Scholar's arrest hurts rights drive in China
Posted: August 11, 2009 at 4:56 a.m.
China's legalrights movement, already reeling from a crackdown on crusading lawyers, the kidnapping of defense witnesses and the shuttering of a prominent legal clinic, has been shaken by the detention of a widely respected rights defender who hasn't been heard from since the police led him away from his apartment 12 days ago.
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