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TIL that the Chinese regime uses organs harvested from political prisoners, Tibetans, Uyghurs, underground Christians, and practitioners of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. People whose views conflict with the ruling Chinese Communist Party are being murdered for their organs.

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