Excerpted from The Globe and Mail:
"This alarming trend raises serious concerns about the Chinese government's commitment to its stated goal of establishing a rule of law," the independent U.S.-based organization Human Rights in China concluded in a report this summer.
"Through official efforts to use legal and extra-legal means to silence and control public dissent and unrest, this crackdown further calls into question the openness and fairness of the Chinese judicial system and the future of an independent bar in China."
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August 2006: Setback for the rule of law - Lawyers under attack in China - HRIC Issues Brief:
Review of Procedure Laws Raises Hopes for Justice - HRIC Report:
Empty Promises: Human Rights Protections and China's Criminal Procedure Law - China Rights Forum, No.2 2006:
Zhang Yaojie's "Chen Guangcheng and Wen Jiabao: Power vs. Human Rights" - China Rights Forum, No.2 2005:
Law and Justice - China Rights Forum, No.2 2003:
Rule of Law - HRIC Monthly Briefs:
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