"An Alleyway in Hell": China's Abusive "Black Jails"
"An Alleyway in Hell": China's Abusive "Black Jails" (2009)2009 · ReportEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1063 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Petition and complaint systems (xinfang) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Human Rights Watch documented in 2009 that petitioners in China were held in secret, unlawful detention facilities ('black jails'), often in hotels, nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals, where detainees reported abuse; the government denied that such facilities exist.”
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Xinfang: An Alternative to Formal Chinese Legal Institutions
Social Protest and Contentious Authoritarianism in China
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