E244
Victim- Religious or belief association
- Christianity
- Gender
- Male
- Age range
- Unknown
- Reason for deprivation of liberty
- Attending a place of worship
- Religious activities in China
- Religious practice
- Violations experienced
- Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
- Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Forms of torture experienced
- Beating with fists or feet
- Length of detention
- 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 detention centre. The victim was tortured at Onsong County detention centre. The victim was transferred to Pukchong County MSS 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
- Location of Violation
- Year of violation 1
- 2000
- Group of victims
- Yes
- Witness URN
- W77
- Geolocation of violations
Latitude: 42.959833
Longitude: 129.986447
- Geolocation of violations (linked Victim)
- Pukchong County MSS Detention CentreOnsong County MPS Detention Centre
- Document URN
- D87