China: Fear of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment: Tan Zuoren (m)

Index Number: ASA 17/014/2009
Date Published: 2 April 2009
Categories: China

Sichuan environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren was detained by the police in Chengdu city, Sichuan province on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” on 28 March. He is now detained at Wenjiang Detention Centre. Amnesty International believes that he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.