China’s secret jails
The World’s Jeb Sharp has more on the story behind a Human Rights Watch report that details evidence of China’s so-called ‘black jails.’ The report claims that citizens attempting to petition the government are often detained and abused in unofficial jails before being sent back to the provinces.
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