http://www.tuidang.org/hotopics/liveorganharvest/2016-12-17/712381.html

http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/16/12/16/n8600014.htm

Dear all,

Please accept this invitation to attend a screening of the award-winning PBS educational documentary “Hard To Believe” on Nov 22, 2016 in the CAS 224.

The 56-minute documentary, directed by the Emmy Award-winning Ken Stone, explores the issue of organ transplant abuse in China, and asks the question: why haven’t more of us heard of this?

The film shows how the Chinese government has been using its own citizens as a live organ bank, able to be killed on demand. This is a corrective to the usual understanding of organ transplant abuse in China, which is that only death row prisoners, already scheduled to be executed, are harvested for their organs. “Hard to Believe,” instead, shows that the Chinese military is directly involved in using prisoners of conscience as a live organ source.

The documentary tracks the efforts of intrepid investigators who have been piecing together the evidence of this crime for over a decade, presenting it to governments, academics, media, and legislatures around the world. Laws in Israel, Spain, and Taiwan have been drafted and amended in response to these investigations, and both the United States Congress and the European Parliament have passed resolutions censuring China’s practices. This year, the issues in the documentary were reported in CNN, The Globe and Mail, and The New York Times.

The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry wrote in a review of the film: “This documentary is extremely important for those involved in organ donation and transplantation, human rights, healthcare, ethics, and the law.”

Eminent NYU medical ethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan says the film is: “An important, timely and deeply disturbing account of one of the great human rights abuses of our time.”

Video Librarian Magazine writes: “This illuminating, often deeply unsettling PBS-aired documentary is highly recommended.”

Given that many of the individuals targeted in this terrible crime are practitioners of Falun Dafa, a peaceful spiritual discipline, Falun Dafa Club at BU is very pleased to host the documentary in cooperation with Amnesty International at BU to bring the issue to the entire BU community.

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Falun Dafa Club at BU (波士顿大学法轮大法俱乐部)

dafa@bu.edu

Details:
Time (时间): 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST, Tuesday, Nov 22, 2016.

Location (地点):  CAS 224, BU, 685-725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/177146497

Film Synopsis

IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE: Governments killing their own citizens for their political or spiritual beliefs. But it’s never happened like this.

It’s happened so often that the world doesn’t always pay attention. But is economic influence the reason, that this time, it’s going largely unreported? It’s hard to believe that doctors would carve up innocent people so their organs could be sold. It’s even harder to believe that major media are not investigating. Yet it happened tens of thousands of times, and may be happening still.

Hard to Believe is a documentary that examines the issue of forced live organ harvesting from Chinese prisoners of conscience, and the response—or lack of it—around the world. Produced by Swoop Films, two-time Emmy Award-winning director/producer, Ken Stone, and Irene Silber.

影片摘要

政府當局殘害政治犯良心犯的事情屢見不鮮。但是，髮指程度從未像影片中所述。

由於經常發生，國際社會往往忽視對政治犯與良心犯的迫害。但是國際社會對這次的迫害普遍未予報道，是否出於經濟考量？醫生會殘害無辜、販賣器官，這令人難以置信。然而，更令人難以置信的是，主流媒體對這樣的暴行竟然不予調查。數以萬計的人因此失去生命，而且暴行仍然在發生著。

人權紀錄片“難以置信”揭露了中國大陸從良心犯身上強行摘取器官的暴行，以及國際社會對其的反應—或者說，未做出的反應。本片由美國Swoop電影公司製作，兩度艾美獎得主肯·史東 (Ken Stone)與艾琳·熙爾伯（Irene Silber）導演及製片。