Communist China's population programme is highly coercive and features gross violations of reproductive freedoms, including forced sterilisation and forced abortions. Clearly these policies violate a women's right to freedom of choice and to have control over her own body. The following information is intended to provide you with a framework to take action against these violations.

Both the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development and 1999 Cairo Plus 5 Conference in New York rule out coercion relating to reproductive rights. Additionally the 1995 UN Women's Conference and NGO Forum recognised such abuse as serious violation of women's human rights and condemned such practices calling for governments to take action. This commitment is reflected in the conference report; the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, both of which received the support and consent of the British government.

These documents clearly state governments should; "take all appropriate measures to eliminate harmful, medically unnecessary or coercive medical interventions..." (paragraph 107g) and that "Acts of violence against women also include forced sterilisation and forced abortion, coercive/forced use of contraceptives..." (section D, paragraph 115).

It is also stated that women should have the right to have control over their sexuality and reproductive health, "free of coercion, discrimination and violence".

As evidenced by reports such as 'Orders Of The State' (M. Moss, J. Bowe, ITN 2000), 'Children of Despair' (M. Moss, ITN 1992) and 'Slaughter of the Innocents' (Dr J. Aird, AEI Press 1991) there is no longer any doubt that China's population programme is highly coercive following the broadcast of several harrowing television documentaries on the issue, including UK-Channel Four's 'Undercover in Tibet'(April 2008). In October 2001 The US Senate was presented with damning evidence, researched inside communist China, that documented the nature and extent of medical atrocities resulting from the programme and the shameful complicity of the United Nations population agency (UNFPA).

In light of such violations how can the British, and other governments justify donating millions of taxpayers money to population agencies such as the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), closely associated with the programme, when there is such damning evidence that abuse is widespread and not being moderated by the involvement of either UNFPA or IPPF.

Furthermore, how can any government endorse and pledge a commitment to the findings of the Beijing Declaration on these issues whilst at the same time continue to fund China's appalling population programme?

Please join the campaign to promote women's human rights in East Turkestan, Tibet and communist China by sending a letter or our e-mail protest about this issue to the addresses below. Remember, we must ask why UNPFA and IPPF are continuing to work within communist China while aware of these terrible violations and that their presence is having no humanising effect upon the Chinese programme.