Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

新龙县一名藏人自焚抗议 自焚者亲友被拘遭殴 (Tibetan self-immolated in Xinlong county, his family detained and beaten up)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-03192017092238.html

聚焦司改:提高刑事审判证人出庭率难在哪里 (What are the difficulties in raising attendance rate of witnesses at trial?)
China Youth Daily, March 21, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/03-21/8178850.shtml

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提高证人出庭率和律师辩护率首次写入最高法工作报告 (Raising rates of witness attendance and lawyers defending cases written into annual work report of SPC for the first time)
Xinhua News, March 13, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017lh/2017-03/13/c_1120619885.htm

Chinese lawmakers seek to protect dead Communist heroes with new law
Global Voices, March 21, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/03/21/chinese-lawmakers-seek-to-protect-dead-communist-heroes-with-new-law/

Wukan activist's mother interrogated, intimidated after incognito visit
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mother-03202017131533.html