,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aa1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4
 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1    
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 
,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,boozman1  
,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 and ,mr4      
,cassidy7 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 other rights 
for adhering to their beliefs and       
practices1 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         
,november #bjah1 recommended that ,china
 end prosecution and persecution on the 
basis of religion or belief1 including  
for ,muslims1 ,christians1 ,tibetan     
,buddhists 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 any purpose1 including for
 the purpose of selling their organs for
 transplant1 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 the organ transplant   
system in ,china2 ,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      
,department of ,state ,country ,report  
on ,human ,rights for ,china for #bjah  
reported that some activists and        
organizations continue to accuse the    
government of involuntarily harvesting  
organs from prisoners of conscience1    
especially members of ,falun ,gong2     
,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 transplantation 
system1 the accuracy of official        
statistics1 and official claims about   
the source of organs2 ,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 scale2 ,whereas 
the ,congressional-,executive           
,commission on ,china 7,,cecc7 stated in
 #bjah that international organizations 
continued to express concern over       
reports that organs of detained         

prisoners have been used in numerous    
organ transplant operations in ,china1  
including those of ,falun ,gong         
practitioners and also noted that       
medical professionals and international 
advocacy organizations disputed ,chinese
 health officials' claims that organ    
procurement systems have been reformed  
in compliance with international        
standards1 citing ethical concerns about
 organ sourcing raised by short wait    
times for organ transplants and         
discrepancies in data on organ          
transplants2 ,whereas the ,independent  
,tribunal ,into ,forced ,organ          
,harvesting ,from ,prisoners of         
,conscience in ,china1 chaired by ,sir  
,geoffrey ,nice ,,qc1 issued a short    
form conclusion of its final judgment in
 ,june #bjai finding that forced organ  
harvesting has been committed for years 
throughout ,china on a significant scale
 and that ,falun ,gong practitioners    
have been one--and probably the         
main--source of organ supply2 and       

,whereas the ,tribunal also concluded   
that it had seen no evidence that the   
organ transplantation industry in ,china
 had been dismantled1 and absent a      
satisfactory explanation as to the      
source of organs1 that forced organ     
harvesting continues in ,china today3   
,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  7#f7 calls on the       
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china to allow an independent and   
transparent investigation into organ    
transplant abuses in ,china2  7#g7 urges
 the ,president to consider the         
applicability of existing authorities1  
including the ,global ,magnitsky ,human 
,rights ,accountability ,act 7#bb       
,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note71 to impose        
targeted sanctions on those individuals 
responsible for the persecution of      
,falun ,gong1 including those engaging  
in a pattern of non-consensual organ    
harvesting2 and  7#h7 urges the         
,president to ensure that the ,united   
,states ,government highlights and      

condemns human rights abuses            
perpetrated1 ordered1 or directed by    
government officials in ,china both     
publicly and in private engagements with
 all relevant government officials in   
,china4