China urged to halt abusive gay ’conversion’ therapy

The Chinese government should stop hospitals from subjecting LGBT people to conversion therapy involving electroshock, involuntary confinement and forced medication, a human rights group said.

The report released by New York-based Human Rights Watch, based on interviews with 17 people subjected to the widely criticised techniques since 2009, comes as awareness has grown in China regarding the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.