Articles by Human Rights Watch
Dissident journalist Wei Jingsheng’s secretary, Tong Yi, detained without trial; beaten in detention
Tong Yi, China’s best-known woman prisoner and secretary to Wei Jingsheng until Wei’s arrest in April 1994, was badly beaten by fellow inmates on 16 January 1995 and again on 17 January in the Hewan Re-education Camp near Wuhan in Hebei Province for demanding that her work day not exceed eight hours. She is serving […]