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| China carrying out over 60,000 illegal organ transplants annually, report finds | |
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| The Chinese government continues to illegally harvest organs from millions of its innocent prisoners despite saying it had ended the practice two years ago, a decade-long study has alleged. | The Chinese government continues to illegally harvest organs from millions of its innocent prisoners despite saying it had ended the practice two years ago, a decade-long study has alleged. |
| Experts estimate between 60,000 and 100,000 organs are transplanted annually, and the majority of the hearts, livers and other organs are obtained by executing prisoners of conscience. | |
| In all, approximately 1.5 million transplants have taken place at 712 liver and kidney transplant centres across China since 2000, with over 300,000 of those taking place at unregulated centres. | In all, approximately 1.5 million transplants have taken place at 712 liver and kidney transplant centres across China since 2000, with over 300,000 of those taking place at unregulated centres. |
| The report also found many surgeons had simply “lost count” of the quantity of transplants they had been asked to perform on a daily basis, with some having undertaken as many as six liver removals in one day. | The report also found many surgeons had simply “lost count” of the quantity of transplants they had been asked to perform on a daily basis, with some having undertaken as many as six liver removals in one day. |
| The findings were published in an update to the 2009 book 'Bloody Harvest' and the 2014 book 'The Slaughter'. | |
| Falun Gong is a unique form of meditative practice established in 1992 and the Chinese government has fought to eradicate it for decades. | Falun Gong is a unique form of meditative practice established in 1992 and the Chinese government has fought to eradicate it for decades. |
| It has long been believed Falun Gong practitioners are being executed ‘on demand’ by the Chinese government, to compensate for the country’s shortage of organ donors. | It has long been believed Falun Gong practitioners are being executed ‘on demand’ by the Chinese government, to compensate for the country’s shortage of organ donors. |
| The report was researched and authored by former Canadian secretary of state David Kilgour, human rights lawyer David Matas and journalist Ethan Gutmann to expose widespread medical wrong-doing in the Asian country. | The report was researched and authored by former Canadian secretary of state David Kilgour, human rights lawyer David Matas and journalist Ethan Gutmann to expose widespread medical wrong-doing in the Asian country. |
| The Chinese government officially state that 10,000 organ transplants take place in the country each year, but the trio believe this figure is far lower than the real quantity. | The Chinese government officially state that 10,000 organ transplants take place in the country each year, but the trio believe this figure is far lower than the real quantity. |
| In a statement, Matas said: “We can easily surpass the official Chinese figure just by looking at the two or three biggest hospitals. | In a statement, Matas said: “We can easily surpass the official Chinese figure just by looking at the two or three biggest hospitals. |
| “That increased discrepancy leads us to conclude that there has been a far larger slaughter of practitioners of Falun Gong for their organs than we had originally estimated. | “That increased discrepancy leads us to conclude that there has been a far larger slaughter of practitioners of Falun Gong for their organs than we had originally estimated. |
| “The ultimate conclusion is that the Chinese Communist Party has engaged the state in the mass killings of innocents.” | “The ultimate conclusion is that the Chinese Communist Party has engaged the state in the mass killings of innocents.” |
| Falun Gong practitioners were forced to undergo medical tests before their results were put on a database of living organ sources so quick organ matches could be made, the authors claim. | Falun Gong practitioners were forced to undergo medical tests before their results were put on a database of living organ sources so quick organ matches could be made, the authors claim. |
| In response to the report, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a press conference: “I want to say that such stories about forced organ harvesting in China are imaginary and baseless — they don’t have any factual foundation.” | In response to the report, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a press conference: “I want to say that such stories about forced organ harvesting in China are imaginary and baseless — they don’t have any factual foundation.” |
| In 2014, China announced that it would end the harvesting of organs from executed prisoners and move to a voluntary donation-based system. | In 2014, China announced that it would end the harvesting of organs from executed prisoners and move to a voluntary donation-based system. |
| Last year Amnesty International confirmed China remains the world’s largest executioner of prisoners in the charity’s annual report. | Last year Amnesty International confirmed China remains the world’s largest executioner of prisoners in the charity’s annual report. |