Tag: Prison abuse

A Rare Chinese Look at Secret Detentions

The New York Times follows up on news that Liaowang published a detailed report on black jails in China: Liaowang, or Outlook, a dependably stodgy publication aimed at Communist Party bureaucrats and policy makers, ran an exposé on Tuesday laying out the Byzantine network of interceptors, guards and holding pens used to put off the petitioners who flock to Beijing in the hope that the authorities

November 26, 2009 10:08 PM

Official’s Death Fuels Concern for Shuanggui Detainees

The reported drowning of a Wenzhou official held in the Party’s internal disciplinary system has brought renewed at

April 15, 2013 2:38 PM

Poet Liao Yiwu’s Nightmare in Chinese Prison

At The New York Times, Elaine Sciolino talks to poet and author Liao Yiwu about his forthcoming memoir For a Song and a H

April 9, 2013 5:46 PM

US Calls for Release of Housing Activist & Husband

US ambassador Gary Locke has urged Chinese authorities to release housing rights activist Ni Yulan and her husband Dong J

April 16, 2012 4:35 PM

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