China: Petitioners formerly detained in black jail seized again by police
Event- Country
- China
- Initial Date
- Sep 20, 2011
- Event Description
On September 16, Xu Wanying (???) and two other petitioners from Xiangcheng District, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province went to the Beijing Public Security Bureau to report to the police about a past incident when they had been beaten and detained in Jiujingzhuang, a black jail in the capital. However, as soon as they stepped off a public bus near Tiananmen Square, they were seized by policemen on duty, and sent first to a police station and then to Jiujingzhuang. The next evening, interceptors from Xiangcheng District forcibly sent them back to Xiangfan, where Xu is currently being held in a black jail. The whereabouts of the other two petitioners are unknown. Xu has been petitioning for years on behalf of her son, whom she believes to have been murdered but whose case police have been unwilling to investigate. (CHRD) | [v]
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Abduction/Kidnapping
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Right to information
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 30.5459
Longitude: 114.3419
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On September 16, Xu Wanying (???) and two other petitioners from Xiangcheng District, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province went to the Beijing Public Security Bureau to report to the police about a past incident when they had been beaten and detained in Jiujingzhuang, a black jail in the capital. However, as soon as they stepped off a public bus near Tiananmen Square, they were seized by policemen on duty, and sent first to a police station and then to Jiujingzhuang. The next evening, interceptors from Xiangcheng District forcibly sent them back to Xiangfan, where Xu is currently being held in a black jail. The whereabouts of the other two petitioners are unknown. Xu has been petitioning for years on behalf of her son, whom she believes to have been murdered but whose case police have been unwilling to investigate.