Editor’s note: This article contains graphic details of torture and sexual assault. 
A prisoner of conscience, recently released from a 7-year term at a notorious prison in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, has described being subjected to a range of brutal torture methods, including sexual assault.
Zhou Xiangyang, a 49-year-old Falun Gong practitioner and former engineer, was released on March 1 from Tianjin Binhai Prison, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that documents the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign of persecution against the spiritual practice.
While incarcerated, Zhou said he suffered from torture at the hands of inmates and guards, including electrocution, force-feeding, being pepper-sprayed, and assault on his private parts.
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