Anglický jazyk

Organ trafficking

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O knihe

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Chapters: 2009 Aftonbladet Israel controversy, Declaration of Istanbul, Gurgaon kidney scandal, Kilgour-Matas report, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Organ harvesting, Organ theft in Kosovo, Organ trade, Rainer Rene Graf Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden. Excerpt: The Aftonbladet-Israel controversy refers to the controversy that followed the publication of a 17 August 2009 article in the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet alleging that Israeli troops harvested organs from Palestinians that died in their custody. The article sparked a fierce debate in Sweden and abroad, and created a rift between the Swedish and Israeli governments. Israeli officials denounced the report at the time, labeling it "anti-Semitic", but did not comment on the specific allegations. The article was written by Swedish freelance photojournalist Donald Boström, and was entitled "Våra söner plundras på sina organ" ("Our sons are being plundered for their organs"). It presented allegations that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many young men from the West Bank and Gaza Strip had been seized by Israeli forces and their bodies returned to their families with organs missing. The Israeli government and several US congresspersons condemned the article as baseless and incendiary, while noting the history of antisemitism and blood libels against Jews, and asked the Swedish government to denounce it. Stockholm refused, citing freedom of the press and the country's constitution. Swedish ambassador to Israel Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier condemned the article as "shocking and appalling", stating that freedom of the press carries responsibility, but the Swedish government distanced itself from her remarks. The Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association and Reporters Without Borders supported Sweden's refusal to condemn it. The former warned of venturing onto a slope with government officials damning occurrences in Swedish media, something that may curb warranted debate and restrain freedom of expression trough self-censorship. The latter noted that Aftonbladet alone is responsible for what they publish and the government neither have or should take any action. Italy made a stillborn attempt to defuse the diplomatic situation through a European resolution condemning antisemitis