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Posted at 12:54 a.m., Monday, October 29, 2007

Forum to focus on alleged human organ harvesting

Advertiser Staff

Two international human rights experts will speak today at a UH Manoa forum, "China's New Genocide," focusing on alleged large-scale, systematic harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. It will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. at the UH Manoa Architecture Auditorium, Room 205.

David Matas, international human rights lawyer in Canada, will speak about his independent investigation into the subject. He has served on the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference on an International Criminal Court, and the Canadian Delegation to the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust.

Dr. Kirk Allison, Director of the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Rights and Health, will discuss medical ethical issues of international organ transplantation in relation to illicit organ harvesting in China. Dr. Allison is an authority on medical ethics, human rights, and public policy.