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How Organ Harvesters Deceived Villagers To Sell Their Kidneys
In Hoske, a remote village in Nepal, some residents have been tempted into selling their kidneys under the false belief that the organs would grow back.
The village is notorious as being the “Kidney Valley” or the “village with a single kidney” in the world because someone from almost every household has sold a kidney.
Kidney trafficking involves the illicit trade of humans and/or their organs. Brokers would often visit villages such as Hokse, and recruit individuals through deception and are uninformed about the reality of the procedure and the impact of kidney removal.
In Hokse, locals feel duped and exploited with some claiming they were tricked into selling their kidney with the promise that it would regrow. They also claimed some died due to the process.
Narrating their ordeal with SkyNews, Kanchha and Ram, in their 40s lifted their shirts to show their scar, recounted how financial depseration pushed them into selling one of their kidneys. Kanchha revealed he’s still in pain and unable to work because of the side effects from the surgery.
“It’s impossible to count how many have done it. Everywhere, this village, that village, so many people have sold their kidneys.”
The situation in Hokse has become critical, with a growing number of young migrant men returning to the village with kidney failure, urgently requiring kidney transplants.
Some scientists attribute this phenomenon to the harsh working conditions abroad due to exposure to extreme heat and severe dehydration.
31-year-old Suman revealed he had no option than travelling to India to sell his kidney for £3,000 after being financially and emotionally broken pushed him to almost ending his life.
“I felt weak and I lost consciousness. When I woke up, it was really hurting. Now I can’t work and I try to tell anyone I can, not to sell their kidney.”
Kachan who also sold his kidney in India revealed that he did that with a ‘fake sister.’ Indian laws states that “donors must be related and they must present the relevant paperwork.” He also alleged that the doctors are also a part of the trafficking ring.
“The agents made fake documents in Kathmandu, including Indian ID cards. My kidney was given to a fake sister. I think the doctor in India knew I’d sold it.”
A pioneering and renowned surgeon at the Human Organ Transplant Center in Nepal, Dr Pukar Shresth, stated that young men who leave the country to work extreme heat consitions, with little water, often return to the country with, “completely failed kidneys”.
“It is very grave because about one third of all transplants are these labour migrant workers who have come from abroad,” he says.
“This has caused a huge burden to our health resources health facility because they account for more than 30% of the total transplant number in our country.”
While locals in Nepal claim that the sales have stopped, some residents are still taking desperate risks in the hope of improving their lives.
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There will be no same sex marriage again -Trump vows to end ‘transgender madness ‘
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pledged to “stop the transgender lunacy” on day one of his presidency, as Republicans — set to control both chambers of Congress and the White House — continue their push against LGBTQ rights.
“I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools,” the president-elect said at an event for young conservatives in Phoenix, Arizona.
He also vowed to “keep men out of women’s sports,” adding that “it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”
Speaking to the AmericaFest conference in a border state he easily carried in the November election, Trump further promised immediate measures against “migrant crime,” vowed to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and doubled down on his talk of restoring US control of the Panama Canal.
Transgender issues have roiled US politics in recent years, as Democratic- and Republican-controlled states have moved in opposite directions on policy such as medical treatment and what books on the topic are allowed in public or school libraries.
Last week, when the US Congress approved its annual defense budget, it included a provision to block funding of some gender-affirming care for the transgender children of service members.
In his speech Sunday, which amounted to something of a victory lap, Trump made expansive promises for his second term — and drew a dark picture of the four years preceding it, under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the latter of whom he defeated in the 2024 election.
“On January 20, the United States will turn the page forever on four long, horrible years of failure, incompetence, national decline, and we will inaugurate a new era of peace, prosperity and national greatness,” Trump said, referring to his swearing-in.
– ‘Golden age’ –
“I will end the war in Ukraine. I will stop the chaos in the Middle East, and I will prevent, I promise, World War III.”
He added: “The golden age of America is upon us.”
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Fresh Israeli Airstrikes In Gaza Kill 25 Palestinians Including Children
Fresh Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 25 Palestinians, according to medics.
The casualties on Friday included at least eight people in an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp and 10 others in the town of Jabalia, among them seven children.
Efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas have yet to succeed.
Sources involved in the negotiations told Reuters on Thursday that Qatar and Egypt had resolved some points of contention but key issues remain unresolved.
Israel launched its assault on Gaza following Hamas-led attacks on Israeli communities on October 7, 2023.
The attacks resulted in the deaths of 1200 people and the abduction of over 250 hostages, according to Israeli reports.
Israel states that approximately 100 hostages are still being held, though it is unclear how many remain alive.
Gaza authorities report that Israel’s ongoing campaign has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians and displaced the majority of the 2.3 million residents.
Much of the territory has reportedly been devastated by the conflict.
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Biden signs bipartisan funding bill to keep government open
President Biden signed the stopgap funding bill that will keep the government open until March, punting the thornier issues surrounding the nation’s finances to the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
A bloated 1,500-page funding measure was exploded by Trump and his top ally Elon Musk earlier this week as they demanded a pared-down version.
The parties were able to cobble a stopgap bill together Friday evening, which passed the Senate early Saturday morning.
The package funds the government at current levels until March 14, 2025, and includes $100 billion in hurricane relief funds and $10 billion in aid to farmers.
With the stopgap funding only running until March, an almost certain clash is looming between Trump and GOP spending hardliners when Congress reconvenes in January.
“The bipartisan funding bill I just signed keeps the government open and delivers the urgently needed disaster relief that I requested for recovering communities as well as the funds needed to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge,” Biden said in a statement after inking the deal.
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