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2024-05-13 18:22:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B91956B72063A58746EC9F0D7331721744E748212EFF120C4CC8F7A0055EBF65
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The Chinese Police have a long history of brutality, including violent repression of protest movements and ethnic minorities. It also has a history of censoring this information. For context, the acronym ACAB is aimed at Police Forces that use excessive force. https://www.newsweek.com/china-police-brutality-death-report-scrubbed-caixin-1861304 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2019/09/hong-kong-arbitrary-arrests-brutal-beatings-and-torture-in-police-detention-revealed/ https://savetibet.org/chinese-police-brutality-toward-tibetan-woman-seen-in-videos/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/11/19/still-no-accountability-hong-kongs-police-force https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/asa170052005en.pdf https://worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/in-china-when-police-brutality-is-so-common-an-off-duty-officer-gets-a-taste
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