Official Announcement China Will ‘Stop Using’ System a Positive Sign
New York–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013. The Chinese government’s announcement today that it will sometime this year “stop using” the notorious Re-Education Through Labor (RTL) system is a rare positive response to the system’s growing unpopularity, Human Rights Watch said today. While suspending use of RTL would be an important step, the government should aspire to fully abolish the RTL system.
“This decision, if it truly put…
