China Killing Prisoners for Organ Trafficking, Scientists Claim
China is the only country in the world to have an industrial-scale organ trafficking practice that harvests organs from executed prisoners.
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A prisoner is a person who is held in custody by a government or law enforcement agency, typically as a punishment for committing a crime. Prisons are the facilities where prisoners are held, and their confinement may be for a specified period or an indefinite duration, depending on the severity of the crime committed.
Prisoners typically have restricted freedom of movement, limited access to amenities, and are subject to a set of rules and regulations while in custody. They may also participate in various rehabilitation programs aimed at helping them to reintegrate into society after their release.
The conditions and treatment of prisoners have been a subject of controversy and debate, with some arguing for the need to provide better living conditions and access to education and healthcare, while others argue that prisoners should be punished and that the conditions of their confinement should be harsh to deter others from committing crimes.
China is the only country in the world to have an industrial-scale organ trafficking practice that harvests organs from executed prisoners.
Organ transplantation is a life-saving therapy for millions of patients and one of the greatest successes of modern medicine. However, a limited supply of donor organs, paired with a massive demand for transplants, has fueled the global organ trafficking industry which exploits poor, underprivileged and persecuted members of society as a source of organs to…
Two-thirds of the 1.2 million people incarcerated in state and federal prisons produce more than $11 billion in goods and services a year, while earning between 13 cents and 52 cents per hour.
Passed by the U.S. Congress on January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. But, due to an exception clause, the amendment allowed slavery to remain legal as punishment for a crime, thus allowing states to extract free labor from prisoners. Today, in the U.S., more than 65% of those incarcerated…
“Inside Out” by Keri Blakinger is a partnership between NBC News and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the U.S. criminal justice system. The column draws on Blakinger’s unique perspective as an investigative journalist and formerly incarcerated person. Nora worked the fields outside Texas prisons for nearly three years. But she didn’t learn much…
Lhasa [Tibet], June 21 (ANI): Tibetans on the occasion of World Refugee Day urged the international community to support them and collectively stand together against China, and not to forget Tibet. Benedict Rogers a human rights activist and writer highlighted the Chinese repressions of Tibet and said that for many years Tibet was a cause…
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 …
As part of the Abolish Slavery National Network Freedom United is campaigning against the poor conditions facing incarcerated people in U.S. prisons. Together we are saying, “No slavery, no exceptions.” Because of the exception clause – or the punishment clause – of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, incarcerated people in the U.S. can…
July 1 means a slew of new laws is taking effect in Tennessee. Below is a list of several of the laws for 2022 that are now in place. You can click on the link to find the full law’s text. HB 1895: Allows the state to withhold money from schools if they don’t use a…
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