China Skirts Questions in UN Torture Review -Groups
Reuters Alert Net, November 10, 2008
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA462549.htm
China on Monday presented its response to questions posed by the UN Committee Against Torture about interrogation techniques and detention practices within China. Human rights groups were disappointed that China did not address many of the issues raised, including abuses in police stations, prisons, informal custody houses, psychiatric hospitals and other facilities. Instead the Chinese delegation skirted the issues raised and merely provided data on the current treatment of torture in domestic law.
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HRIC Press Release: 'UN Experts: “Serious Information Gap” on China’s Efforts to End Torture'
Human Rights in China, November 10, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-10-voa45.cfm?rss=asia
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Civil Society
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Corruption
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Environment
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Food Security
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China Post, November 10, 2008
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Labor
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Xinhua (via China Daily), November 10, 2008
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Xinhua (via China Daily), November 11, 2008
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Xinhuanet, November 10, 2008
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Macao
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Migrant Workers
Global Crisis Threatens China's Income Gains
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Police
Officer Dies as Suspect Smashes through Blockade in Hebei
Shanghai Daily, November 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200811/20081111/article_380215.htm
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Shanghai Daily, November 11, 2008
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Protests and Petitions
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Public Health
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Religion
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Society
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Tibet
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