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Headlines : Human RightsChina's secret execution rate revealed
According to information given by Liu Renwen, a Chinese expert on criminal law, China is executing approximately 8,000 people a year. This number is 20 times the amount of people executed by the rest of the world (which is led by Iran, Vietnam, the United States, and Saudi Arabia).
“There has been growing debate in China on the subject, especially after a recent flurry of revelations that innocent people have been convicted or executed in some cases.
Under China’s current system, provincial courts were given the power to decide on executions in 1983 during a national crackdown on crime, and they often feel pressure from local officials who see the death penalty as a deterrent to crime.”
[Posted By Colin]Republished from The Globe and Mail
China is executing about 8,000 people every year, almost 20 times as many as the rest of the world combined, a new academic estimate suggests.
Most of the executions are carried out with a bullet to the head, although higher-ranking people in bigger cities are sometimes executed by lethal injection.
The number of executions in China is officially a state secret. But the new estimate from academic specialists, based on information provided by local officials and judges, is likely the most accurate figure yet provided.
The information was disclosed yesterday by Liu Renwen, an expert on criminal law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who said that he believes it is accurate.
The total number of executions in the rest of the world — led by Iran, Vietnam, the United States and Saudi Arabia — is usually about 400 to 500 annually, according to human-rights groups.
Mr. Liu said the number in China has dropped by 50 per cent since a new criminal code was introduced in 1997. But reform of the death-penalty system has been stalled by resistance from local bureaucrats.
China’s death-penalty record has come under increasing criticism in recent years, not only from international human-rights groups but also from Chinese legal experts…
Posted by Colin
"When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist."
- Dom H. Camara
What I heard, I can’t source it, it was a while back, (maybe China Wakes? Not Harry Wu) but what I heard was they sell the organs on the black market. That there’s some guy there waiting with a bucket of ice.
So you can see why some people might not want to change the system. How much do organs go for – on the black market. Anybody know?
I found a CS monitor article from 2004:
What is a Kidney Worth
excerpt:“Six thousand dollars. It’s somewhere near the average going rate for kidneys in today’s global organ trade. Palestinian men who sold their kidneys in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq after the first Gulf War got just $500 to $1,000. They helped make Iraq the organ-trading hub of the Arab world until the latest war broke out. In the slums of Manila, where corneas, livers, and lungs are also offered for sale, kidneys fetch about $2,000, according to Nancy Scheper-Hughes, cofounder of Organs Watch, a group at the University of California, Berkeley, that tracks the trade. Some Israeli organ donors have gotten $20,000, she says. And a few American sellers have gotten $30,000 to $50,000 for their kidneys.”
I found this link on wikipedia’s organ transplant page.
Welcome to Bek-Transplant.com
We are here to assist you in getting a kidney or liver transplant in China. Please browse through our website to find out more information about our services and contact us for the next step.
From the FAQ:
Q. What are the cost and what does that include?
A. Kidney transplant cost for non Chinese citizens US$ 70,000. Liver transplant cost for non Chinese citizens US$ 120,000. The above price covers the new organs, priority on the waiting list, the transplant surgery, hospital stay interpreter e.t.c. for two months. It does not cover, your travel costs, hotel stay.
Q. How many kidney transplants are performed in your hospital annually?
A. About 100.
Q. How many liver transplants are performed in your hospital annually?
A. About 270
Q. Do the organs come from a alive or dead donors?
A. The donor organs come from people that are executed in China.
How about a heart-wrenching testimonial:
“My doctor told me that I only have one year left to live if I don’t get a transplant. At that time I was yellow all over my body and I looked extremely unhealthy. This made me start to search like crazy for a way for me to continue my life. When I went to Tokyo University hospital and was put on a list and my name was number 50 on that list. They told me that the only way to get a transplant within a year was if I got a donor liver myself. I felt totally devastated. It was not until I found out about Bek-Medical through the internet that I found a way. I was very impressed with your experience, while in your hospital I heard that you are doing up to seven transplants a day. This convinced me that it would work for me too. The doctor who took care of me even spoke Japanese. Now my husband and I are living a normal life and are traveling like never before. If you have time please come to Japan, I would be honored to show you around.
Thank you so much for giving me a second chance in life”
It could be some horrible scam.. they have the forms right there online to fill out to apply for a transplant – it seems too easy. Maybe it is that easy. I don’t know much about their health care system.
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