The Chinese Government allowed the castration of 9559 people in the town of Puning (Province of Guangdong, southeast China). This action against human rights is taking place from April 7 until next Monday. It aims to achieve the objectives of the birth control law in China's family planning policy.
The requirement to participate in this castration is to have at least one child. This is what Amnesty International has reported,which also said that some of them are castrated against their will. On 12 April, the Chinese authorities in the area said they h
ad already reached 50%, because the medical team created for this purpose is working from eight in the morning until four in the morning of the next day .
Roseann Rife, deputy director of Amnesty International in Asia and Oceania, said that "forced sterilizations carried out by officials are a torture, and the rush of the procedure raises questions about its safety and possible health impacts in the future." This organization also reported that Puning authorities have detained 1,377 families of the couples selected to force them to undergo the operation.
Thus, about 100 people were detained on 10 April in Puning. Among them was the father of Ruifeng Huang, 64. "A few days ago, a village official called me and told me that if I did not return for the operation, they would take my father away", says Huang, who does not want an operation because he and his wife want to have a boy, but already has three daughters.
These arrests are contrary to the Law on Population and Family Planning adopted in September 2002, which in addition to make legal the forced castrations prohibits kidnaps of the family to make couples undergo it. Its aim is that urban couples can only have a child, and if the firstborn is a girl can have another child.
The requirement to participate in this castration is to have at least one child. This is what Amnesty International has reported,which also said that some of them are castrated against their will. On 12 April, the Chinese authorities in the area said they h
ad already reached 50%, because the medical team created for this purpose is working from eight in the morning until four in the morning of the next day .Roseann Rife, deputy director of Amnesty International in Asia and Oceania, said that "forced sterilizations carried out by officials are a torture, and the rush of the procedure raises questions about its safety and possible health impacts in the future." This organization also reported that Puning authorities have detained 1,377 families of the couples selected to force them to undergo the operation.
Thus, about 100 people were detained on 10 April in Puning. Among them was the father of Ruifeng Huang, 64. "A few days ago, a village official called me and told me that if I did not return for the operation, they would take my father away", says Huang, who does not want an operation because he and his wife want to have a boy, but already has three daughters.
These arrests are contrary to the Law on Population and Family Planning adopted in September 2002, which in addition to make legal the forced castrations prohibits kidnaps of the family to make couples undergo it. Its aim is that urban couples can only have a child, and if the firstborn is a girl can have another child.
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