The peak of psychiatric detentions occurred from 2015 through 2016, which was around the same time as China’s “ 709 Crackdown” where the government persecuted hundreds of human rights lawyers.

Family and friends who petition for the victim’s release are often faced with persecution, and involuntarily commitment themselves. They were not permitted to call or visit the victims in 76 percent of cases, which essentially makes these cases “enforced disappearances.” 11 percent of cases were committed with the assistance of family (either voluntarily or coerced by authorities).

According to the report, “ without anesthesia is not only unimaginably painful and frightening for the patient but carries serious side effects, including the risk of bone fractures, joint dislocation, muscle tears, disruption of the heart beat and lung damage.”įamily and friends are often used as weapons against the victims. Electroshock therapy was often administered to the victims as they were fully conscious, rather than under anesthesia in small doses as would be clinically appropriate for certain patients. Otherwise normally healthy people were given anti-psychotic and psychotropic medications, causing severe side effects like memory loss, insomnia and tremors. The report detailed especially harsh treatments, which include: forced medication (in 77 percent of cases), physical restraints on the bed (60 percent), beatings by staff or other patients (25 percent) and electroshock therapy (14 percent). “The only way to end the horrific abuse is to end the rule of the Communist Party.” Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War. “China’s regime has been torturing, maiming, and killing dissidents and others in psychiatric facilities for seven decades,” said Gordon G.

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