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At least ten and possibly twelve prisoners reportedly died following two
protests in Drapchi prison in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, in May 1998.
The first protest took place on May 1, the second on May 4, on the day
of a visit to the prison by ministers from the E.U. troika countries.
During both, prisoners shouted slogans in support of independence and
the Dalai Lama. In the weeks following the E.U. visit, scores of
prisoners were interrogated, beaten, and placed in solitary confinement.
Some of the prisoners were reported to have died in early June 1998.
Two reportedly were killed by gunfire during one of the protests, while
others were said to have died from beatings. Authorities in Tibet
maintained that many of the deaths were suicides. No independent
investigation had taken place by the end of the year.
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INDIA
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
PAKISTAN
The Pakistan Prisons Act of 1894 and the Prison Rules of Pakistan, both
relics from the colonial era, permit the use of whipping as a punishment
in prisons. They also permit the use of fetters and chains as instruments
of restraint and punishment under certain conditions. The U.N. Special
Rapporteur on Torture, in his 1996 report on Pakistan, described the
fetters used in Pakistan's prisons:
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SINGAPORE
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TAIWAN
THAILAND