E244
Victim- Religious or belief association
- Protestantism
- Gender
- Male
- Age range
- Unknown
- Criminal charges
- Attending a place of worship
- Religious activities in China
- Religious practice
- Violations experienced
- Arbitrary arrest
- Arbitrary detention
- Arbitrary interrogation
- Refoulement
- Torture or sustained physical assault
- Verbal abuse
- Forms of torture
- Physical beating (with fists or feet)
- Length of incarceration
- 1-12 months
- Status
- Released from all facilities
- Brief summary
The victim (E244) was a named male. The victim was arrested and refouled through Tumen border detention centre to Onsong County MPS pre-trial detention centre. The victim was tortured at Onsong County MPS pre-trial detention centre. The victim was transferred to Pukchong County MSS pre-trial detention centre. The victim was interrogated and confessed to believing in Jesus. An MSS Guidance Officer threatened the victim by slamming a wooden club on a table during an interrogation. The victim shouted louder than the MSS Guidance Officer while ripping his shirt off, saying: ‘If it is a crime to believe in God, kill me with that club! Why is it a crime to believe in God? We believed in God in China because we were tired and hungry’. Because other prisoners were kept in silence, the shouts of the victim could be heard by prisoners in different cells and so the victim was gagged, stripped naked, and beaten. On a known date the victim was released for a known reason. Certain information is withheld for the victim’s safety.
- Identity of perpetrating organisations
- Locations of violations
- Locations of violations (linked Location)
- Onsong County MPS pre-trial detention centreTumen border detention centre
- Year of violation 1
- 2000
- Group of victims
- Yes
- Witness URN
- W77
- Document URN
- D87
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