Shanghai Mother of Two Tortured in Labour Camp for Petitioning against China’s One-Child Policy
SHANGHAI, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The human rights group, Human Rights in China (HRIC) has reported that a Chinese mother of two is being tortured in a prison camp for defying China’s one-child policy. Mao Hengfeng, a resident of Shanghai was arrested for her activism against the government policy. Fifteen years ago, Mao was dismissed from her job at a soap factory for the offense of having a second child. In April the Shanghai Public Security Bureau ordered that Mao serve 18 months in a Reeducation Through Labour (RTL) camp because of her activism. In October, HRIC reported that […]
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