Excerpted from BBC:
China's state secret laws are "complex and opaque" and reinforce the rule of the Communist Party, a report published by Human Rights in China says.
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"Combined with the one-party regime, and the absence of an independent rule of law, (this) allows further consolidation of political and social control by the ruling elite," the report said.
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- HRIC Report:
State Secrets: China's Legal Labyrinth - HRIC Press Release:
HRIC Report Details State Secrets System - China Rights Forum, No.2 2007:
Legal Reform and Accountability - HRIC Trends Bulletin:
Setback for the Rule of Law – Lawyers Under Attack in China - China Rights Forum, No.2 2005:
Law and Justice - China Rights Forum, No.2 2003:
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