More than 800 people trying to petition the Chinese government over losing their homes and other complaints have been detained in recent weeks, a human rights group said yesterday.
The detentions came in advance of a law that takes effect tomorrow and bars officials from impeding petitioners, the New York-based Human Rights in China (HRIC) said. It said local authorities might have been trying to block grievances before the new restrictions take effect.
Hundreds of people in Beijing, Shanghai and in China's northeast were detained and beaten in a "nationwide crackdown on petitioners," HRIC said in a written statement. It didn't give a total for the number of people picked up, but said a detention center in Beijing held 600 people at one point, while more than 200 people were detained in another incident.
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