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About Peter Dahlin
- Peter Dahlin (born 1981) is a Swedish human rights activist who was the subject of international media attention after he was arrested in China on January 4, 2016 in connection with his work for the NGO Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (Chinese ?????????), also known as ‘China Action’, which he co-founded in 2009 to assist, train and help Chinese lawyers, journalists and small NGOs work to promote rule of law and protect human rights in China. At the time of his arrest, Dahlin was preparing to leave the country, having become aware that the Ministry of State Security were coming for him and his associates.
- He was held at a detention facility for 23 days, where he was repeatedly interrogated under sleep deprivation and other harsh treatment.Dahlin later appeared in an interview shown on the Chinese state television channel CCTV, appearing to give a confession in which he stated that he had “violated Chinese law through my activities here, … caused harm to the Chinese government, …(and) hurt the feelings of the Chinese people”.
- Dahlin was released and deported on January 25.
- After his release, Dahlin repudiated the statements he had made on TV, indicating that the phrase "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people" being included among the statements made him confident that the non-voluntary nature of the interview would be obvious to people familiar with Chinese media.China Action ended its work in 2016, when Dahlin was deported from China and other members of the group were detained.Dahlin has subsequently described and condemned China's practice of airing forced confessions, calling on 'responsible media' to report on the stage-managed nature of the event, rather than the words spoken by the subject, which are provided by the CCP.He currently lives in Chiang Mai in Thailand.
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