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David Matas
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David Matas is a Canadian lawyer, senior legal counsel at B'nai Brith Canada and author specializing in refugee, immigration, and human rights law.
Biography
David Matas (born 29 August 1943) is a Canadian lawyer who resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is senior legal counsel of B'nai Brith Canada and has maintained a private practice in refugee, immigration, and human rights law since 1979.
Matas has published various books and manuscripts and is co-author of Bloody Harvest (2009), which sets out investigations and conclusions about allegations that disappeared Falun Gong practitioners were killed for their organs. He is an outspoken critic of impunity for human rights abuses, stating, "Nothing emboldens a criminal so much as the knowledge he can get away with a crime."
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Books by David Matas
Bloody harvest
Bloody Harvest sets out the authors' investigations and concludes that allegations alleging disappeared Falun Gong practitioners were killed for their organs are true, examining reports of arrests, torture, disappearances, and organ sales.