China: Human rights lawyer at risk of torture after return from Laos
Responding to the confirmation of the detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, who was arrested in Laos in July, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for China, Sarah Brooks, said: “Lu Siwei’s confirmed detention in China is a heartbreaking outcome for his family, with whom he had been attempting to reunite in the USA. Now, rather than being with his wife and young daughter, he is at grave risk of torture and other ill-treatment. “Having been arrested in Laos after ...
Source: wn.com