Public shaming via TV broadcasts


In this image made from undated video released by China Central Television (CCTV), Peter Dahlin, a Swedish co-founder of a human rights group, speaks on camera in an unknown location. Chinese state television has on late Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, and early Wednesday, Jan. 20, aired a confession made by Dahlin, who said he had trained and funded unlicensed lawyers in China to take on cases against the government in clear violation of the law. (CCTV via AP Video) CHINA OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Recorded admissions of wrongdoings have become a regular dose of content for the news segment of China Central Television (CCTV).

SWEDISH national Peter Jesper Dah­­lin was paraded on state television China Central Television (CCTV) last week to make an appa­rent confession.

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