51. Wu has been a leading figure in exposing alleged human rights violations in Chinese prisons, such as the sale of the organs of executed prisoners. 52. Wu said he was told by several people that organs are removed from executed prisoners. 53. Wu told members of the U.S. Congress he made the trip last year to investigate reports that labor camp officials were selling the organs of executed prisoners. 54. Wu also accused the Chinese government of supporting sales of human organs from executed prisoners, an accusation which the Chinese have denied. 55. Wu gained international attention from television documentaries showing widespread use of prison labor to manufacture exports and the transplanting of organs from executed prisoners. 56. Wu has said he was looking into reports that organs from executed prisoners were being sold. 57. Xinhua reported that Wu told police he intentionally made errors editing two BBC documentary reports on forced prison labor and the transplanting of organs from executed prisoners. 58. China has rejected overseas allegations that it has systematically removed the organs of executed prisoners for use as transplants without the prior consent of the condemned or their families. 59. Factional fighting for the control of Kabul has been going on for nearly three years but this is the first mass grave found of executed prisoners. 60. The witness said he had survived by luck and had lain, partially hidden underneath the bodies of executed prisoners. |