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Witch Hunt: New surge in human sacrifice, or another case of hysteria?

Posted in africa, children, families, organ trafficking, tanzania, uganda, video on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

They go and capture other people’s children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits.
In January the BBC aired an episode of Newsnight on what it claims is a rise in human sacrifices and ritual child killings in Uganda:
One man said he had clients who had captured children and [...]

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Bringing down Dr. Horror: Organ trafficking in India

Posted in asia, india, organ trafficking, prosecution on December 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

(Photo source: Upick Reviews, featuring a list of 8 countries where organ trafficking occurs, including China, Kosovo, Pakistan, and Moldova)
The current issue of The Atlantic covers the recent arrest of Amit Kumar, who author Yudhijit Bhattacharjee calls “India’s self-taught and self-made kidney king.”  The Indian media have been a little less forgiving, dubbing him “Dr. [...]

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Transplant tourism: China

Posted in asia, china, global, organ trafficking, transplant tourism, video on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“Organs are now big business in China,” the BBC reported in 2006. “But it’s one built on death and deception.”
Although it is a technical departure from “slavery,” the commodification of the human body occurs whether living bodies are bonded into slavery, or just… harvested.
Benjamin Skinner’s “A Crime So Monstrous” told of [...]

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