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==Organ-harvesting allegations== |
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In March 2006, the Falun Gong affiliated ''Epoch Times'' reported an unidentified Chinese journalist claiming that he had discovered a secret underground prison beneath the hospital; he claimed that as many as 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners were being held for organ harvesting.<ref name="Wash">{{cite web | url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006/mar/23/20060323-114842-5680r/ | title=China harvesting inmates' organs, journalist says | last=Gertz | first=Bill | work=[[Washington Times]] | date=24 March 2006 | accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-3-17/39405.html | author = Ji Da | work=[[The Epoch Times]] | date=17 March 2006 | accessdate=2008-10-21 | title=New Witness Confirms Existence of Chinese Concentration Camp, Says Organs Removed from Live Victims}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=A Place Called Sujiatun | last=Nordlinger | first=Jay | url=http://www.nationalreview.com/nordlinger/nordlinger200603300722.asp | work=[[National Review]] | date=30 March 2006 | accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> |
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[[Amnesty International]] stated that the claims could be neither confirmed nor denied,<ref name=CRS/> and Tom Treasure of [[Guy's Hospital]] found the allegations "plausible, from a medical standpoint".<ref>{{cite journal |first=Tom |last=Treasure |title=The Falun Gong, organ transplantation, the holocaust and ourselves |journal=JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE |volume=100 |date=March 2007 |pages=119–121}}</ref> Independent reports by unaffiliated organizations generally agreed that there was no evidence of live organ harvesting at Sujiatun. [[Harry Wu]], known vocal critic of the Chinese government and its human rights record, also expressed doubts about the existence of a concentration camp at Sujiatun, stating that the evidence was insubstantial, the supposed eyewitness accounts inconsistent, the facilities at Sujiatun not amenable to such a large-scale operation, and the anonymous witnesses not credible.<ref name=challenge>{{cite web | url=http://www.cicus.org/info_eng/artshow.asp?ID=6492 | title=Statement of Harry Wu about Sujiatun issue | last=Wu | first=Harry | Observechina.net | date=8 June 2006 | accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> The [[United States Department of State]] dismissed claims of there being a "concentration camp" at Sujiatun,<ref>{{cite web | title=U.S. Finds No Evidence of Alleged Concentration Camp in China Repression of Falun Gong | date=16 April 2006 | url=http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/None/20060416141157uhyggep0.5443231.html | accessdate=2008-10-21 | work=[http://www.america.gov/ Washington File]}}</ref> According to a report by the United States [[Congressional Research Service]], U.S. officials investigated the facility twice and found no evidence that it was being used for organ harvesting or detaining prisoners.<ref name=CRS>{{cite web | title=China and Falun Gong | url=http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RL33437.pdf | date=11 August 2006 | page=10 | accessdate=2008-10-21 | publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]] | last=Lum | first=Thomas}}</ref> As the hospital is a joint venture with a company associated with the Malaysian government, Malay officials also visited the clinic and found it to be a hospital, not a concentration camp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060630021746/http://crc.gov.my/clinicalTrial/documents/Proposal/TCM_Stroke+TrialProtocol+synopsis.pdf |title=CLINICAL TRIAL PROPOSAL: A multi-center, open label trial to demonstrate the clinical effectiveness and safety of combined Traditional Chinese and Modern medicines in patients with recent stroke |date=15 January 2005 |work=Clinical Research Centre, Kuala Lumpur Hospital}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:42, 7 August 2009
The Sujiatun Thrombosis Hospital is a public hospital located in the Sujiatun district of Shenyang, in northeast China.
The hospital became the subject of allegations in March 2006 when the Falun Gong-affiliated journal The Epoch Times published allegations that it was the location of a "concentration camp where Falun Gong practitioners had their organs forcibly removed". The government of the People's Republic of China denied the allegations, and investigations by the United States Department of State and human rights activist Harry Wu did not find evidence to support them.
Organ-harvesting allegations