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"An Alleyway in Hell": China's Abusive "Black Jails"

Human Rights Watch · 2009

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EstablishedHuman 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.