China: Medical concern/fear of torture or other ill-treatment: Ouyang Wen (f)

Index Number: ASA 17/008/2009
Date Published: 2 March 2009
Categories: China

Falun Gong practitioner Ouyang Wen began a two-year term of Re-education Through Labour (RTL) in June 2008. While in custody her eyesight began to deteriorate, to the point where she is now almost blind, but she has been given no medical treatment.