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6 Aug / 09
Chinese civil rights groups under attack
By S.L. Shen UPI Correspondent
Published: August 03, 2009
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Beijing, China — The Beijing government last week arrested a prominent civil rights lawyer after raiding the offices of his organization, along with at least one other group that offers legal aid and consultation on civil rights cases. The [...]
6 Aug / 09
China targets lawyers in rights crackdown http://htxt.it/aTIw Michael Sainsbury, China correspondent | August 07, 2009 Article from: The Australian XU Zhiyong was half expecting the knock at the door at 5pm on July 29. Then he was bundled into a police car and taken to an unknown location. Nobody knows where he is. “I’m prepared [...]
