Woman Suing Chinese Mental Hospital for Abuse and Illegal Detention Missing
Li Yixue also used social media to expose abuses in Jiangxi Mental Hospital who she said was in collusion with police.
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Li Yixue also used social media to expose abuses in Jiangxi Mental Hospital who she said was in collusion with police.
Xu's sentence for 'subversion' is linked to her work with jailed veteran democracy activist Qin Yongmin.
The trio had been seeking political refuge in the island while they awaited resettlement elsewhere
The trio had been seeking political refuge in the island while they awaited resettlement elsewhere.
Every day in China, hundreds of people are involuntarily confined in mental health facilities, some through their involvement in criminal cases, many more via the government’s civil commitment processes. Whether, how, and how long to detain the seriously mentally ill is, to be sure, a worldwide problem of increasing gravity. In China, where the government employs many types of