New book claims China is harvesting prisoners’ organs and selling them to foreigners
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“China is harvesting prisoners’ organs and selling them to foreigners.”
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“Falun Gong prisoners are a source of organs for transplants in China.”
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“Organ extraction from condemned prisoners in China has been documented by Human Rights Watch since the 1990s.”
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“China promised in 2014 to stop using executed prisoners’ organs without their consent or their next of kin’s consent.”
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“A 2019 international conference called the China Tribunal concluded that forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners still occurs in China.”
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“The U.S. Congress passed the Falun Gong Protection Act, which accuses China of forced organ harvesting.”
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“Cheng Pei Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner, claims he had part of his liver and lung removed during detention in China.”
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“Cheng Pei Ming was sentenced to prison in 2002 and escaped in 2006.”
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“Dr. Jacob Lavee’s patient scheduled a heart transplant in China, implying the availability of such procedures.”
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“Transplant volumes in China did not decrease after 2015, according to Jekielek.”
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