Criminal Justice
The Lawyer for the recently freed editor of the Southern Metropolitan Daily will now focus his efforts on winning an appeal by executive Yu Huafeng, currently serving 8 years in the same case. Zhang Xingshui attributes Cheng Yizhong's release to a procuratorial finding of insufficient evidence prompted by intervention of a "higher official."
The People's Daily reports that, beginning September 1, Procuratorate officals in Sichuan must notify suspects in writing that they have the right to contest their arrest. (story in Chinese)
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Congressional Commission Welcomes Release of Imprisoned Chinese Dissident
March 4, 2004
(Washington, DC)—The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) welcomed the Chinese government’s release on medical parole March 4 of long-imprisoned dissident Wang Youcai. Mr. Wang has now arrived in the United States to undergo medical treatment.
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After the death of Hubei designer Sun Zhigang in a detention center in Guangzhou on March 20, 2003, the Chinese press has become full of articles on the topic of detention and police misconduct. The Chinese government has responded to public outrage over the issue with a number of proclamations and initiatives.
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CECC Releases 2003 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 2, 2003
The following translation of the judgment in the Xu Wei et. al. subversion of state power trial was prepared by CECC staff based on a January 1, 2004, version obtained from the Boxun Web site. The original Chinese version of the judgment can be viewed by clicking "more" below.
Additional background on this case is available here.