2009-03-31

Statistics on Tibetan Legal Aid Reported

西藏法律援助8年来受理困难群众案件3600余件
Xinhua News, 2009-03-31
According to the vice-director of the Ministry of Justice's office in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), government-supported legal aid in the TAR has assisted in 3,628 cases involving people with “economic difficulties or special cases” since legal aid began in the area in 2001. In 2009 legal aid funding is expected to increase to 500,000 yuan, a dramatic rise over 2008's 180,000 yuan. Future improvements in aid will focus on expanding services into the township and village level and increasing the number of legal aid workers bilingual in Tibetan and Chinese.

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