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At least 59 people were forcibly detained in psychiatric hospitals in China, many for lodging complaints about the Chinese authorities, according to a BBC Eye investigation.
Many of them were given anti-psychotic drugs, and in some cases electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), without their consent.
While there have been reports for decades that hospitalisation is used in China as a way of detaining dissenting citizens without involving the courts, a leading Chinese lawyer has told the BBC that the issue has recently seen a resurgence.
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Firefighters are battling a new Los Angeles wildfire. President Trump has ordered troops to the southern border. Nashville police are investigating a deadly school shooting. CBS’s Steve Kathan has these stories and much more in today’s World News Roundup.
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