Hong Kong: Prisons rife with violence and inhumane treatment, inmate testimony reveals

By Amnesty International

Former Hong Kong prison inmates have told of inhumane and degrading conditions in new research published today by Amnesty International, as the organization called for authorities to urgently investigate the situation in the city’s correctional facilities. Nine former inmates jailed between 2016 and 2023 reported physical violence, prolonged solitary confinement, poor sanitary conditions and dangerously […] The post Hong Kong: Prisons rife with violence and inhumane treatment, inmate testimony reveals appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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