China’s highest court eyes judicial reform, while a lawyer criticizes TV confessions

Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2016

Mr. Zhu has criticized the common practice of using televised confessions, which are used “to humiliate human rights advocates, lawyers” and others as part of the current crackdown launched by President Xi Jinping. Dozens of televised confessions have recently been broadcast before court proceedings by persons detained for stirring up trouble, corruption and endangering state secrets.