Persecution of Falun gong - organ harvesting allegations

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
John Andress
2 Hibiscus Court
67 Nerang Street
Total Signatures - 185
Sponsoring Member: Glen Elmes MP
Posting Date: 31/10/2006
Tabled Date: 31/10/2006
Responded By: Stephen Robertson on 5/12/2006
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The petition of citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House: We, the undersigned, support the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) to investigate forced organ harvesting allegations and the illegal detention of Falun Gong detention centres, labour camps, prisons and hospitals in China. Your petitioners therefore request the House to Recommend to the Federal Government that it: -prevent Australian citizens from traveling to China for organ transplants; -prevent companies, institutions and individuals from providing goods and services to China’s organ transplant programs until such time as it is satisfied that no organs used have been harvested against the will of the donor; -demand an end to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China; and. -assist CIPFG with research and the investigation into the alleged harvesting of organs from, and the illegal detention of, Falun Gong practitioners in China. Recommend to the Queensland Government that it: end participation of Queensland funding agencies, medical organisations and individual health professionals in any Government of China-sponsored organ transplant research, meetings or training; -inform residents that donor organs sourced from the People's Republic of China may be from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners; and -assist CIPFG with research and the investigation into the alleged harvesting of organs from, and the illegal detention of, Falun Gong practitioners in China