1.   Members of the Party were never exempt from purges and forced confessions.

2.   He was there less than a week, but the police seemed to be intent on forcing a confession before the federal security officials entered the case.

3.   Huang stands next to cut-outs of three men on death row who Huang is trying to gain their freedom claiming their confessions were forced through torture.

4.   Severe beatings to force confessions were a daily occurrence, the former prisoners said.

5.   She later recanted, saying the confession had been forced on her under threat of losing her children.

6.   The basic idea was to force confessions, which were required under the criminal code of the day in order to convict.

7.   The authorities in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, and in Belgrade had no comment on the accusations of torture and forced confessions.

8.   Amnesty said at least six people died during pretrial detention and that confessions were forced out of prisoners with torture.

9.   Amnesty said that at least six people had died during pretrial detention and that the confessions were forced out of prisoners with torture.

10.   Foreign critics fear Chinese courts are rushing to judgment, condemning people on possibly shaky evidence or even forced confessions.