On this episode we discuss how the Chinese government launched a campaign in the late 90's to “eradicate” the spiritual group Falun Gong, then began imprisoning and torturing practitioners. When China’s transplant numbers increased dramatically, it became clear that the Falun Gong prisoners were being killed just so their organs could be harvested.

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Falun Gong LINKS:
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/asia/28china.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Yu_Zhou

https://web.archive.org/web/20160223172904/http://www.nationalreview.com/sites/default/files/nordlinger_gutmann08-25-14.html

https://www.humanharvestmovie.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_for_body_parts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilgour%E2%80%93Matas_report

https://old.reddit.com/r/China/comments/i3raer/my_journey_out_of_falun_gong/

https://www.healtheuropa.eu/forced-organ-harvesting-they-kill-innocent-people-for-their-organs/97306/

https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/09/05/what-is-falun-gong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongzhi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Yun

https://www.healtheuropa.eu/forced-organ-harvesting/91152/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdHCk2F1jh4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM1ZzWeshFk

https://advox.globalvoices.org/2013/04/24/human-rights-verdict-could-affect-cisco-in-china/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/inside-falun-gong-master-li-hongzhi-the-mountain-dragon-springs/12442518?nw=0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Tribunal

WELLNESS RESOURCE LINKS:
https://www.childhelp.org/hotline/
https://victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-for-crime-victims/bulletins-for-teens/bullying-and-harassment
http://stompoutbullying.org/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org
http://www.thehotline.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjwwcjGBRDj-P7TwcinyBkSJADymblT8HNh4scSA-G7d-xEADhi0xODIRWy3zXSWWrGXg2B5hoCdD7w_wcB
http://www.ncadv.org/
http://www.crisistextline.org/textline/?gclid=CjwKEAjw9MrIBRCr2LPek5-h8U0SJAD3jfhtHplx6Ibc8Ov7oG79YLibo1TubSfQrumNc-WnXJixDxoCKafw_wcB
https://www.mentalhelp.net/meeting-finder/ca/woodland-hills/