China Detains Leading Human Rights Attorney

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Rights groups urged China's government Thursday to disclose the whereabouts of a leading human rights lawyer who was detained by police in a dawn raid and has not been heard from since.

Xu Zhiyong, a Beijing-based legal scholar with the Gongmeng rights group, was taken from his home by police early Wednesday, the group said on its Web site. The group has since been unable to contact Xu and another staffer, Zhuang Lu.

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