[Deathpenalty] death penalty news---worldwide

[jtan]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Rick Halperin <rhalperi at smu.edu> wrote:

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> Dec. 4
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> CHINA:
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> China to Stop Using Organs From Executed Prisoners----But new supply may
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> China says that on Jan. 1, in response to human rights concerns, it will
> cease transplanting organs taken from executed prisoners, although
> uncertainties linger over where a replacement supply will come from, state
> media reported today. China had previously said it would phase out the
> practice by sometime in early 2015. But state media reports announced the
> 1st firm date for ending the practice, citing the architect of China's
> transplant system, Huang Jiefu.
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> International human rights activists and domestic critics have long said
> that standard safeguards were ignored when obtaining organs from prisoners
> who may have been pressured to donate. However, China has one of the
> world's lowest levels of organ donation because of ingrained cultural
> attitudes and a legal requirement that family members give consent before
> organs are donated, even if a person had expressed a desire to donate.
> China executes thousands of people a year, more than the rest of the world
> put together???but it recently phased out the death penalty for crimes such
> as pimping and counterfeiting.
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> (source: newser.com)
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This is a positive step forward.  If it is true, it will stop the practice
of expediting prisoner execution or harvesting organs from living
prisoners.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_transplantation_in_China


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