Examination of Modern Torture in China
Examination of Modern Torture in China
Introduction:
In February 1995,Li Dexian, an evangelist from Guangzhou, was about to address a house-church meeting in Beixing township, near Huadu city in Guangdong, when police officers arrived. According to reports, they kicked him in the groin in front of the congregation, then took him to the police station where he was beaten with a heavy pole, jumped on and kicked by police officers until he started to vomit blood. When he asked why he was beaten, the police officers reportedly said that they had been given instructions from “higher up” to take action against “this form of religion.” One month later, police launched another raid on the monthly house-church meeting in Beixing township and again beat Li Dexian. The incident was witnessed by a visiting Australian Missionary. Chinese Torture is the severe punishment that the Chinese government is doing to mostly innocent people. Article five from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, states that everyone should have freedom from torture, and degrading treatment. Article 7 states that everyone should have his/her right to equality before the law. Article 9 says that every person should have freedom from arbitrary arrest, and exile. Article 12 declares that every person has his/her freedom from interference with privacy, family, home, and correspondence. The last Article is number 20. This pronounces that people should have the right of peaceful assembly and association. All these articles that are listed above, are all related to the topic of torture. Many people believe that humans have evolved to point at which they would not make one another suffer, but China has proven us wrong, and hundreds of people die each week in unimaginable ways.
Background:
Inhumane actions have occurred in China over thousands of years. Torture was considered an “Ancient Art.” It was used by the government for a long time to keep order in the nation. It was very severe and harsh, and according to a lot of cases, it is considered to be one of the most painful ways to punish people. There are a variety of different brutal Chinese tortures, for example, severe beating with fists or a variety of instruments and/or kicking. Another is the use of electric batons, which give powerful electric shocks. Some tortures, like using handcuffs, shackles or ropes to tie prisoners in ways which cause intense pain, are very slow and...