cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/42460866
Xinjiang’s official organ donation rate is shockingly low. So why is China planning to open six new organ transplant facilities in the region
"The expansion suggests that the Chinese authorities are expecting to increase the numbers of transplants performed in Xinjiang. However, this is puzzling as there is no reason why the demand for transplants should suddenly go up in Xinjiang,” Rogers explained. “From what we know about alleged voluntary donations, the rates are quite low in Xinjiang. So the question is, why are these facilities planned?”
Rogers noted one chilling possibility: that “murdered prisoners of conscience (i.e., Uyghurs held in detention camps)” could be a source of transplanted organs.
This suggestion becomes even more concerning when considering the extensive surveillance and repression that Uyghurs face in the region. Detainees in the many internment camps in Xinjiang have reported being subjected to forced blood tests, ultrasounds, and organ-focused medical scans. These procedures align with organ compatibility testing, raising fears that Uyghurs are being prepped for organ harvesting while in detention.
David Matas, an international human rights lawyer who has investigated forced organ harvesting in China, questioned the very possibility of voluntary organ donation in Xinjiang. “The concept of informed, voluntary consent is meaningless in Xinjiang’s carceral environment,” Matas said. “Given the systemic repression, any claim that donations are voluntary should be treated with the utmost skepticism.”
The new transplant facilities will be distributed across Urumqi and other regions of northern, southern, and eastern Xinjiang. Experts argue that the sheer scale of this expansion is disproportionate to Xinjiang’s voluntary donation rate and overall capacity, suggesting that the Chinese authorities may be relying on unethical methods to source organs.
Written by the unification church (the moonies). The author is involved with the universal peace federation, a cutout of the cult.
It would appear you're trying to argue against the contents of the above article by referencing an attribute or quality of the author. I believe we call that a genetic fallacy.
Would you like to try again?
No need. This isn't formal logic class. Knowing someone's position and track record on an issue is a useful fact in judging the hypothetical slop they have produced on a different day. It's not deductively valid, and therefore it's not infalliable, but it doesn't need to be.
To be clear I'm saying this in general. I'm not judging the information from the article.
Did you memorize all the logical fallacies? Awwww, go get your gold star from the special ed teacher.
The author is a Muslim woman who has won awards for her work as a journalist and written for several other major news outlets...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasnim_Nazeer
The wikipedia article for the universal peace federation redirects to the unification church article.
Shinzo Abe found out how bad the moonies are.
Keep spreading that "new cold war" propaganda.
Nobody is defending the Moonies, especially not this current affairs publication owned by a Japanese media corporation. Here's plenty of examples of them calling out the Unification Church: https://thediplomat.com/tag/unification-church/
Anybody can be nominated to be an ambassador for peace, it's also associated with the UN. https://www.upf.org/core-program/ambassadors-for-peace
Literally she has no other ties to the Moonies/unification church, and how about the human right lawyer she directly quotes.
David Matas
Or the bioethicist and part of the coalition to End Transplant Abuses in China (ETAC)? All just cold war propaganda?
Wendy Rogers
Compliance with ethical standards in the reporting of donor sources and ethics review in peer-reviewed publications involving organ transplantation in China: a scoping review
Anyway, keep spreading that there is no genocide propaganda.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/06/trump-radio-free-asia-cuts-china-propaganda/
Uncovering injustice: Key stories from RFA Uyghur
Just because that outlet publishes some articles critical of the moonies doesn't mean that the author of this piece is trustworthy.
The "Universal Peace Federation" literally is the Moonies. See the section on UN-related NGOs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizations_related_to_the_Unification_Church
Anyone can get their NGO "in consultative status with the UN".
It's also funny that you mention Radio Free Asia since they're also deeply involved there.
It's also funny you're doing some impressive gymnastics to defend a government against genocide.
They believe that you've got more human rights in China (the ethnostate) and Russia, of course they're doing mental gymnastics.