Serie of illustrated comic strip commissioned and scripted by the NGO SAFEGUARD DEFENDERS.
The first serie is part of the report "Locked Up: Inside China’s Secret RSDL Jails». It is a deep dive into the dark world of China’s Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL). It is highlighting a system of state-sanctioned kidnapping that it is using against thousands of people every year (new data show that RSDL may have claimed up to almost 60,000 victims since 2013).
The first serie is part of the report "Locked Up: Inside China’s Secret RSDL Jails». It is a deep dive into the dark world of China’s Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL). It is highlighting a system of state-sanctioned kidnapping that it is using against thousands of people every year (new data show that RSDL may have claimed up to almost 60,000 victims since 2013).
The second serie is part of the report "Involuntary Returns». It is illustrating the use of non-traditional, often illegal, means of forcing someone to return to China against their will, most often to face certain imprisonment. Methods range from threatening family back in China, sending agents to intimidate target in host country, to direct kidnappings.
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