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AP National News Video More>> By ALEXA OLESEN AP BEIJING (AP) - China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:41A

Acadiana's News Leader China to restrict secret detentions _ on paper
The formal introduction of the revised criminal procedure law to the national legislature ends a half-year of speculation and debate about whether the government would give police the legal authority to do something they have long done extra-legally:
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:27A

China backs down on secret detentions
BEIJING (AFP) - China has abandoned controversial plans to make it legal to "disappear" criminal suspects following a huge public outcry, in a move hailed as a victory for judicial reformers. Proposed changes to China's criminal law being debated this
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:24A

Europol targets organised criminal gangs in second phase of food crime crackdown
Europol, Europe's central law enforcement agency, plans to continue its fight against the growing presence of organised crime in areas of food through a repeat of last November's Europe-wide crackdown on food crime - Operation Opson.
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:23A

NEPAL: WOMEN'S DAY-- Political brinksmanship has sacrificed women's rights
As the cases in which women are accused of witchcraft make it abundantly clear, the state is notably failing on two fronts: to guarantee women's access to justice to claim their rights and to adopt comprehensive policies to transform discriminatory and
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:18A

China to restrict secret detentions on paper
By ALEXA OLESEN AP BEIJING (AP) - China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints.
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:13A

WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - China to restrict secret
The formal introduction of the revised criminal procedure law to the national legislature ends a half-year of speculation and debate about whether the government would give police the legal authority to do something they have long done extra-legally:
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:05A

China to restrict secret detentions – on paper
China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints. Scholars welcomed the changes,
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:54A

KWQC-TV6 News and Weather For The Quad Cities - China to restrict secret
The formal introduction of the revised criminal procedure law to the national legislature ends a half-year of speculation and debate about whether the government would give police the legal authority to do something they have long done extra-legally:
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:53A

Privacy software, criminal use
Its use for illicit purposes creates new challenges for law enforcement officials hunting increasingly technologically savvy criminals, and highlights the sometimes unwanted consequences of protecting free speech online.
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:53A

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