Information on the mistreatment of detainees by the Public Security Bureau following the suppression of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 [CHN13381]
Amnesty International Report 1990 states that
[t]housands of people were arrested throughout China in connection
with the [pro-democracy] protests, ... [some of whom] were
reportedly severely beaten or tortured by soldiers or police (1990,
66).
According to
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for
1989,
[r]eports of torture and degrading treatment of persons detained
for committing so-called counterrevolutionary crimes have been
persistent and consistent. Many Chinese citizens who participated
in the [pro-democracy movement] demonstrations suffered beating and
other forms of ill-treatment in police efforts to extract
information about others who may have been involved in the
demonstrations.... As of year's end, there were continuing reliable
reports of beatings of political detainees in the Beijing area by
security forces (1990, 804).
Additional information on the above subject is currently
unavailable to the DIRB.
References
Amnesty International. 1990.
Amnesty International Report 1990. New York: Amnesty
International U.S.A.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1989. 1990. U.S. Department of State. Washington:
U.S. Government Printing Office.