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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