Abuse in the Name of Treatment – Drug Detention Centres in Asia

Published: 
5 September 2010
Author: 
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

A short film by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union that examines the detainment of drug users in compulsory rehabilitation centres throughout Asia. As revealed by a Human Rights Watch investigation, in such centres detainees are often forced to work for free, and are likely to be starved, beaten, tortured and raped.