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China Weaponizes Treatment of Political Prisoners

At The Diplomat, Cholpon Orozobekova of the the Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations describes a recent press conference held in Geneva by International Service for Human Rights: Yaxue Cao, the founder and editor of ChinaChange.org, said that detentions in China are increasingly arbitrary. “Recent charges against defenders and human rights lawyers are increasingly absurd; and the use of nonlegal methods of detention are increasingly frequent. The international community