Lawyer’s Detention Shakes China’s Rights Movement

08-09-2009 • NY Times

China’s nascent legal rights movement, already reeling from a crackdown on crusading lawyers, the kidnapping of defense witnesses and the shuttering of a prominent legal clinic, has been shaken by the detention of a widely respected rights defender who has been incommunicado since the police led him away from his apartment 12 days ago.

2 Comments in Response to Lawyer’s Detention Shakes China’s Rights Movement

Comment by foundZero

Entered on: 8/10/2009 10:32:37 AM

China in some ways is getting better. "Progressive" and "liberalization" are good things in a communist regime.

Sinophiles, people that have contact with or interest in ordinary Chinese life or history end up with an abiding faith in the ability of the Chinese people to shake off oppression. Periodic, radical change is endemic, it seems, to Chinese culture.

Comment by Lucky Red

Entered on: 8/10/2009 5:15:41 AM

China is resembling the US more and more...or vice versa, perhaps?

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