Canada must stand with James Xiao, the latest Canadian casualty of Chinese persecution and unjust prosecution
99 per cent conviction rate. Accordingly, while the sentence was not unexpected, it was nonetheless unjust. Defendants have no recourse but to plead guilty, in the hope that they won’t draw the ire of capricious officials and face an even harsher sentencing. More often, confessions areSign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Since then I have taken up the cases and causes of many other Canadians unjustly held in China, exposing and unmasking the injustice of the country’s criminal justice system, quickly learning that the only thing criminal involved in the system is its lack of justice., who received his PhD in medicine at McGill University and went on to found China’s overseas democracy movement, still languishes in prison while his Canadian family fights for his freedom from halfway across the world.
Such unjust prosecutions and horrific conditions are further entrenched by a system that prevents and punishes the use of independent counsel. China has long held the record for imprisoning more lawyers than— all the more shocking in light of China’s growing tendency to force Communist Party-approved counsel upon defendants, if they are allowed one at all — and which further induces compliance with state demands among those rare remaining lawyers willing and permitted to take up a case.
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