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New documentary on Falun Gong organ harvesting

New documentary on Falun Gong organ harvesting

Bioedge

New documentary on organ harvesting

by Xavier Symons | 6 Aug 2016 | 2 comments

A new American documentary claims to provide damning evidence of the Chinese government’s involvement in the force harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience. Hard to Believe, a documentary produced by director Ken Stone, contains extensive interviews with medical experts, political analysts, government officials and civilians who attest to the alleged persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China (subsequent to the banning of the movement in 1999). While controversial, the film has received favourable reviews from respected bioethicists, include NYU Art Caplan, who described it as a “An important, timely and deeply disturbing account of one of the great human rights abuses of our time.” The documentary has already premiered in the US, and will be premiering in Australia (Melbourne) on the 18^th of August.

- See more at: http://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/new-documentary-on-organ-harvesting/11947#sthash.Oh4eGYf9.dpuf

The Games of the XXXI Olympiad have just started in Rio de Janeiro. A few thousand young men and women will be sweating in their competitions; a few billion people will be watching them on television screens; and a few bioethicists will be disputing the merits of taking drugs and human enhancement. Stretching the body to its limits, going "Faster, Higher, Stronger", is a thrilling spectacle. But -- this is just a personal crochet -- I've always sought out the human drama in the Olympics, which sometimes has nothing to do with record books.

My favourite Olympic moment comes from the marathon at the 1968 Games in Mexico. John Stephen Akhwari, of Tanzania, began to cramp up because of the high altitude conditions. And then at the 19 kilometre mark, he fell and badly injured his knee and shoulder. But on he ran, or stumbled, and as dusk was falling, he hobbled into the nearly empty stadium, a bandage flapping around his leg, and crossed the finish line an hour after the winner. When they asked him why he bothered, he replied, "My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race; they sent me 5,000 miles to finish the race."

You can enhance stamina and speed, but can you enhance courage and loyalty?

Have you any favourite Olympic stories?