"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
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Questions over what replaces 're-education through labour'

Verna Yu
Verna Yu

Updated: 5:39am, 17 Nov, 2013

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"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
"Re-education through labour" facilities like this one are to be eliminated, according to a third plenum communiqué, but some rights advocates are concerned about what will replace this notorious system. Photo: SMP
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