National Human Rights Action Plan 2012-15 Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A police officer films members of the press gathered outside the Beijing hospital where Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was staying on May 3. (AFP/Ed Jones)

In China, press rights equal press control

June 11, 2012 3:03 PM EDT

China’s state news agency Xinhua published the full text of the state council’s National Human Rights Action Plan 2012-15 on Monday. There is no section dedicated to press freedom. But the most striking omissions can be found in the text itself.