Fiona signed the Early Day Motion 173 titled “PRACTICE OF FALUN GONG AND THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ORGAN HARVESTING”. The motion said:
“That this House notes the long-standing campaign against forced organ harvesting, and pays tribute to the sheer determination of all those who have dedicated so much time to bringing this issue to the attention of policy makers around the world; further notes that the Chinese Government has admitted that it has used organs from executed prisoners, and has claimed that it will phase out the practice within five years; is concerned that without a system of transparency and traceability in place, organs from executed prisoners, including from many thousands of Falun Gong practitioners who are prisoners of conscience, may still be used in this manner; notes claims by campaigners that Falun Gong practitioners continue to be subjected to persecution, arbitrary detention, unfair trials, torture and other ill-treatment; notes with concern reports that Falun Gong practitioner Chen Huixia was detained in June 2017 and, according to her daughter, tortured in detention because of her beliefs; welcomes Amnesty International's campaign and efforts calling on Chinese authorities to immediately release imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners; and calls on the Government to raise these ongoing concerns when they meet with representatives of the Chinese Government.”
Last year, as Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Fiona wrote a report titled ‘Forced Organ Harvesting in China’ that found:
- The scale of organ harvesting in China is far higher than previously estimated;
- In China, organ transplants are available at extraordinarily short notice, in contrast to the West where patients requiring a transplant must wait months or even years for a donor. In China, patients can even choose their appointment for a transplant operation, at a few days’ notice. How and why are organs so readily and quickly available on demand, and where are they sourced from?;
- Many of those targeted for organ harvesting are prisoners of conscience, including practitioners of Falun Gong as well as Tibetan Buddhists, Uyghur Muslims and unregistered house church Christians;
- The practice is carried out live – the victim typically dies in the process, when a vital organ such as a heart is removed or, in cases involving other organs, if they survive, they are subsequently executed. Therefore the testimonial evidence is drawn only from witnesses, since by definition there are no ‘survivors’.
Fiona said:
"This is a critical issue which my report as Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission highlights and the international community, including the World Health Organisation, should be taking a much closer look at it and the evidence as a collected matter of justice."