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"Special Measures" : detention and torture in the Chinese Communist Party's shuanggui system
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Editor | Richardson, Sophie |
| Organization | Human Rights Watch (Organization), publisher, issuing body. |
| Spatial Coverage | China |
| Temporal Coverage | 2016 |
| Description | Table of Contents: Summary -- Methodology -- Glossary of Terms -- "Shuanggui" and the Chinese Communist Party -- What Is Shuanggui? -- Who Runs Shuanggui? -- Why Use Shuanggui? -- How Many People Are Detained in Shuanggui? -- Shuanggui: Targets, Procedures, and Limits -- Recent Changes to the Use of Shuanggui -- Shuanggui under National and International Law: The Right to Liberty -- The Right Not to be Tortured -- Abuses in Shuanggui -- Arbitrary Detention: Detention Facilities -- Lack of Formal Notification -- Prolonged Indefinite Detention -- Lack of Evidence -- Torture and Ill-Treatment: Solitary Confinement -- Sleep Deprivation -- Stress Positions -- Deprivation of Adequate Water and Food -- Beatings -- Deaths in Custody -- Lack of Protection from Abuse: No Access to Lawyers -- Participation of Medical Professionals in Shuanggui -- Exploitation of Shuanggui by the Procuratorate -- Exclusionary Rule in Criminal Procedures Rendered Meaningless -- Lack of Accountability: Who Supervises the Supervisors? -- Recommendations: To the Chinese Government -- To the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) -- To the Supreme People's Procuratorate -- To the Ministry of Health -- To Governments and international agencies funding Chinese legal reform, security sector training projects, or anti-corruption cooperation -- Acknowledgements. |
| Abstract | "The report, "'Special Measures': Detention and Torture in Chinese Communist Party's Shuanggui System," details abuses against shuanggui detainees, including prolonged sleep deprivation, being forced into stress positions for extended periods of time, deprivation of water and food, and severe beatings. Detainees are also subject to solitary and incommunicado detention in unofficial detention facilities. After "confessing" to corruption, they are typically brought into the criminal justice system, convicted, and sentenced to often lengthy prison terms"--Publisher's description. |
| Page Count | 118 |
| ISBN | 9781623134280 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Human Rights Watch, |
| Publisher Place | New York, N.Y. |
| Part of Series | Catalog |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Abuse of China Civil Rights Detention of Persons Disappeared Persons False Imprisonment Government Policy Human Rights Political Corruption Prisoners Torture |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political corruption--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Prisoners--Abuse of--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Detention of persons--Government policy--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Disappeared persons--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | False imprisonment--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Torture--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Civil rights--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Human rights--China |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Civil rights |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Detention of persons--Government policy |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Disappeared persons |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | False imprisonment |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Human rights |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political corruption |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Prisoners--Abuse of |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Torture |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | China |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | JQ1509.5.C6 S67 2016 |
| Alternative Title | Detention and torture in the Chinese Communist Party's shuanggui system China's shuang gui system |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
