China torturing suspects in 'war on corruption' says Human Rights Watch

Opaque extralegal detention system used by officials to hold suspects indefinitely until they confess Regular beatings, sleep deprivation, stress positions and solitary confinement are among the tools used by China's anti-corruption watchdog to force confessions, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The report throws the spotlight on to President Xi Jinping's war on corruption, which has punished more than a million Communist party officials since 2013. Xi has said fighting corruption is...