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* China to compensate woman for detention in old morgue
China seems determined to allow its citizens to petition central government and to stop local authorities from preventing this from happening. Reuters: “China will compensate a woman who was held in a...
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China: Justice at last for criminal defence lawyers persecuted in Beihai
Reblogged from China Daily Mail: There have been lots of changes since Bo Xilai took over the reigns especially the sweeping anti-corruption drive, the closure of black jails that local governments...
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* China labour camp victim sues local authorities
BBC: “A Chinese woman is suing a local authority who sent her to a labour camp for the loss of her personal freedom. Tang Hui was sent to a re-education camp by Yongzhou’s local authority for...
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* Henan villagers ‘beaten up by hundreds of rail workers’ over land dispute
SCMP: “Villagers in central China’s Henan province who were protesting a land grab in Huangchuan county said they were beaten up by hundreds of employees from the China Railway 13th Bureau at the...
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China: Military license plates no longer allowed on luxury cars, more...
Reblogged from China Daily Mail: China’s PLA (People’s Liberation Army) Daily reported on April 28 that the Chinese Defence Ministry has published a statement that new military license plates have...
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* China’s new mental health law to make it harder for authorities to silence...
SCMP: “The director of Xinjiang‘s largest mental health institution has welcomed a new law, which went into effect on Wednesday, banning involuntary inpatient treatment for many people deemed mentally...
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* China’s Supreme People’s Court judge urges end to wrongful convictions
SCMP: “One of China’s most senior judges has called for an end to miscarriages of justice by the nation’s courts after two cases of wrongful convictions have highlighted inadequacies in its legal...
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* Detention of petitioners denounced
China Daily: “Anti-graft officials vow protection of whistle-blowers from retaliation Officials with China’s top anti-graft authority expressed firm opposition on Tuesday to the detention of...
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* China issues white paper on human rights
China Daily: “The Chinese government on Tuesday released a white paper detailing the progress made in human rights in 2012, stressing its achievements in improving living standards and increasing room...
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* Conservatives counter demands for constitutional rule in China
It seems the ‘gloves are off’ – conservatives versus the President: see last para of this article. SCMP: “Chinese conservatives have come out to argue against the adoption of “constitutional rule”, a...
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China plans world’s longest sea tunnel at $42 billion
Reuters: “China will invest 260 billion yuan, or about $42 billion, to revive a long-stalled plan to build the world’s longest undersea tunnel across the Bohai Strait linking the country’s eastern and...
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Probe over China fruit-seller ‘beaten by enforcers’
BBC: “Police are investigating the death of a fruit seller in China, state media say, amid reports he was beaten by “chengguan” urban security personnel. Deng Zhengjia, in his 50s, died on Wednesday in...
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China officials held over watermelon-seller death
BBC : “Six urban security personnel have been detained by police investigating the death of a fruit seller in southern China, state media say. Deng Zhengjia, in his 50s, died on Wednesday in Chenzhou...
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Shoulder lights to make police more visible
China Daily: Policemen wear their new shoulder lights at a ceremony to launch the use of the night lights in Southwest China‘s Chongqing on July 25, 2013. The shoulder lights are being used by the...
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In Bo Xilai Trial, Some See Positive Signs for Legal System
WSJ: “Many China watchers see the trial of Communist Party insider Bo Xilai as scripted and staged, unveiling flaws of a closed Chinese judicial system. Yet amid the criticism, some are seeing positive...
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Bo Xilai on trial: Settling scores
The Economist: “IN A heavily guarded courthouse in the eastern city of Jinan, the trial began on August 22nd of a politician who was once one of China’s most powerful figures. Bo Xilai, who is 64, has...
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Guangzhou to empty labour camps
SCMP: “Guangzhou plans to empty its hard-labour camps by year’s end, state media reported yesterday, the latest locality to phase out the notorious punishment. Rights advocates have long complained...
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China Communist Party investigators tried over drowning
The Communist Party of China seems to be trying hard to apply the ‘rule of law’ to its own cadres. Must be a good thing. BBC: “The trial has begun in China of six Communist Party officials accused of...
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China paper in detained journalist plea – BBC News
A Chinese newspaper has published a rare front-page plea for the release of one of its journalists held by police. The New Express, based in Guangzhou, called for Chen Yongzhou, who was detained last...
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China Legal Reform Promises Cause for Cautious Optimism – China Real Time...
The initial communiqué that emanated from China’s major meeting of top Communist Party leaders on November 12th focused on economic reform and had little to say about the legal realm. That changed...
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