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Report: China's Trade in 'Tools of Torture' Booming

Amnesty International says China is fueling global human rights abuses by manufacturing and exporting equipment used by police for torture. In a report Tuesday, Amnesty said a rising number of Chinese companies are profiting from the trade of the so-called "tools of torture," which include electric shock stun batons, metal-spiked batons and weighted leg cuffs. The London-based group says 130 mostly state-owned Chinese companies now produce and trade the equipment. That is up...


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