Free Syrian Army members are trafficking in the body organs of Syrian civilians and army soldiers after kidnapping and murdering them, according to a report in the Turkish paper Yurt.
The newspaper’s correspondent in Syria had shed the light on the “heinous events and violations regarding the organ trafficking by US backed FSA terrorists.”
According to the article, most of the Syrians abducted by the armed groups are subsequently “killed, and then gunmen trade in their corpses through removing their kidneys, eyes and liver.”
Extracting organs would likely kill a person in a matter of hours.
See article: Syrian Terrorists Involved in Illegal Human Organ Trade http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107112988).
The reports, if true shine light on what is a new and ugly manifestation of the war in Syria.
“Trafficking in organ trade is an organized crime, involving a host of offenders. The recruiter who identifies the vulnerable person, the transporter, the staff of the hospital/ clinic and other medical centers, the medical professionals, the middlemen and contractors, the buyers, the banks where organs are stored are all involved in the crime” (see article: Trafficking for Organ Trade http://www.ungift.org/knowledgehub/en/about/trafficking-for-organ-trade.html).
The harvesting of human organs in the context of a war zone is unimaginable to contemplate.
It would be the most egregious human rights violation.
See video: Organ trafficking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3BvNkOpf1k
See video: Ending organ trafficking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrGMUddIqL4