China to end jail without trial

Police are allowed to lock up without trial for up to four years anyone they see as a troublemaker. The ‘re-education through labour’ policy is often used against dissidents and underground religious movements. A Justice Department official said a new system, to be termed ‘rehabilitation after illegal behaviour’, would include a right of appeal to the courts. The accused would also be entitled to a lawyer. Re-education through labour is high on the list of abuses cited by the UN and other critics of China\'s human-rights record. Full report in The Telegraph