We are a group of Czech comic book creators. Our aim is to create a work that responds to current events. We see art as an important tool for commenting on pressing issues and for conveying universal, moral values.<\/h3>\n\n\n\nWe set out on the path of realistic drawing so that readers could easily get to know the main characters, real destinations, structures and events.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Lidsk\u00e1 pr\u00e1va v \u010c\u00edn\u011b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our motivation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe prominent Czech writer Karel \u010capek, in his works such as\u00a0Krakatit<\/em>,\u00a0War with the Salamanders\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0The White Disease<\/em>, made readers uneasy by writing about serious topics and catastrophic scenarios \u2013 rightly so. Not only when looking at history, but above all when looking at current events, we must continue with this incitement. What’s more, we ourselves have to roll up our sleeves and join the battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy are we doing this?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWith this comic, we want to add fuel to the fire of resistance and draw attention to crimes that cannot be tolerated: The abuse of life-saving science and the rise of the Communist Party’s totalitarian power in China, which has lost all moral impediments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reasons for creating this comic are basically personal. They are based on our belief that we need to stand up for the values we believe in and, conversely, to actively oppose what we are used to calling „evil.“ We believe that it is necessary to talk about it, and why not do it through a comic that we love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What our goal is<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWe want to motivate readers to take a greater interest in what is happening in China today\u00a0and the problem of the abuse of transplant surgery in order to liquidate dissidents and monetize their organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Main brain behind the project<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe main coordinator and „engine“ of the whole project is journalist Milan Kaj\u00ednek. A fan of comics, movies and good literature, as well as a long-time China editor, human rights activist and publicist. You can find out more about him on the\u00a0profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow it began<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe idea to create a comic on this topic was conceived several years ago. Favorable conditions for more serious steps did not appear until June 2020, when the first part of the photographic script and the skeleton of a story that could be told in a „comic book style“ were created quite quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
„I personally met several people who are depicted in the story during their visit to Prague in 2014. I wrote about them several times in newspaper articles and, as a fan of comics, I naturally projected scripts in my head about their work and thought about how a comic book about their investigation would look,“ says Milan Kaj\u00ednek, project coordinator. „Comics are such a universal, international language. It is also a medium that is dignified enough to tell important, real stories. That’s why I opted for it in the end.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What can you change if you support us?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWith your help, we can create comics in Czech, English and Chinese. Your contribution will help to make more people aware of the problem, thereby accelerating the resolution of the unacceptable human rights situation in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What works inspired us<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWar with salamanders<\/a> – (Jan \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek) 1989<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nArnal<\/a> – (Ond\u0159ej Neff a K\u00e1ja Saudek) 2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWaltz with Bashir<\/a> – (Ari Folman) 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nHolmes: La Dame de Scutari<\/a> (Cecil & Bruncschwig) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGotham Central<\/a> (Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFany a pes<\/a> – (Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula) 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuestion marks over China’s transplant industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSince 1999, the transplant industry has been experiencing unprecedented development throughout China. From a few dozen transplant centers, the number has grown to the several hundred that exist today. According to research<\/a>, their minimum annual turnover is 60,000 transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe questions posed by the massive development of the transplant industry in China are also the main topic of our comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do the large number of organs come from, who are their „donors“, why do hospitals keep their identities secret? And how is it possible that they provide vital organs within 14 days and transplant them on pre-arranged dates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators have come across statements from former political prisoners that selected groups of detained dissidents are forced to undergo medical examinations, which are strikingly reminiscent of examinations of organ donors before transplantation. Such political prisoners then disappear without a trace<\/a> from their cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe factual sources on which we rely<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBelow we offer several sources, investigative reports and references dealing with the investigation of cases of abuse of prisoners of conscience in China for organ transplantation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ETAC \u2013 International Coalition of Investigators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nInternational Judicial Tribunal in London (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBloody Harvest \u2013 investigative Report (2006-2009)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Slaughter \u2013 seven years of field research (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary investigative Report \u2013 B.H.S. An Update (2016)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why are we doing this?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWith this comic, we want to add fuel to the fire of resistance and draw attention to crimes that cannot be tolerated: The abuse of life-saving science and the rise of the Communist Party’s totalitarian power in China, which has lost all moral impediments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reasons for creating this comic are basically personal. They are based on our belief that we need to stand up for the values we believe in and, conversely, to actively oppose what we are used to calling „evil.“ We believe that it is necessary to talk about it, and why not do it through a comic that we love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What our goal is<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWe want to motivate readers to take a greater interest in what is happening in China today\u00a0and the problem of the abuse of transplant surgery in order to liquidate dissidents and monetize their organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Main brain behind the project<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe main coordinator and „engine“ of the whole project is journalist Milan Kaj\u00ednek. A fan of comics, movies and good literature, as well as a long-time China editor, human rights activist and publicist. You can find out more about him on the\u00a0profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow it began<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe idea to create a comic on this topic was conceived several years ago. Favorable conditions for more serious steps did not appear until June 2020, when the first part of the photographic script and the skeleton of a story that could be told in a „comic book style“ were created quite quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
„I personally met several people who are depicted in the story during their visit to Prague in 2014. I wrote about them several times in newspaper articles and, as a fan of comics, I naturally projected scripts in my head about their work and thought about how a comic book about their investigation would look,“ says Milan Kaj\u00ednek, project coordinator. „Comics are such a universal, international language. It is also a medium that is dignified enough to tell important, real stories. That’s why I opted for it in the end.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What can you change if you support us?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWith your help, we can create comics in Czech, English and Chinese. Your contribution will help to make more people aware of the problem, thereby accelerating the resolution of the unacceptable human rights situation in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What works inspired us<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWar with salamanders<\/a> – (Jan \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek) 1989<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nArnal<\/a> – (Ond\u0159ej Neff a K\u00e1ja Saudek) 2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWaltz with Bashir<\/a> – (Ari Folman) 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nHolmes: La Dame de Scutari<\/a> (Cecil & Bruncschwig) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGotham Central<\/a> (Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFany a pes<\/a> – (Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula) 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuestion marks over China’s transplant industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSince 1999, the transplant industry has been experiencing unprecedented development throughout China. From a few dozen transplant centers, the number has grown to the several hundred that exist today. According to research<\/a>, their minimum annual turnover is 60,000 transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe questions posed by the massive development of the transplant industry in China are also the main topic of our comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do the large number of organs come from, who are their „donors“, why do hospitals keep their identities secret? And how is it possible that they provide vital organs within 14 days and transplant them on pre-arranged dates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators have come across statements from former political prisoners that selected groups of detained dissidents are forced to undergo medical examinations, which are strikingly reminiscent of examinations of organ donors before transplantation. Such political prisoners then disappear without a trace<\/a> from their cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe factual sources on which we rely<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBelow we offer several sources, investigative reports and references dealing with the investigation of cases of abuse of prisoners of conscience in China for organ transplantation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ETAC \u2013 International Coalition of Investigators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nInternational Judicial Tribunal in London (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBloody Harvest \u2013 investigative Report (2006-2009)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Slaughter \u2013 seven years of field research (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary investigative Report \u2013 B.H.S. An Update (2016)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
We want to motivate readers to take a greater interest in what is happening in China today\u00a0and the problem of the abuse of transplant surgery in order to liquidate dissidents and monetize their organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Main brain behind the project<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe main coordinator and „engine“ of the whole project is journalist Milan Kaj\u00ednek. A fan of comics, movies and good literature, as well as a long-time China editor, human rights activist and publicist. You can find out more about him on the\u00a0profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow it began<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe idea to create a comic on this topic was conceived several years ago. Favorable conditions for more serious steps did not appear until June 2020, when the first part of the photographic script and the skeleton of a story that could be told in a „comic book style“ were created quite quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
„I personally met several people who are depicted in the story during their visit to Prague in 2014. I wrote about them several times in newspaper articles and, as a fan of comics, I naturally projected scripts in my head about their work and thought about how a comic book about their investigation would look,“ says Milan Kaj\u00ednek, project coordinator. „Comics are such a universal, international language. It is also a medium that is dignified enough to tell important, real stories. That’s why I opted for it in the end.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What can you change if you support us?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWith your help, we can create comics in Czech, English and Chinese. Your contribution will help to make more people aware of the problem, thereby accelerating the resolution of the unacceptable human rights situation in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What works inspired us<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWar with salamanders<\/a> – (Jan \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek) 1989<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nArnal<\/a> – (Ond\u0159ej Neff a K\u00e1ja Saudek) 2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWaltz with Bashir<\/a> – (Ari Folman) 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nHolmes: La Dame de Scutari<\/a> (Cecil & Bruncschwig) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGotham Central<\/a> (Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFany a pes<\/a> – (Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula) 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuestion marks over China’s transplant industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSince 1999, the transplant industry has been experiencing unprecedented development throughout China. From a few dozen transplant centers, the number has grown to the several hundred that exist today. According to research<\/a>, their minimum annual turnover is 60,000 transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe questions posed by the massive development of the transplant industry in China are also the main topic of our comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do the large number of organs come from, who are their „donors“, why do hospitals keep their identities secret? And how is it possible that they provide vital organs within 14 days and transplant them on pre-arranged dates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators have come across statements from former political prisoners that selected groups of detained dissidents are forced to undergo medical examinations, which are strikingly reminiscent of examinations of organ donors before transplantation. Such political prisoners then disappear without a trace<\/a> from their cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe factual sources on which we rely<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBelow we offer several sources, investigative reports and references dealing with the investigation of cases of abuse of prisoners of conscience in China for organ transplantation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ETAC \u2013 International Coalition of Investigators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nInternational Judicial Tribunal in London (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBloody Harvest \u2013 investigative Report (2006-2009)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Slaughter \u2013 seven years of field research (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary investigative Report \u2013 B.H.S. An Update (2016)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
How it began<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe idea to create a comic on this topic was conceived several years ago. Favorable conditions for more serious steps did not appear until June 2020, when the first part of the photographic script and the skeleton of a story that could be told in a „comic book style“ were created quite quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
„I personally met several people who are depicted in the story during their visit to Prague in 2014. I wrote about them several times in newspaper articles and, as a fan of comics, I naturally projected scripts in my head about their work and thought about how a comic book about their investigation would look,“ says Milan Kaj\u00ednek, project coordinator. „Comics are such a universal, international language. It is also a medium that is dignified enough to tell important, real stories. That’s why I opted for it in the end.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What can you change if you support us?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWith your help, we can create comics in Czech, English and Chinese. Your contribution will help to make more people aware of the problem, thereby accelerating the resolution of the unacceptable human rights situation in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What works inspired us<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWar with salamanders<\/a> – (Jan \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek) 1989<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nArnal<\/a> – (Ond\u0159ej Neff a K\u00e1ja Saudek) 2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWaltz with Bashir<\/a> – (Ari Folman) 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nHolmes: La Dame de Scutari<\/a> (Cecil & Bruncschwig) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGotham Central<\/a> (Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFany a pes<\/a> – (Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula) 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuestion marks over China’s transplant industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSince 1999, the transplant industry has been experiencing unprecedented development throughout China. From a few dozen transplant centers, the number has grown to the several hundred that exist today. According to research<\/a>, their minimum annual turnover is 60,000 transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe questions posed by the massive development of the transplant industry in China are also the main topic of our comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do the large number of organs come from, who are their „donors“, why do hospitals keep their identities secret? And how is it possible that they provide vital organs within 14 days and transplant them on pre-arranged dates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators have come across statements from former political prisoners that selected groups of detained dissidents are forced to undergo medical examinations, which are strikingly reminiscent of examinations of organ donors before transplantation. Such political prisoners then disappear without a trace<\/a> from their cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe factual sources on which we rely<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBelow we offer several sources, investigative reports and references dealing with the investigation of cases of abuse of prisoners of conscience in China for organ transplantation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ETAC \u2013 International Coalition of Investigators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nInternational Judicial Tribunal in London (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBloody Harvest \u2013 investigative Report (2006-2009)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Slaughter \u2013 seven years of field research (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary investigative Report \u2013 B.H.S. An Update (2016)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
With your help, we can create comics in Czech, English and Chinese. Your contribution will help to make more people aware of the problem, thereby accelerating the resolution of the unacceptable human rights situation in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What works inspired us<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWar with salamanders<\/a> – (Jan \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek) 1989<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nArnal<\/a> – (Ond\u0159ej Neff a K\u00e1ja Saudek) 2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWaltz with Bashir<\/a> – (Ari Folman) 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nHolmes: La Dame de Scutari<\/a> (Cecil & Bruncschwig) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGotham Central<\/a> (Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFany a pes<\/a> – (Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula) 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuestion marks over China’s transplant industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSince 1999, the transplant industry has been experiencing unprecedented development throughout China. From a few dozen transplant centers, the number has grown to the several hundred that exist today. According to research<\/a>, their minimum annual turnover is 60,000 transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe questions posed by the massive development of the transplant industry in China are also the main topic of our comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do the large number of organs come from, who are their „donors“, why do hospitals keep their identities secret? And how is it possible that they provide vital organs within 14 days and transplant them on pre-arranged dates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators have come across statements from former political prisoners that selected groups of detained dissidents are forced to undergo medical examinations, which are strikingly reminiscent of examinations of organ donors before transplantation. Such political prisoners then disappear without a trace<\/a> from their cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe factual sources on which we rely<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBelow we offer several sources, investigative reports and references dealing with the investigation of cases of abuse of prisoners of conscience in China for organ transplantation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ETAC \u2013 International Coalition of Investigators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nInternational Judicial Tribunal in London (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBloody Harvest \u2013 investigative Report (2006-2009)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Slaughter \u2013 seven years of field research (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary investigative Report \u2013 B.H.S. An Update (2016)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arnal<\/a> – (Ond\u0159ej Neff a K\u00e1ja Saudek) 2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Waltz with Bashir<\/a> – (Ari Folman) 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Holmes: La Dame de Scutari<\/a> (Cecil & Bruncschwig) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gotham Central<\/a> (Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka) 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fany a pes<\/a> – (Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula) 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 1999, the transplant industry has been experiencing unprecedented development throughout China. From a few dozen transplant centers, the number has grown to the several hundred that exist today. According to research<\/a>, their minimum annual turnover is 60,000 transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The questions posed by the massive development of the transplant industry in China are also the main topic of our comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where do the large number of organs come from, who are their „donors“, why do hospitals keep their identities secret? And how is it possible that they provide vital organs within 14 days and transplant them on pre-arranged dates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Investigators have come across statements from former political prisoners that selected groups of detained dissidents are forced to undergo medical examinations, which are strikingly reminiscent of examinations of organ donors before transplantation. Such political prisoners then disappear without a trace<\/a> from their cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below we offer several sources, investigative reports and references dealing with the investigation of cases of abuse of prisoners of conscience in China for organ transplantation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ETAC \u2013 International Coalition of Investigators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n International Judicial Tribunal in London (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bloody Harvest \u2013 investigative Report (2006-2009)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Slaughter \u2013 seven years of field research (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Summary investigative Report \u2013 B.H.S. An Update (2016)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuestion marks over China’s transplant industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The factual sources on which we rely<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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