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MO HCR31
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/10/2015
Primary Sponsor
Jeanne Kirkton
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AI Summary
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Calls on the President, Congress, and Department of State to formally condemn China's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and the harvesting of organs from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners and other involuntary donors
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Cites independent investigations by former Canadian MP David Kilgour and human rights lawyer David Matas concluding that large-scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners have occurred and continue
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References estimates that 40,000 to 65,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been killed to supply China's organ transplant industry
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Notes that over 100 million Chinese citizens became criminals when Falun Gong was banned on July 20, 1999, with hundreds of thousands subsequently detained and tortured
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Directs the Chief Clerk to send copies of the resolution to President Obama, House Speaker Boehner, Senate President Pro Tempore Hatch, Secretary of State Kerry, and Missouri's Congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Calls on the United States government to condemn the persecution against Falun Gong and the crime of harvesting organs from practitioners
Last Action
Referred: Select Committee on Rules(H)
5/15/2015