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China Legislates Against Terrorism

January 2012 Issue | by News China Magazine

The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress, the country’s legislative body, passed a new draft anti-terrorism law October 29.

The draft for the first time defines terrorism, terrorists and terrorist groups as “any act or organization that violently does harm to public facilities, social order and the people to cause panic and threaten the country.” A State list of terrorists and terrorist organizations compiled by the Ministry of Public Security accompanied the draft and will be made public at a later date, after which the assets of the listed parties will be frozen. Given the broad application of the term “terrorism” by China’s police force, human rights organizations are expecting some controversial names to appear on the list.

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