Saturday 2 May 2009

Charter 08

Here is a link to a translation of Charter 08 (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22210) at The New York Times book review by Perry Link. I mentioned it in the last post and thought you might want to know more about it. I also added what the charter outlines below.

Specific demands are:

Amending the Constitution
Separation of Powers
Legislative democracy
An Independent Judiciary
Public control of public servants
Guarantee of Human Rights
Election of public officials
Rural–urban equality
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Religion
Civic Education
Protection of Private Property
Financial and tax reform
Social Security
Protection of the Environment
A federated republic
Truth in Reconciliation

1 comment:

  1. Here is another link with all the signatures (just names cause its on the internet...duh!)

    http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=86303&item_id=85717

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