China has insisted it stopped the practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners in 2015. However, a new independent tribunal in the UK has found that the killing of detainees in China for organ transplants is continuing. In fact, there’s evidence to suggest it’s on the rise.
China obtains most of the organs it uses for transplants from members of the persecuted spiritual group Falun Gong, although it also uses the organs of Uyghur Muslims, Christians, Tibetan Buddhists, and other “prisoners of conscience.” An estimated 1.5 million prisoners of conscience are detained in detention camps and prisons across China, typically located near to transplant hospitals, where they are executed on an on-demand basis if an organ is required for transplantation.
