"The experience had left a deep psychological impact on me," Yang, who was not involved in the Human Rights Watch report, said in an interview Tuesday. In this July 31, 2014, file photo, gay rights campaigners act out electric shock treatment to protest outside a court where the first court case in China involving so-called conversion therapy was held in Beijing., China. But the government has yet to issue clear guidelines prohibiting conversion therapy and holding abusers accountable. Doctors and clinics in China can charge up to $4,500 US for conversion 'treatment,' says Boris Dittrich, advocacy director of the lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights program of Human Rights Watch. Conversion therapy is also a profitable business; doctors and clinics can charge up to 30,000 yuan ($4,500 US) for "treatment," said Boris Dittrich, advocacy director of the Human Rights Watch LGBT Rights Program.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2017 21:16 UTC