An international tribunal has found that China is harvesting and trading the organs of prisoners, despite denials from Beijing.
Sky News reports that the China Tribunal says it is “satisfied” that Beijing is continuing to harvest and trade organs, despite a 2015 pledge to stop using executed inmates as a source of organ transplants.
In particular, the tribunal said, followers of the spiritual practice Falun Gong were being targeted as a source for “forced organ harvesting” in recent years.
Chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice the tribunal alleged in a new report that hospitals could request organs to be extracted “on demand” from donors without their consent.
The report claimed China was guilty of crimes against humanity, although Beijing has repeatedly denied allegations of forced organ harvesting.
