More justice court defends human rights

BEIJING, March 13 (People’s Daily) The human right protection in the judicial process has improved significantly in China, the work reports of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) revealed on Sunday.

The achievements outlined in the reports showed the more efficient and fairer justice system, which made many wrongful convictions corrected, court proceeding streamlined and better protection of lawyers’ rights, has improved human rights protection in China.

“A total of 1,039 suspects were found not guilty in 2015,” Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said on Sunday when delivering the SPC work report at the ongoing session of the National People’s Congress.

Meanwhile, about 25,000 suspects were not prosecuted due to lack of evidence or facts to constitute a crime, according to the SPP report.