Secret prisons in China

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Secret prisons in China (Chinese: 黑 监獄; English: Black Jail) or “black prisons” are usually a network of prison camps whose activities, locations or names are withheld from the public and are not controlled by the judicial authorities intended for this purpose. (see: secret prison )

It has been known since 2003 that government officials regularly abduct Chinese citizens from secret prisons in the People's Republic of China . These prisons are mostly state psychiatric hospitals , nursing homes, warehouses or inns. Since these prisons are not controlled by extra-state judiciary , these prisons make way for illegal interrogation and punishment methods such as punishment. B. Torture and illegal living conditions.

Among those affected are z. B. Petitioners who oppose land expropriation , corruption or abuse carried out by police officers, but also lawyers, such as the human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng . This is to prevent them from complaining to the government, starting demonstrations or opposing the will of the communist party. At the same time, the Central Disciplinary Commission of the Communist Party of China uses these secret prisons to interrogate and arrest party officials on the grounds of fighting corruption. Children and young people under the age of 18 are said to be among the detainees.

Conditions in the prisons

Amnesty International expects torture and ill-treatment to be not uncommon in China's secret prisons. According to witness statements , the detainees suffered brutal blows and kicks, mistreatment with electric batons or knives, forced sleep and food deprivation, theft, rape and severe humiliation, and they were denied police help and medical care. According to a report by Human Rights Watch , prison guards earn 150 to 300 yuan a day from an inmate.

In 2010, China's media reported for the first time the existence of a black prison in Beijing and the rape of a prisoner that occurred there. However, the existence of the illegal detention centers has so far been denied by the Chinese government.

See also

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Marlies Kastenhofer: China's "black prisons" , Die Presse, February 26, 2015, accessed on August 4, 2016
  3. ↑ Andreas Lorenz: Interrogation Prisons in China: Dungeons for Communist Party Officials , September 13, 2012, accessed on August 4, 2016
  4. ↑ Malcolm Moore: Wife of jailed dissident Gao Zhisheng , The Telegraph, August 6, 2014, accessed August 5, 2016
  5. ↑ Illegal prisons: civil rights activists denounce secret prisons in China , Spiegel Online, November 12, 2009, accessed on August 5, 2016
  6. ↑ China: Human Rights Defenders Criticize Secret Prisons , Die Presse, November 12, 2009, accessed October 24, 2016
  7. ↑ Amnesty Annual Report 2009 , accessed August 5, 2016
  8. ↑ Amnesty International Annual Report 2015 , accessed August 5, 2016
  9. ↑ Report on China's Black Jails , "An Alleyway in Hell," China's Abusive "Black Jails," Human Rights Watch, November 12, 2009, accessed August 4, 2016
  10. ^ Human Rights Watch: Black Prisons in China , Focus Online, Nov. 12, 2009, accessed Aug. 4, 2016
  11. ↑ Henrik Bork: Those who seek justice are mistreated , Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 17, 2010, accessed October 23, 2016