Webinar: Presentations on the Abuse of Human Rights in China: Lessons Learned by DAFOH

Presentations on the Abuse of Human Rights in China: Lessons Learned

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The second day of our 2-day forum, held on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, will begin with our 3rd session, a series of presentations concentrating on human rights abuses throughout China since 1949 until today. Over its 76 years of being in power, the CCP has targeted different groups and used different methods to violate basic human rights. During the cultural revolution academics and educated people were persecuted through public shaming and deportation to do forced labor camps in remote areas. The spiritual group Falun Gong faced a different format as it is being persecuted through brainwashing, torture, and forced organ harvesting as the final solution to silence them as they are killed for their organs. We address the issue from various perspectives, including from the perspective of non-governmental organizations, journalists, politicians, doctors and lawyers.

For details on all 4 sessions of the 2-day forum, please visit: https://www.bigmarker.com/series/commemorating-Falun-Gong

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Presenters

Joseph Gigliotti, DC

Moderator

DAFOH Member Dr. Joseph Gigliotti is a chiropractor and the founder of Full Life Family Chiropractic, a neurologically-focused clinic specializing in Upper Cervical Chiropractic care. A graduate of New York Chiropractic College, Dr. Gigliotti is committed to mastering traditional upper cervical techniques while integrating advanced imaging to enhance clinical outcomes and is recognized for his precise, image-guided approach to spinal alignment, helping patients address a wide range of health concerns. He also mentors recent graduates in principled, patient-centered care.

G. Weldon Gilcrease, III, MD

DAFOH Deputy Director

Dr. Gilcrease is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Utah. He is the medical director of the Huntsman Cancer Hospital and the program director for the hematology/oncology fellowship. He has won numerous teaching awards and is a member of AOA, the medical honors society, as recognition for his tireless devotion to medical education.
Dr. Gilcrease has worked as deputy director for Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting for 5 years. He has spoken at academic centers across the country on behalf of DAFOH, contributed to legislation in efforts to stop forced organ harvesting, and continues to raise awareness about the worst medical ethics abuse in recent history.

Carlos Iglesias Jiménez

Human Rights Lawyer

Carlos Iglesias Jiménez is a Spanish human rights lawyer specializing in China issues. He has successfully prosecuted criminal cases brought by Falun Gong practitioners against former Chinese President Jiang Zemin and four other Chinese Communist Party leaders on charges of genocide and large-scale torture. He is the European Director of the Human Rights Law Foundation. Mr. Iglesias Jiménez participated in several sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, informing its members about the persecution of Falun Gong.

Jan Jekielek

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times and host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Mr. Jekielek's career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now, for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed over a thousand thought leaders on camera, including heads of state, and multiple U.S. cabinet secretaries and agency heads, specializing in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. Mr. Jekielek is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer of “Finding Manny,” about a Holocaust survivor who returns to the orphanage where he landed after the war. He is the author of the forthcoming book, “Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary,” to be released in February 2026.

Cornelia Kaminski

Cornelia Kaminski is a German pro-life activist and author currently serving as the federal chairwoman of Aktion Lebensrecht für Alle (ALfA), one of the country's leading pro-life organizations. Ms. Kaminski studied romance languages, English studies, and pedagogy at Münster University and works as a secondary school teacher in Hesse. She is known for her commitment to human rights and has published educational materials addressing medical and bioethical issues. Kaminski lives with her family in Fulda and is also active as the state chair of the Christian Democrats for Life in Hesse.

Song Kim

Judge

Judge Song Kim serves on the Changwon District Court in South Korea. While serving as a judge, she was seconded by the Korean judiciary to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to work as a Visiting Professional, contributing to research and practice in international criminal justice and human rights accountability. Judge Kim is an active member of both the International Criminal Law Society and the International Human Rights Law Research Association under the Supreme Court of Korea. She is a contributing co-author of the recently published ICC Case Study by the Judicial Development Foundation and has delivered expert presentations at major global forums addressing forced organ harvesting and transplant ethics, including “Global Magnitsky Sanctions as Measures to Combat and Prevent Forced Organ Harvesting” at the 2021 World Summit on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting and “Organ Transplant Act in Korea – Overview, Cases and Suggestion for Amendment in Compliance with the Declaration of Istanbul (2018)” at the 2019 Asia Symposium on Combating Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism at the University of Tokyo.

Katrina Lantos Swett, PhD

President Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice

Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett serves as President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, established in 2008 to continue the legacy of her father, the late Congressman Tom Lantos. She is the former Chair and Vice-Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and teaches Human Rights and American Foreign Policy at Tufts University. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Board of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) and the Budapest based Tom Lantos Institute. Dr. Lantos Swett also serves on the Advisory Board of UN Watch, the annual Anne Frank Award and Lecture, and The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership, and Public Policy.

Reggie Littlejohn

Lawyer

Reggie Littlejohn is the founder and president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and the founder and president of Anti-Globalist International. A graduate of Yale Law School, she is an acclaimed international expert on China’s One Child Policy, now the Three-Child Policy. Women’s Rights Without Frontiers has been called the “leading voice” in the battle to expose and oppose forced abortion and gendercide, the sex-selective abortion of baby girls in China. Its “Save a Girl” campaign has saved hundreds of baby girls and “Save a Widow” Campaign is saving abandoned widows in rural China. Anti-Globalist International exposes and opposes the spread of Chinese-style digital surveillance and tyranny worldwide.

Benedict Rogers

Religious and human rights activist

Benedict Richard Victor Rogers is a British human rights activist and journalist based in London. His work focuses on Asia, particularly Burma, North Korea, Indonesia, the Maldives, East Timor, Pakistan and Hong Kong. He is the co-founder and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party's human rights commission and the co-founder of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea. He is also the East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide and the founder of Hong Kong Watch. He is also a member of the advisory group of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) and an advisor to the World Uyghur Congress. He regularly briefs senior Government ministers and officials, UK members of parliament, the European Union, United Nations officials, US Congressional offices and the State Department on human rights and freedom of religion in Asia.

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