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China has said that it has stopped the practice of harvesting organs from prisoners, but the UN is not convinced.

In the past, China has been responsible for harvesting and transplanting an estimated 60,000 organs each year.

During the UN conference at the Vatican, one former top Chinese official said that China has stopped this program, but nobody believes it.

The main reason for this disbelief could be attributed to the massive amounts of hospitals that are in China. According to the Associated Press, China has more than 1 million hospitals, and 169 of those hospitals authorized to perform organ transplants.

The World Health Organization petitioned the Chinese government to come and investigate to make sure that China has kept its word. The WHO is not allowed to enter countries without the countries permission. Dr. Haibo Wang, a Chinese official, spoke out against the UN for focusing on China for this while other countries weren’t.

The history of this practice is not a happy one. These prisoners that are having their organs harvested, were being put in jail for various inhumane reasons. The imprisoned are those of ethnic minorities and various religious groups, for example Tibetans and underground Christians.

There could be a possibility of China telling the truth, the main problem is there is no accurate information to prove it. 

http://www.newsweek.com/despite-zero-tolerance-organ-harvesting-prisoners-continues-553986