The State

One month on Guineans protest against massacre

Submitted by pirate on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 11:29

Oct. 28, 2009

CONAKRY (AFP) – Many residents of Conakry and other Guinean towns stayed at home Wednesday in a quiet protest at the army's massacre of opposition demonstrators exactly a month earlier.

Guineans in post-massacre protest

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 15:06

Mon Oct 12, 2009

CONAKRY (AFP) – Shops, markets and offices were closed Monday in Conakry and other cities after labour unions called on residents to stay home in protest at the September 28 massacre which killed at least 150 people.

Guinea's government to investigate protest deaths

Submitted by pirate on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 11:59
By ALHASSAN SILLAH, Associated Press Writer Sept.

China moves to cut use of executed inmates' organs

Submitted by pirate on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 11:09

By GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press Aug. 26, 2009

BEIJING – China has launched a national organ donation system to try to reduce its dependence on body parts harvested from executed prisoners, who make up the majority of donors, state media reported Wednesday.

Organ transplantation in China has long been criticized as profit-driven and unethical, with critics arguing death row inmates may feel pressured to become donors, violating personal, religious or cultural beliefs.

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