Title China: 1. Is there any country or media information about worker demonstrations in Tianjin on 30 December 2004 over dismissals in the machine industry? 2. What is the official policy on "independent" unions or workers demonstrating on such issues? 3. What is the length of detention? Are there many reports of detentions in Tianjin? 4. What is the normal sentence for "threatening national security and social stability"? 5. Is it normal for a person to be sentenced to 6 months' detention without a trial?
Publisher Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal
Publication Date 15 August 2006
Country China
Topics Arbitrary arrest and detention | Freedom of assembly and association | Freedom of conscience | Freedom of expression
Citation / Document Symbol CHN30440
Cite as Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, China: 1. Is there any country or media information about worker demonstrations in Tianjin on 30 December 2004 over dismissals in the machine industry? 2. What is the official policy on "independent" unions or workers demonstrating on such issues? 3. What is the length of detention? Are there many reports of detentions in Tianjin? 4. What is the normal sentence for "threatening national security and social stability"? 5. Is it normal for a person to be sentenced to 6 months' detention without a trial?, 15 August 2006, CHN30440 , available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4b6fe1512.html [accessed 26 May 2023]
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