China's Work Camps Raise Human Rights Concerns Over Drug Offenders
China's work camps raise human rights concerns over drug offenders
Many of China's labour camps are now calling themselves drug rehab centres – but what has changed beyond the name? Li Zhongying was freed from a Chinese labour camp ahead of schedule in September because, guards told her, the government was scrapping "re-education through labour", a heavily criticised penal system created in the 1950s. Several hundred other inmates were not so lucky, she said …
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