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10/07/2013

Topic Reading-Vol.544-10/7/2013

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
China's Guangzhou moves to end 'Re-education Through Labor' camps.
The country has long been criticized for not abandoning the abusive practice to detain “minor offenders” to the labor camps where detainees are forced to work and live in a harsh condition to be mentally rehabilitated up to four years, or even longer.
Those offenders are said to include drag abusers, petty thieves and prostitutes, as well as those who threatened the social order by gathering petitions or posting unfavorable claims on the Internet.
Some critics say that the announcement to reform the 'Re-education Through Labor', or just simply labor camp, by the progressive local government could be just a rebranding of their practice and facility to a ‘detoxification center’ of the public security organs.
Enjoy reading and learning about one of the behind the scenes in a one-party-ruling country.


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