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A police officer films family members of those detained in what is known as the "709" crackdown protesting in front of the Supreme People's Procuratorate in Beijing, China July 7, 2017. On July 9th 2015, the authorities launched what rights groups say was a coordinated attempt to quash China's rights movement, rounding up hundreds of rights lawyers and activists, in what is known as the "709" crackdown. 

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