China: detained lawyer faces prolonged judicial harassment as his trial is postponed again (Update)
Event- Country
- China
- Initial Date
- Mar 5, 2021
- Event Description
On 8 March 2021, the Linyi Municipal Procuratorate in Shandong province informed Ding Jiaxi's lawyer that it has sent the human rights defender's case back to the Linyi Municipal Public Security Bureau for supplementary investigation. Under the Criminal Procedure Law, the public security bureau must complete supplementary investigation within a month, and only two rounds of supplementary investigation are permitted.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Denial Fair Trial
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to fair trial
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Lawyer
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 36.67726586226482
Longitude: 117.07402389766378
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 8 March 2021, Ding Jiaxi, detained human rights lawyer and pro-democracy defender, had his case sent back to the police for further investigation for the third time upon order of the Municipal Prosecutor in Shandong Province, China.
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