Torture Continues in Chinese Prisons, Says Human Rights NGO
The organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders asserts in a new report that torture persists in Chinese penal facilities, targeting in particular prisoners of conscience.
The non-governmental organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) has released a report asserting that torture practices continue to occur in Chinese prisons, according to information reported by Le Monde.
According to the report, prisoners of conscience—that is, people detained because of their opinions, activism, or religious beliefs—are particularly targeted by these abuses.
CHRD is an organization that has documented the human rights situation in China for several years, notably the detention conditions of people imprisoned for political reasons or related to freedom of expression.
Chinese authorities have not publicly responded to the report's conclusions. Beijing has regularly rejected accusations made by international organizations in the past regarding the treatment of detainees on its territory.
Le Monde notes that this report is part of a body of documents produced by human rights defense organizations that have been alerting for several years to detention conditions in China, though these allegations cannot be independently verified due to restrictions on access to the country's penal facilities.
Sources
- En Chine, la torture se poursuit dans les prisons, rapporte une ONG — Le Monde — Une
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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