British medical establishment accuses China of Organ harvesting.

The British Transplantation society has today in a press release condemned China for the practise of organ harvesting from executed prisoners.

China has been reacting slowly to accusations in the West over the last weeks and has introduced new legislation to prohibit the black market in organ transplantion which will take effect in June 2006.

you may read the press statement here :-
http://www.bts.org.uk/Forms/press%release%20Bts.doc

details of the ban

http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1741784,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4853188.stm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/28/content_43...0.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/27/content_43...0.htm

international coverage of the story today at last link (in french)