Posts Tagged ‘Justice’

Contracted lawyers may not guarantee a quality legal defence

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

The need for continuing high professional standards and a robust accountability system are two elements that Kitty McKinley, a community worker in Wellington, will be looking for from the new Public Defence Service. The new Public Defence Service, launched today in Wellington by Minister of Justice Simon Power, provides an in-house legal aid service through Read more

Twitter message brings Labour Camp sentence

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

A Chinese woman has been sentenced to one year of “re-education” in a Chinese labor camp for sending a single tweet.