Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Rule of Law (法治)

中央政法委出台首个防冤假错案指导意见 (Political-Legal Commission issues guidelines on prevention of and accountability for wrongful convictions)
Xinhua, August 13, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013-08/13/c_116929042.htm

Related:
China issues new judicial guidelines
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2013
http://bit.ly/13XpVvq

河南周口警方调查“民警拒示证件被围抓20村妇泄愤” (Henan police investigate potentially unlawful arrest of 20 women after villagers protest home intrusion by police without identification)
People's Daily, August 14, 2013
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2013/0814/c42510-22555779.html

China’s shadowy internal investigation arm operates above the law
Asahi Shimbun, August 14, 2013
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201308140006