Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

5年近9万人不当减刑被纠 最高检吁杜绝权贵违法减刑 (Nearly 90,000 people had penalties illegally reduced within past 5 years, Supreme People’s Procuratorate urges ending illegal commutation for the rich and powerful)
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/150cc22d6597928/5-jin-9-wan-ren-bu-dang-jian-xing-bei-jiu-zui-gao-jian-yu-du-jue-quan-gui-wei-fa-jian-xing

China's new crimes will stifle public expression, erode channels of complaint
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crime-11022015114416.html

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中国刑法新增20项罪名 被指意在打压维权民众 (China adds 20 new crimes to its criminal law, said to aim at cracking down on rights defense community)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-11022015144535.html