(중국) 유엔인권감시단 중국내 자행되는 고문 비판

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China torture condemned by UN rights watchdog

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Image captionCriminal justice reforms introduced in 2010 have not ended the use of torture, the committee found

A UN watchdog has urged China to end the rampant use of torture in its prisons and close all secret jails. 유엔 감시단은 중국내 교도소와 비밀감옥 안에서 자행되는 걷잡을 수 없는(만행하는) 고문의 사용을 종식할 것을 촉구했다.

The United Nations Committee Against Torture also called for a halt to a crackdown on lawyers and activists. 인권변호사들과 인권운동가들에 대한 탄압을 중지할 것을 촉구했다.

It issued its report after questioning a large Chinese government delegation as part of a two-day hearing.

The report gives Beijing one year to make progress towards complying with the Convention Against Torture.

"The Committee remains seriously concerned over consistent reports indicating that the practice of torture and ill-treatment is still deeply entrenched in the criminal justice system, which overly relies on confessions as the basis for convictions," the committee said.

At the hearing to review China's record on torture, held for the first time since 2008, China denied it held political prisoners and said torture was banned, to derision from dissidents.

Concern for China human rights lawyers

The committee, made up of 10 independent experts, said 200 lawyers have been rounded up in China since July, of which at least 25 remain in detention.

It also voiced alarm over the high number of deaths in custody.

When one committee member voiced concern over the use of interrogation chairs, in which prisoners are forced into painful postures for hours on end, the Chinese delegation insisted they were needed to keep detainees from injuring themselves, the report said. They also denied the existence of secret detention facilities.

On Thursday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying defended China's record in a daily news briefing, saying "in recent years China has been promoting the rule of law and has made great efforts in all regards, including on opposing torture".