Report: Chinese who complain to govt risk kidnap

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Seattle Times - Nov. 12, 2009
China Proposes Prison Reforms
China will begin to separate suspects arrested for minor offenses from violent criminals as part of a series of proposed reforms to its detention system announced this week.... More »
Time - Nov. 12, 2009
Report: Critics of Chinese Gov't Often Detained
BEIJING — Kidnapping villagers who have traveled to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government and keeping them in unofficial jails to silence them has... More »
FOXNews.com - Nov. 12, 2009
Reforms Proposed for China's 'Black Jails'
China will begin to separate suspects arrested for minor offenses from violent criminals as part of a series of proposed reforms to its detention system announced this week.... More »
Time - Nov. 12, 2009
China and U.S. Jockey Over Obama Speaking Plans
President Obama wants to speak directly to the Chinese people during his visit to Shanghai and Beijing next week. Just how directly he will be able to communicate is unclear.... More »
Time - Nov. 12, 2009
Group Accuses China of Abuses in Secret Jails
HONG KONG — A human rights group accused Chinas national government on Thursday of tolerating an extensive network of secret jails operated in Beijing by provincial and... More »
New York Times - Nov. 12, 2009
China criticized over alleged 'black jails'
Chinese authorities should abolish secret jails used to unlawfully detain citizens who travel to the capital and other major cities to file complaints, says. For the past six... More »
CNN - Nov. 12, 2009
China criticized over 'black jails'
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese authorities should abolish secret jails used to unlawfully detain citizens who travel to the capital and other major cities to file... More »
CNN - Nov. 12, 2009
Expectations low for Obama's China trip
Oxfam Hong Kong is organizing an event to call US President Obama to carry out his promise concerning the issue of climate chage. The huge, long banner hung at the Great Wall... More »
UPI - Nov. 12, 2009
Complainers in China disappear into 'black jails,' rights...
Alexa Olesen Beijing ? K The is based mainly on interviews with 38 people who said they were nabbed by thugs while trying to bring grievances to the central government. They... More »
Globe and Mail - Nov. 12, 2009
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