,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1
 #bjag ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,boozman1  
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 
,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 and ,mr4     
,coons7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing solidarity    
with ,falun ,gong practitioners who have
 lost lives1 freedoms1 and rights for   
adhering to their beliefs and practices 
and condemning the practice of          
non-consenting organ harvesting1 and for
 other purposes4  ,whereas ,falun ,gong 
7also known as ,falun ,dafa7 is a       
,chinese spiritual discipline founded by
 ,li ,hongzhi in #aiib that consists of 
spiritual and moral teachings1          
meditation1 and exercise1 and is based  
upon the universal principles of        
truthfulness1 compassion1 and           
forbearance2 ,whereas1 during the       

mid-#aiijs1 ,falun ,gong acquired a     
large and diverse following1 with as    
many as #gj1jjj1jjj practitioners at its
 peak2 ,whereas1 on ,april #be1 #aiii1  
an estimated #aj1jjj to #cj1jjj ,falun  
,gong practitioners gathered in ,beijing
 to protest growing restrictions by the 
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china on the activities of ,falun   
,gong practitioners1 and the ,government
 of the ,people's ,republic of ,china   
responded with an intensive1            
comprehensive1 and unforgiving campaign 
against the movement that began on ,july
 #bj1 #aiii1 with the banning of ,falun 
,gong2 ,whereas the ,constitution of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china          
guarantees basic rights1 including the  
freedoms of speech1 association1        
demonstration1 and religion2 ,whereas1  
in #aiic1 the ,government of the        
,people's ,republic of ,china praised   
,li ,hongzhi for his contributions in   
safeguarding social order and security  
and promoting rectitude in society2     

,whereas1 in many detention facilities  
and labor camps1 ,falun ,gong prisoners 
of conscience have at times comprised   
the majority of the population1 and have
 been said to receive the longest       
sentences and the worst treatment1      
including torture2 ,whereas1 according  
to overseas ,falun ,gong and human      
rights organizations1 since #aiii1 from 
several hundred to a few thousand ,falun
 ,gong adherents have died in custody   
from torture1 abuse1 and neglect2       
,whereas a review of the ,government of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china by the
 ,united ,nations ,human ,rights        
,council's ,working ,group on the       
,universal ,periodic ,review in ,october
 #bjac recommended that ,china stop the 
prosecution and persecution of people   
for the practice of their religion or   
belief including ,catholics1 other      
,christians1 ,tibetans1 ,uyghurs1 and   
,falun ,gong2 ,whereas the ,united      
,nations ,committee ,against ,torture   
and the ,special ,rapporteur on ,torture

 have expressed concern over the        
allegations of organ harvesting from    
,falun ,gong prisoners1 and have called 
on the ,government of the ,people's     
,republic of ,china to increase         
accountability and transparency in the  
organ transplant system and punish those
 responsible for abuses2 ,whereas the   
killing of religious or political       
prisoners for the purpose of selling    
their organs for transplant is an       
egregious and intolerable violation of  
the fundamental right to life2 ,whereas 
voluntary and informed consent is the   
precondition for ethical organ donation1
 and international medical organizations
 state that prisoners1 deprived of their
 freedom1 are not in the position to    
give free consent and that the practice 
of sourcing organs from prisoners is a  
violation of ethical guidelines in      
medicine2 ,whereas the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china and   
the ,communist ,party of ,china continue
 to deny reports that many organs are   

taken without the consent of prisoners1 
yet at the same time prevent independent
 verification of its transplant system2 
,whereas the organ transplantation      
system in ,china does not comply with   
the ,world ,health ,organization's      
requirement of transparency and         
traceability in organ procurement       
pathways2 ,whereas the ,united ,states  
,department of ,state ,country ,report  
on ,human ,rights for ,china for #bjad  
stated1 ,advocacy groups continued to   
report instances of organ harvesting    
from prisoners42 ,whereas ,huang ,jiefu1
 director of the ,china ,organ ,donation
 ,committee1 announced in ,december     
#bjad that ,china would end the practice
 of organ harvesting from executed      
prisoners by ,january #a1 #bjae1 but did
 not directly address organ harvesting  
from prisoners of conscience2 ,whereas  
,freedom ,house reported in #bjae that  
,falun ,gong practitioners comprise the 
largest portion of prisoners of         
conscience in ,china1 and face an       

elevated risk of dying or being killed  
in custody2 ,whereas the ,department of 
,state ,country ,report on ,human       
,rights for ,china for #bjaf reported   
that some international medical         
professionals and human rights          
researchers questioned the voluntary    
nature of the 7transplantation7 system1 
the accuracy of official statistics1 and
 official claims about the source of    
organs2 ,whereas the                    
,congressional-,executive ,commission on
 ,china 7,,cecc7 stated in #bjaf that   
international observers1 including the  
,u4,s4 ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,european ,parliament1 expressed    
concern over reports that numerous organ
 transplantations have used the organs  
of detained prisoners1 including ,falun 
,gong practitioners and also noted that 
international medical professionals     
expressed skepticism of reforms raised  
by discrepancies in official data2 and  
,whereas a #bjag report by ,freedom     
,house concluded that there was credible

 evidence suggesting that beginning in  
the early #bjjjs1 ,falun ,gong detainees
 were killed for their organs on a large
 scale3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that   
the ,senate-- 7#a7 expresses solidarity 
with ,falun ,gong practitioners and     
their families for the lives1 freedoms1 
and rights they lost for adhering to    
their beliefs and practices2  7#b7      
emphasizes to the ,government of the    
,people's ,republic of ,china that      
freedom of religion includes the right  
of ,falun ,gong practitioners to freely 
practice ,falun ,gong in ,china2  7#c7  
calls upon the ,communist ,party of     
,china to immediately cease and desist  
from its campaign to persecute ,falun   
,gong practitioners and promptly release
 all ,falun ,gong practitioners who have
 been confined1 detained1 or imprisoned 
for pursuing their right to hold and    
exercise their spiritual beliefs2  7#d7 
condemns the practice of non-consenting 
organ harvesting in the ,people's       
,republic of ,china2  7#e7 calls on the 

,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china and the ,communist ,party of  
,china to immediately end the practice  
of organ harvesting from all prisoners  
of conscience2 and  7#f7 calls on the   
,people's ,republic of ,china to allow  
an independent and transparent          
investigation into organ transplant     
abuses4