Hunan Province: 21 Petitioners Sent to Reeducation through Labor (RTL) Camps

AuthorChina Law Digest compiled news

On October 10, the Hunan Changsha Municipal RTL Committee sent 21 petitioners to RTL. The petitioners appealed in Beijing from August to September against their sentences, which ranged from one year to 18-months. Four were arrested.

The decision of RTL was based on claims that these people were shouting for injustice under the national flag at Tian’anmen Square, kneeling down, and shouting slogans, with “injustice” printed on their half-naked bodies, which...

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