Transplant organs are still being sourced from executed prisoners in China, according to an inquiry in London initiated by a campaign group.
Taking organs from prisoners is illegal and even though the Chinese government previously said it had stopped the practice four years ago, the chair of the tribunal, Geoffrey Nice, said that he believes it is still widespread.
He said that the very short waiting times for organ transplants in some hospitals in China would be impossible without a large bank of people with known tissue types who can be killed to order.