrific crimes.
A Winnipeg-based international human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace prize nominee, Matas spoke at a virtual panel exploring the modern context of Gandhi and human rights, marking the 150th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Oct. 4.
“We do not have to be inside a repressive country to resist the repression of that country,” Matas told the panel.
“Non-violent resistance has to shift from inside to outside. Commanding attention, spreading awareness, appealing to global opinion, bringing a mass movement into being cannot be done from within the country of repression. … The Gandhis of today inside the country of repression, even just by demonstrating how little can be done from inside, can spur action from outside.”
In 2006, Matas was pursuing an independent investigation into disturbing claims of the forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience in China. Working in concert with David Kilgour, former cabinet minister and Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific, the pair hit a roadblock: they wanted to go to China to do the work but needed an invitation from a representative within China to proceed. Chinese officials had already made it clear they only wanted to deny the evidence of organ transplant abuse in China, so Matas and Kilgour needed to find another way.
The person who eventually responded to their call, at great personal risk, was Gao Zhisheng, a renowned lawyer often referred to as the “Conscience of China” and who Matas likened to China’s modern-day Ghandi.
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The Communist Chinese authorities should have hired Planned Parenthood to do the harvesting, then American Democrats would have never allowed it to be uncovered and publicized.
Rats practicing with the unborn they dont fight back
In a decade or so, they will be harvesting Republican organs for personal use. Before we are even dead!
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