China still uses medieval torture methods against opponents – Amnesty

[Little Tich]

Source: The Guardian

Report details alleged beatings and torture endured by those taken into police custody despite government pledges to reform

Chinese security agents continue to employ a medieval array of torture methods against government opponents, activists, lawyers and petitioners, including spiked rods, iron torture chairs and electric batons, a report claims.

The Amnesty International report, called No End in Sight: Torture and Forced Confessions in China, is based on interviews with nearly 40 Chinese human rights lawyers and contains chilling details of alleged beatings and torture sessions endured by those taken into police custody.

Patrick Poon, the report’s author, said that despite government pledges to reform, Amnesty had documented recent cases of torture in virtually every corner of the country. “From Beijing to Hunan to Heilongjiang to Guangdong – there are cases of torture in many, many places. The problem is still very widespread in different provinces. It isn’t just concentrated in a certain area of China,” he said.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/11/china-still-uses-medieval-torture-methods-against-opponents-amnesty

[Renew Deal]

1. Put them in the Iron Maiden

Excellent




Cheney should go over and teach them how to waterboard.

[newfie11]

2. Don't give Guantanamo any ideas. Nt

[leftynyc]

3. Not a surprise

Neither is the silence regarding boycotts, sanctions or divestment.

[LiberalElite]

4. Trump likes to complain about China - what about torture, Donald?

(crickets)

[malthaussen]

5. Waterboarding is a "medieval torture method."

It was one of three interrogation methods approved by the Inquisition.

-- Mal