Human Rights in China
Subtitle: Selected Examinations
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781634631808
Subjects: Human rights, china
Description: "This book examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development of civil society. Major events of the past year include the PRC leadership transition, the Wukan protests over land expropriation, the negotiations that allowed legal advocate Chen Guangcheng to leave China, and the Tibetan selfimmolations. Ongoing human rights problems include excessive use of force by public security forces, unlawful detention, torture of detainees, arbitrary use of state security laws against political dissidents and ethnic groups, coercive family planning practices, persecution of unsanctioned religious activity, state control of information, and mistreatment of North Korean refugees."--Publishers website.