Excerpted from The Statesman:
China is classifying more and more activities as state secrets to allow police to charge dissidents and activists with stealing or leaking state secrets, Human Rights in China said a wide-ranging report published yesterday.
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Speaking from New York before the launch of the 279-page document called "State Secrets: China’s Legal Labyrinth," Ms. Sharon Hom, executive director of HRIC, said the report would "tunnel down and look at the secret system and see what is its impact on policy and the practice of the rule of law and governance."
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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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