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An Unprecedented Crime: State-Directed Mass Killing of Prisoners of Conscience in China for Their Organs

06.03.2019 start 299 Views China, human, organ harvesting, transplant industry

BY OMID GHOREISHI, EPOCH TIMES

March 1, 2019 Updated: March 1, 2019

Editor’s note: The Epoch Times is publishing a number of articles on torture and abuse meted out against innocent prisoners of conscience in China.

A bill to curb international organ trafficking has received unanimous support from a parliamentary committee in Canada.

Parliamentarians on the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development passed bill S-240 with amendments on Feb. 27. It will now go before MPs for final reading in the House of Commons.

It was 13 years ago, in 2006, that The Epoch Times first broke the news of systematic organ harvesting by Chinese authorities from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience.… READ MORE...

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Peter Rabbit: Why It Is Still One of the Greats of Children’s Literature

08.02.2019 start 328 Views ethical, human, moral

Peter Rabbit feasting in Mr. McGregor’s garden, in the 1902 edition of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” (Public Domain)

BY THE CONVERSATION

January 30, 2019 Updated: January 30, 2019

Since the days of Aesop, animals have been used as vehicles by which humankind has addressed its moral, ethical, and cultural identity. For some, this serves to misrepresent animals, privileging anthropomorphism at the expense of the more sensitive address of animal sentience and welfare. For others, this approach allows humans to circumvent their own social taboos to reveal not merely fresh insights into what it is to be human, but also humanity’s intrinsic relationship to animals, with animals, and as part of nature.… READ MORE...

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