US EditionRights Group Decries China Courts Violations of Fundamental Civilian Freedoms
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Rights group decries China courts violations of fundamental civilian freedoms
Amnesty International, in a report released on Wednesday, revealed that Chinese courts are utilizing ambiguous laws to crack down on civilians’ freedoms of speech and association, subjecting individuals to arbitrary arrests and violations of fair trial rights. The report, titled “How Could This Verdict be ‘Legal’?”, analyzes more than 100 “official indictments and verdicts from 68 cases” over the past decade. Amnesty’s findings conclude that eve…
The Chinese courts systematically use vague laws on national security and public order as weapons in order to silence human rights defenders, Amnesty International writes in a new report revealing the central role played by the judiciary in maintaining the repression against fundamental freedoms by the Beijing authorities. This summary, How could this verdict be 'legal', published on 1 October on the occasion of the Chinese National Day, analyse…
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