Spiritual Forum

• A new documentary hopes to expose the illegal organ trade in China 
• China's organ trade is allegedly worth a massive US$1 billion a year 
• Human rights lawyer David Matas tells the gory details of what goes on
• Tens of thousands of innocent people killed on demand it is claimed
• Political prisoners in particular being used as live organ donors 
• It's believed most were members of the banned Falun Gong movement
• Documentary will air on SBS One’s Dateline program on Tuesday night 

When reports first emerged from China in 2006 that state-run hospitals were killing prisoners of conscience to sell their organs, it seemed too horrible to be true.

However, a new documentary is about to blow the lid on the illegal organ trade that is now allegedly worth a staggering US$1 billion a year. This despite the fact 10,000 organs are transplanted in China every year, yet there are only a tiny number of people on the official donor register.

‘Human Harvest: China’s Organ Trafficking’ will show how once researchers around the world - including human rights lawyer David Matas and former Canadian member of parliament David Kilgour - began to uncover the gory details, the true picture was soon uncovered.