Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

China approves detention system reforms
Legislature votes largely in favour of new criminal procedure law, but there are doubts about its actual enforcement.
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2012 07:40
Premier Wen Jiabao repeated vague calls for political reform [Reuters]
China's legislature has approved revisions to a key criminal law that, at least on paper, will restrict police powers to secretly detain people, a tactic which human rights campaigners say is increasingly used against activists and government critics.
The changes to the criminal