Activists Highlight Persecution in China During CCP Leader’s Trip to Europe

Activists and rights groups highlighted the regime’s systemic forced organ harvesting as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping began his first European trip in five years. Over a dozen rights advocacy groups called for the protection of EU Citizens and institutions “from complicity in aiding and abetting forced organ harvesting,” in a letter addressed to Josep Borrell, the bloc’s top diplomat, ahead of Xi’s visit. Activists requested European leaders introduce legislation on “mandatory reporting by health professionals for extra-territorial organ transplantations, with subsequent public transparency about transplant tourism volumes outside the EU by country visited.” In China, the waiting time for the transplant of a vital organ can be as short as a few weeks, something unheard of in countries relying on a voluntary donation system. The short waiting time has attracted people worldwide to travel to China for life-saving operations....