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Du Bin
This Women’s Rights Activist Was Threatened With Rape by Chinese Police
A Chinese female rights activist said police threatened to leave her in a male prisoners’ cells to be gang raped—not the first report of such abuse.
New Book Exposes Sexual Torture in Masanjia Labor Camp
“Vaginal Coma,” book by photojournalist Du Bin, was published, revealing the brutal sex torture to female inmates in Masanjia Women’s Labor Camp
A Postmodern Account of Cruel and Unusual Torture in China
The Chinese photojournalist Du Bin published online a book of poetry about torture inflicted by the state.
Activist Du Bin Released, Says Sister and Friend
Human rights activist Du Bin was released on July 8, according to twitter updates from his sister and from his fellow activist.
Human Rights Activist Discloses Fellow Dissident Du Bin’s Whereabouts
Du Bin is in detention but update, saying that “prison is a life experience,” according to an update by his sister.
Chinese Dissidents Urge Obama to Ask About Filmmaker
Chinese dissidents from the New York area gathered opposite the Chinese Consulate on June 4 to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Foremost in their minds was the fate of a documentary film maker who had dared to tell about the tortures used in China’s labor camps.
Harrowing Documentary About Slavery and Torture in China Released
A documentary about the extraordinary torture and abuse meted out at the Chinese labor camp Masanjia, in Liaoning Province, has been published.
