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1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 min. 34 sec.) ; 152057634 bytes |
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Are political prisoners in China being killed for their organs? Tuesday's Dateline has a special investigation into disturbing claims over the country's transplant trade. 10,000 organs are transplanted in China every year, yet there are only a tiny number of people on the official donor register. It's become a destination for people wanting to avoid waiting lists and get a quick transplant. The industry is said to be worth a billion dollars. But where are the organs coming from?"Somebody's being killed for the organ," says human rights lawyer David Matas. "There's no other way to explain what's happening."He and fellow Nobel Peace Prize nominee, lawyer and politician David Kilgour, have spent years investigating organ trafficking in China. They believe the organs come from members of the Falun Gong movement - a quasi-religious group with millions of followers, which is banned by the Chinese Government."I can testify to the atrocious crime that this hospital forcibly removed organs, such as livers and corneas, from a large number of living Falun Gong practitioners," says former worker Annie."Some practitioners were still breathing after their organs were removed, but they were thrown into the hospital's incinerator anyway."The Chinese Government refutes the claims and has made a documentary challenging the allegations, but Dateline reveals startling contradictions in its version of events |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-04-07 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Criminal investigation -- International cooperation.
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Organ donors.
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Organ trafficking.
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Prisoners -- Crimes against.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Corrupt practices.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects.
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China.
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Streaming video
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Lee, Leon, reporter
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Chu, Theresa, contributor
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Guoping, Lu, contributor
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Jiefu, Huang, contributor
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Kilgour, David, contributor
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Liu, Yumei, contributor
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Matas, David, contributor
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Noto, Damon, contributor
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Ojuland, Kristina, contributor
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Qun-An, Mao, contributor
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Rohrabacher, Dana, contributor
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Tohti, Enver, contributor
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Tu, Xiusong, contributor
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Zhuang, Rourou, contributor
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