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‘Tool of genocide’: Chinese government is forcibly removing organs from prisoners’ bodies
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‘Tool of genocide’: Chinese government is forcibly removing organs from prisoners’ bodies

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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…

Organ Harvesting’s Troubled Past — and Complicated Present
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Organ Harvesting’s Troubled Past — and Complicated Present

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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…

Kiwis turning to illegal organ trafficking
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Kiwis turning to illegal organ trafficking

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Desperate New Zealanders are turning to illegal organ trafficking because of a shortage of organs here, a University of Canterbury law researcher says. Masters student Rachel Walsh is investigating the booming international organ trafficking market, made popular because of a severe shortage of organs here and internationally. More people were seeking alternative options to acquire…