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State-Sanctioned Kidnapping: A New Report on China’s RSDL Jails

The ruling Chinese communist party (CCP) has been extensively criticized by world governments for its human rights violations. Recently, a report has surfaced giving a glimpse into China’s Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location, or RSDL jails. This little-known custodial system is a legalized form of black jail, where victims are disappeared by the state ...

Max Lu

RSDL secret jails.

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Exposes State-Backed Torture

Wang Quanzhang, a human rights lawyer from China who was jailed in 2015, has filed a complaint alleging that he was tortured during interrogations and forced to plead guilty by officials. He was arrested in 2015 as part of Beijing’s nationwide crackdown on legal rights activists. Dubbed the “709 Crackdown,” over 200 lawyers and associates ...

Max Lu

Wang Quanzhang and his family.