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Is Squid Game REAL? Inside China's HORRIFIC 'kill to order' organ-traffickin­g trade

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Human rights groups have claimed that China removes hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas from political prisoners every year

'Squid Game', a South Korean series, has held the audience to their seats ever since its release on Netflix.

The Asian drama has a side plot that shows how human beings have their organs harvested and sold. Fictitious as it is, 'Squid Game' now seems to be coming true. Human rights groups have claimed that China's Communist Party removes hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas from 1,00,000 dissidents and political prisoners every year. The groups have claimed that a government-run 'kill to order' organ-traffickin­g network is being operated on a massive scale.

A week before Squid Game was released on Netflix, Beijing firmly refused to admit that a statespons­ored organ harvesting program exists. The UN Human

Rights Office of the High Commission­er said China was 'targeting specific ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities held in detention'. Reportedly, as many as nine UN Special Rapporteur­s from the Human Rights Council collected witness testimony for over a year, and carefully examined how the terrifying 'kill to order' market works.

"UN human rights experts said today they were extremely alarmed by reports of alleged "organ harvesting" targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practition­ers, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, in detention in China," the statement said. "The results of the examinatio­ns are reportedly registered in a database of living organ sources that facilitate­s organ allocation. According to the allegation­s received, the most common organs removed from the prisoners are reportedly hearts, kidneys, livers, corneas and, less commonly, parts of livers."

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