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by viewbase 2392 days ago
Genuine question: is there any proof for organ harvesting of Uighurs yet? A quick Google search on "Uyghur organ harvesting" leads to me tabloid sources and calls for investigations.

Uighurs are Turkic people who are genetically different from ethnic Chinese. Transplant recipients must have similar genes in their immune systems to those of the donor. Otherwise, the body will reject the organ. This is also why blacks have a harder time finding organ donors: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2013/01/21/blacks...

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The articles do not offer much in the way of evidences. This is understandable since the authoritarian nature of China makes it hard to gather any evidence in the first place. I remain skeptical over the fact that Uighurs (Caucasians) and ethnic Chinese (East Asians) are genetically different and the recipient's body is very likely to reject the organ.
organs may not necessarily be taken for transplantation only, tissues from various parts of human body are valuable for lab research of various kinds.

Also, what kind of evidence would be sufficient for you? A video footage of harvesting from one of the camps?

Not this comment again (and yes after looking through your comment history you've been saying the same thing over and over again). Please be gone.
Literally my first comment on this topic? Not sure where you are getting the "same thing over and over again”.

I'm done here too. Thanks for the constructive discussion.