Ordinary citizens in China will choose to take the path of petition visit or Shangfang [1] to voice out their grievance. In response, many local government officials would hire agents to detain the petitioners from their home provinces in “black jails” before they have a chance to complain to the Beijing authorities. A recent “fake news” about the 10 agents being sentenced by a court exploded on Weibo, China's twitter on December 2, 2012. TeaLeafNation [2] covered the story with a lot of background information.
China: Netizens Call for Abolition of the “Black Jail” System
· Written by Abby Liu
Categories: East Asia, China, Human Rights, Law