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'Locked up in hell:' China's forced disappearances

Since 2017, Chinese authorities have taken human rights lawyers, activists and writers to secret detention centers where, deprived of freedom and dignity, they are expected to confess to crimes.

Date 11.05.2019
Duration 03:10 mins.
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