2009-04-03

Xinjiang Legal Aid Achieves “No Crack Uncovered”

新疆法律援助机构实现“无缝覆盖”
Xinhua News, 2009-04-02
According to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Legal Aid Center, the XUAR has 110 legal aid centers, one for every county-level administrative region and above, and 1,371 legal aid “stations” in towns, villages and city neighborhoods. To solve funding problems, the center successfully lobbied Beijing for 1.6 million yuan in 2008 and included 85 legal aid centers and stations in local government budgets, generating a total 2008 legal aid budget of 4.45 million yuan, a 131% increase over the previous year. 8,231 cases received legal assistance, a 28.3% increase over 2007, and 40,281 consultations were conducted, a 7.8% increase.

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