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Organ harvesting is the removal of organs from the body for the purpose of transplantation. It is typically done with the consent of the donor, and is an important medical procedure that can save the lives of people who are suffering from organ failure.
However, organ harvesting can also be done without the consent of the donor, and in some cases, organs may be harvested from living individuals without their knowledge or against their will. This is illegal and is considered a form of human rights abuse. In some cases, organs may be harvested from executed prisoners or individuals who are killed specifically for their organs, which is also illegal and unethical.
With the increasing allegation of organ trafficking, the Government has resolved to start a mandatory organ testing on all Ugandans traveling abroad.This mainly targets those going to the United Arab …
Evidence suggests that execution by organ donation is part of a systematic campaign against people Beijing classifies as politically problematic. James S. RobbinsOpinion columnist The leading medical transplant journal in the world recently made the case that Chinese prisoners are being forced to give up organs at the expense of their lives. The journal article carried this shocking…
A woman has recalled the harrowing psychological torture she endured at a labour camp in China where prisoners had their organs harvested. Annie Yang, 56, was detained in three different camps between March 2005 and September 2006 in China before fleeing to the UK – she has shared her harrowing experience of psychological torture …
By Emma Batha LONDON, Sept 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A senior lawyer called on Tuesday for the top United Nations human rights body to investigate evidence that China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplant. Hamid Sabi called for urgent action as he presented the…
While walking the streets alone one night, Masha Sakhno was approached by two men: “Where are you from? I can help you with home, with house. You can come with […]
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Masha Sakhno is relieved to be living in quiet rural Ontario after a harrowing three-month-long journey from her native Kyiv, in Ukraine. “I wake up from the very, very big, very big sound of rockets … and bombs,” she recalled. “We were like in a dream. We can’t imagine what happened.” Sakhno and her mother,…
By JIMMY QUINN May 31, 2022 10:18 PM The authors of a recent academic article proving that Chinese surgeons executed prisoners by removing their organs suggested that the abuses are ongoing — and that they’re taking place at a much larger scale than researchers can document. In an article published in April, the researchers found…
Between March 2005 and September 2006 Annie Yang was tortured for up to 20 hours a day in a labour camp outside Beijing for her devotion to Falun Gong spiritualism. The abuse was relentless. But every few weeks something strange would happen. She and her fellow captives would be herded onto a prison bus with…
At an international conference on kidney transplantation in 1963, a disagreement broke out about exactly when a patient should be considered dead enough to become an organ donor. One doctor stood up, angrily declaring that he was not “going to just wait around for the medical examiner to declare the patient dead. I’m just going…
By Nicholas Wassajja In 2016 when New Vision reported that deceitful officials were targeting unsuspecting refugees for unsolicited human organ extraction, the story seemed too horrible to be true. However, it has since emerged that illicit clinics, corrupt doctors, including those at the Mulago National Referral Hospital and global networks, are dealing in the illegal…
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