Monday, July 22, 2013

China authorities detain anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong

[JURIST] Chinese activist and lawyer Xu Zhiyong was arrested by Chinese authorities on Wednesday on suspicion of having "gathered crowds to disrupt public order." Xu, a law lecturer at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications [academic website] and founder of the Open Constitution Initiative (Gongmeng) [Economist report], was placed under house arrest [AP report] on April 12. Xu's arrest come after Chinese President Xi Jinping [NYT profile] pledged to increase efforts to combat government corruption. Xu was previously detained...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/china-authorities-detain-anti-corruption-activist-xu-zhiyong.php

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