(Minghui.org) The 24^th International Congress of the Transplantation Society was held in Berlin, Germany, July 15-19, 2012. Doctors from around the world who attended the meeting could see a group of Falun Gong practitioners gathered every day at the square in front of the International Congress Center (ICC) in Berlin. Some of them were meditating, and behind them were banners that exposed the Communist regime's crime of harvesting the organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Others in the group handed out informational materials. Many attendees leaving the ICC congress center could see them. Some stopped to inquire, while others told the practitioners that they had learned about the ongoing crime taking place in China from other sources.

A forum on “Transplant Medicine at a Crossroads” was held on July 18 in Berlin. Pictured (from left) are: American writer Ethan Gutmann, Canadian lawyer David Matas, and French physician Dr. Harold King

Falun Gong practitioners reenact the CCP's atrocity of live organ harvesting in front of the meeting venue of the International Congress on the Transplantation Society

Practitioners demonstrate the exercises in front of the Transplantation Society meeting venue

Practitioners wanted to tell these physicians, surgeons, and scientists attending the congress that an estimated more than 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in China have had their organs forcibly removed while they were still alive, and the harvested organs were sold for lucrative profits. These practitioners' bodies were then quickly cremated to destroy any evidence of the perpetrators' crimes.

During the congress on July 18, Doctors Against Forced Harvesting (DAFOH) held a forum on “Transplant Medicine at a Crossroads” near the congress venue. They discussed how to stop live organ harvesting in China.

DAFOH is an international organization founded by physicians of different specialties and is based in Washington, D.C. Their goal is to stop all illegal organ trafficking practices in China and other countries.

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The CCP regime publicly acknowledged for the first time in 2005 that 95% of the transplanted organs were from executed prisoners. This statement verified a suspicion that had long been speculated by the outside world: the harvesting of organs is supported by the CCP regime.

Mr. David Matas, along with Mr. David Kilgour, former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific, made an independent investigation into the allegations of large scale organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP. They published their investigation report in 2006 and later the report was published in book form under the title “Bloody Harvest.” Mr. Matas held that taking organs from executed prisoners cannot be considered voluntary organ donation. In other words, the act of forced removal of organs and the auxiliary system have long existed under CCP rule.

Dr. Arne Schwarz from Switzerland once worked in a hospital for years as an IT expert. He said that illegal trade in organs exists in many countries, but in China there are two differences: 1. China is the only country whose government permits illegal trade in organs; 2. China's military hospitals make huge profits through illegal organ trade.

Chinese Doctors' Movements Restricted

The more than 160 Chinese doctors who attended the international congress were restricted in their interactions with the outside world. While the doctors from other countries could come and go as they pleased and lunch wherever they wished at noon, that was not true for the Chinese doctors. They were taken to and picked up from the congress venue in three big vans at a fixed time and location, had lunch together inside the congress center, and never came out.

Many doctors from other countries passed by Falun Gong practitioners' information booth, spoke with practitioners, and watched their exercise demonstration. But not the Chinese doctors. So the practitioners took the initiative to hand out information about organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners where the Chinese doctors got on and off the vans in the morning and evening. They hoped that the doctors from China could free themselves from the CCP's restrictions and learn the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution, no longer assist the CCP in persecuting practitioners, and stand up to expose this atrocity.