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Bayard

(22,011 posts)
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 11:55 AM Jun 2019

China is Forcibly Harvesting Organs from Religious Detainees

More factual than the usual urban legend in the U.S.


This latest report details a sustained and widespread practice of human rights abuses targeting religious minorities and prisoners of conscience. The alleged victims include those practicing the spiritual meditative practice known as Falun Gong in addition to Uyghur Muslims, some Tibetan Buddhists and House Church Christians.

“The conclusion shows that very many people have died indescribably hideous deaths for no reason, that more may suffer in similar ways and that all of us live on a planet where extreme wickedness may be found in the power of those, for the time being, running a country with one of the oldest civilizations known to modern man,” Sir Geoffrey Nice QC said. “There is no evidence of the practice having been stopped and the tribunal is satisfied that it is continuing.”

The Tribunal arrived at these damning conclusions after examining organ donation accounts and noticing that the figures just don’t add up.

An analysis from a 10 day period in 2016 of one province’s data sets appears to show that, although only 30 donors were officially recorded in medical records, 640 organs were transplanted. The analysis notes that would mean each donor would have provided 21 body parts on average, a figure that just isn’t credible.


https://www.care2.com/causes/china-is-forcibly-harvesting-organs-from-religious-detainees.html

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China is Forcibly Harvesting Organs from Religious Detainees (Original Post) Bayard Jun 2019 OP
Larry Niven's organ banks are here lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jun 2019 #2
I wouldn't doubt this at all. Duppers Jun 2019 #3

lapfog_1

(29,194 posts)
1. Larry Niven's organ banks are here
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 12:02 PM
Jun 2019

long speculated in SciFi... is the back drop for many of his "future history" short stories and at least one novel "A gift From Earth"

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Duppers

(28,117 posts)
3. I wouldn't doubt this at all.
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 12:29 AM
Jun 2019

Any country that can routinely have "dog meat festivals" could do this to humans.

When my family was in Shanghai in 2010, we were surprised to see all sorts of religions practiced openly, but were told this may not be the case throughout the country. So, obviously not.

Bottom line: Life is cheap there and compassion rare.



Also from US News & World Report:
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-06-19/china-is-harvesting-organs-from-prison-inmates-tribunal-says

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