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How China is using criminal detention in place of re-education through labour

Re-education through labourL is a thing of the past, but criminal detention now takes its place

PUBLISHED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 3:21am UPDATED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 5:48pm

Verna Yu
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detentioncnPolice increasingly use short stints in detention to silence those who may previously have been sent to re-education-through-labour camps. Photo: AP

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China’s ‘Re-education’ For Sex Workers Similar to Labor Camps: Lawyers

2014-06-11

Workers at an entertainment venue in Dongguan crouch by a wall during a police raid on Feb. 9, 2014. Continue reading