Entries from Truth About China tagged with 'abuse'

Whistle-Blowers in Chinese City Sent to Mental Hospital

By Andrew Jacobs | THE NEW YORK TIMES09 December 2008 Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them...

China: End Child Labor in State Schools

By Human Rights WatchDecember 03, 2007 'Work and Study' Programs Put Hundreds of Thousands of Children at Risk The Chinese government should abolish the use of income-generating child labor schemes in middle and junior high schools because of their chronic...

Mao Hengfeng Abused in Prison Again

By Human Rights in China | 中国人权 October 29, 2007 Human Rights in China has learned that Shanghai petitioner and rights defender Mao Hengfeng was subject to another round of abuse at the Shanghai Women's Prison and at a hospital she...