Letter to the I.O.C. concerning organ harvesting

Canadian human rights lawyer, David Matas and former Canadian Secretary of State (Asia – Pacific) and Member of Parliament (1979 – 2006), David Kilgour recently wrote to the International Olympic Committee requesting that it raise the issue of human dignity and human rights in China with your colleagues in Beijing to stop the persecution of those whose fundamental rights are being denied.

In the letter, Kilgour and Matas ask: As Olympians become informed of these inhumanities in China, how will the IOC and world governments respond? Would the athletes, coaches and officials as a whole want to compete in a country that imposes such cruel persecution upon her people?

And on a practical level, Will Falun Gong practitioners travelling from abroad be allowed entry into China without reprisal (during the Olympics)?

Kilgour and Matas are actively trying to bring exposure to what they argue is an essentially proven crime against humanity. See their Web site, www.organharvestinvestigation.net for details.

The Honourable Mr. Jaques Rogge
President, The International Olympic Committee
Lausanne, Switzerland

Re: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

We hereby request that you raise the issue of human dignity and human rights in China with your colleagues in Beijing to stop the persecution of those whose fundamental rights are being denied. We have great hopes that the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be conducted in true Olympic spirit. We base this statement on the following:

The Olympic Charter states in part: “The goal of the Olympics is to place sports everywhere at the service of a harmonious development of man, with a view to encouraging the establishment of a peaceful society concerned with preservation of human dignity. To this effect, the Olympic Movement engages, alone or in cooperation with other organizations and within the limits of its means, in actions to promote peace…

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