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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 dont add up.
An analysis from a 10 day period in 2016 of one provinces 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 isnt credible.
https://www.care2.com/causes/china-is-forcibly-harvesting-organs-from-religious-detainees.html
lapfog_1
(29,243 posts)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
(28,132 posts)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