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As New Regulations Limit Organ Transplants from Executed Chinese Prisoners; South Carolina Allows Organ Donations by Prisoners

Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008

Filed under: Transplants, International, Prisoners-International, Death Penalty, State Legislation

As New Regulations Limit Organ Transplants from Executed Chinese Prisoners; South Carolina Allows Organ Donations by Prisoners by In November 2006, China finally admitted that most of the human organs used to satisfy the burgeoning number of transplant-seeking foreigners came from executed prisoners. ?Apart from a small portion of traffic …

Many Chinese Prisoners Retain Right to Vote

Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007

Filed under: Voting, International, Prisoners-International

Many Chinese Prisoners Retain Right to Vote by The Constitution of China guarantees every citizen the right to vote unless that right has been removed by law. In China?s 2,700-man Qingpu Prison, 723 prisoners retained the right to vote in the December 2006, election for the people?s congress of Qinpu …

China Admits Illegally Harvesting Organs From Executed Prisoners

Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007

Filed under: Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Transplants, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty

China Admits Illegally Harvesting Organs From Executed Prisoners by Gary Hunter China has long been accused of illegally harvesting human organs from its executed prisoners. On November 19, 2006 Deputy Health Minister Huang Jiefu admitted that the suspicions were true. ?Under-the-table business must be banned,? Mr. Huang told a conference …

China’s Death Penalty On Wheels

Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007

Filed under: Transplants, International, Prisoners-International, Death Penalty

China’s Death Penalty On Wheels by Gary Hunter China's Death Penalty On Wheels by Gary Bunter China's death penalty has gone mobile. Death vans are now replacing firing squads as the preferred method of execution. In the past, condemned prisoners were executed publicly in prisons or court buildings. Kang Zhongwen, …

Chinese Company Convicted of Using Forced Prison Labor

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Prisoners-International

Chinese Company Convicted of Using Forced Prison Labor by On February 28, 2001, Peter Chen, a Taiwanese entrepreneur, pled guilty in a New Jersey federal district court to charges of selling goods in the U.S. which were produced by forced prison labor. Chen will pay a $50,000 fine. Chen owned …

Asian Prison News

Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994

Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS

Asian Prison News by Indonesia: The warden at the Kedungpane prison in Semrang announced that new good time releases would be offered to prisoners who donated blood and organs. Each blood donation by a prisoner would result in a six month time reduction per year. Donation of an organ would …

U.S. Made Prison Products in China's News

Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992

Filed under: Prison Industries, International, Prisoners-International

U.S. Made Prison Products in China's News by U.S. Made Prison Products In China's News China, taking the offensive in its spat with Washington over prisoner-made products, recently saturated its national media with an American magazine's account of U.S. industry's profitable exploitation of American prisoners. China's national television news and …

Letter from China

Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992

Filed under: International, Prisoners-International

Letter from China by Cao Qui Li Letter From China Thank you for the Prisoners Legal News. It is not only a source of some news from the prisons in the U.S.A., but also a window through which I can see the prisoners' live in other countries. I enjoyed it …