Friday, May 11, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China reports arrests of Uyghurs, Han Chinese for sharing “extremist” content
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/content-05102018161549.html

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Xinjiang authorities jail Uyghur Imam who took son to unsanctioned religious school
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/imam-05102018155405.html

Eleven lawyers and counting: Pressure from China frustrates defense for arrested Canadian Falun Gong practitioner
The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-eleven-lawyers-and-counting-pressure-from-china-frustrates-defence/

最高法发出通知要求切实防止裁判文书低级错误反复发生 (Supreme People’s Court urges local courts to prevent repeated, careless mistakes in judgment documents, judges to be held accountable)
Legal Daily, May 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/10/content_7541996.htm?node=5955

刑事诉讼法修正草案征求社会公众意见 (Draft amendments to Criminal Procedures Law released for public comment: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Xinhua News Agency, May 10, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/10/c_129869067.htm

Death in custody raises questions about new anti-graft oversight
Caixin, May 9, 2018
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-05-09/death-in-custody-raises-questions-about-new-anti-graft-oversight-101246477.html

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“First victim” of China’s new anti-graft agency was “left disfigured” after he collapsed and died during interrogation
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145603/first-victim-chinas-new-anti-graft-agency-was-left