China’s top legislators are considering reducing police powers to detain suspects in order to safeguard citizens’ rights…
Under the new draft, the police power to detain suspects for 36 hours and keep them in jail for 30 days, would be cut to a maximum of 12 hours detention and 20 days in jail respectively.
China Daily: Legislative discussion opens on reducing police rights
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jun 27, 2005
Categories : Law,Top Article
Tags :arbitrary detention,human rights conditions,police,prison