Monday, April 04, 2011

The law in China: A spear not a shield | The Economist

The law in China: A spear not a shield | The Economist

The Chinese state is cracking down on dissent in the wake of the Arab revolutions. In addition to being formally charged with crimes such as "Slandering the Communist Party" (by suggesting, for instance, that it is a dictatorship) people are being informally detained and temporarily disappeared. The tactics remind me of Robert Mugabe's campaign of torture where people were not killed but let out after their ordeal to serve as walking advertisements for the regime's brutality.

1 comment:

Allan Eyrich said...

That's not the worst of it. They're targeting churches now.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/world/asia/10china.html?ref=china