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UN investigator calls on China to change police, prison systems to reduce torture7 KPLCMar. 21, 2006 |
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 BEIJING A United Nations torture investigator who made a landmark visit to China last year is calling for sweeping changes in its police and court systems to reduce the widespread practice. His report also urges Beijing to stop executing people for economic and nonviolent crimes and to abolish vague state security laws used against dissidents. It calls for the release of people jailed for peaceful exercise of free speech or religion. China's government today angrily rejects the report as incorrect and insists it forbids torture. The U-N visit in November capped a decade-long effort by the High Commissioner for Human Rights to be allowed to look into claims of torture by Chinese authorities. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 
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