A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai, along with at least two Uyghurs, in what may be the first evidence that China is operating a “black site” beyond its borders. Wu Huan, 26, was on the run to avoid extradition to China because her fiancé was considered a Chinese dissident. Wu told The Associated Press she was abducted from a hotel in Dubai and detained by Chinese officials at a villa, converted into a jail, where she saw or heard two other prisoners, both Uyghurs. She said she was questioned and threatened in Chinese, and forced to sign legal documents incriminating her fiancé for harassing her. She was finally released on June 8 and is now seeking asylum in the Netherlands. While black sites are common in China, Wu’s account is the only testimony known to experts that …
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