Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation recently published a new report that alleges China is selling hundreds of millions of dollars in so-called "torture tools" to African governments. Despite mounting evidence these devices are being used to commit severe human rights abuses, little is being done to regulate or limit their sale. Patrick Wilcken is a security trade and human rights researcher at Amnesty and a co-author of the report. He joins us this week to discuss China's booming trade in these repressive instruments.
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- “China’s booming torture trade revealed,”Amnesty International and The Omega Research Foundation, September 23, 2014
- “China’s Trade in Tools of Torture and Repression,” Amnesty International and The Omega Research Foundation, September 23, 2014