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Kidnapping people on their way to lodge complaints with China’s central government has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that police refuse to acknowledge or crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday.
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Police officers detain a young man in Moscow, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Hundreds of activists from leftist movements gathered for a rally in protest of what they see as excessive construction in the city and other social problems. Police detained several.
