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ISLAMABAD Nike Air Force 1 Off White , Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least five killed in an alleged U.S. drone attack in northwestern Pakistan area late Monday, according to local reports, adding that the target was a militant house.


The reports said that the attack took place in Kurram Agency in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan and four or six missiles were fired in the attack. Some others were reportedly injured in the attack.


A militant commander and four of his companions reportedly belonged to Afghan Taliban were killed in the attack.


Local administration in the agency is investigating the attack, said the reports, but adding that it is still unclear that the attack is in Pakistan or in the other side of the border in Afghanistan.


It was the second drone attack launched by the United States since U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his policies toward Afghanistan and South Asia in August. A similar attack killed three people and injured two in September.


The drone strike came only days after Pakistan rescued a family of U.S.-Canadian hostages in the agency on the U.S.-shared intelligence.




BEIJING Nike Air Max 90 Off White , July 15 (Xinhua) -- China has been making progress in judicial protection of human rights since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, according to a signed article written by Qi Ju and carried by Xinhua.


The judiciary is the last line of defense to safeguard social fairness and justice. Since 2012, significant achievements have been made in promoting legislation based on rational analysis, strict law enforcement, judicial justice Nike Air Max 97 Off White , and observance of the law by all citizens, it said.


The country has strengthened the mechanism of judicial protection of human rights, including efforts to allocate judicial powers and responsibilities in a more rational way, improving the judicial accountability system, promoting judicial transparency and advancing the reform of trial-centered litigation.


China ensures lawyers' right of practice so that lawyers play a bigger role in safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of parties concerned.


The country has abolished the system of reeducation through labor and established a national judicial assistance system.


China continues to improve the judicial guarantee procedure of human rights. Reforms have been advanced to ensure that cases are filed and properly handled. Judicial organs have implemented principles of presumption of innocence and exclusion of unlawful evidence to protect the legitimate rights of suspects.


China strictly limits the death penalty and employs it with prudence.


Detainees' legitimate rights and interests are guaranteed by the improving conditions of prisons and detention houses and enhanced scrutiny of supervisory activities and the execution of punishment. The country has standardized commutation Nike Vapormax Off White , parole, and execution of sentences outside prison and safeguards the detainees' personal dignity, safety, legal property, and legitimate rights including the rights to defense Nike Off White Nederland , to appeal, to complain, and to report violations of the law.


National amnesty has been implemented to highlight humanitarianism.


PROTECTING LAWYERS' RIGHT OF PRACTICE


China has made or revised laws and regulations to ensure lawyers' right of practice. In 2015, regulations were issued to make clear various measures to protect lawyers' right of practice, including the rights to know Nike Air VaporMax Nederland , to meet their clients and read case files.


In 2016, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued opinions on advancing reform in the lawyer system, aiming to safeguard lawyers' litigation rights, improving the mechanism for governments to purchase legal services and improving social security policies for lawyers.


By March 2017, all 31 provincial-level lawyer associations had established lawyers' rights protection centers. In April Nike Air Max 96 Nederland , a circular was jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, and Ministry of Justice to further clarify different departments' duties in safeguarding lawyers' right to practice.


REDRESSING MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE


Judicial organs nationwide have implemented the principle of presumption of innocence to prevent and correct the miscarriage of justice.


In 2013 Nike Air Max 270 Nederland , the Ministry of Public Security issued a circular on improving law enforcement to prevent miscarriage of justice, along with other documents to prevent cases of wrong verdicts and to strengthen comprehensive, complete and real-time scrutiny of law enforcement to prevent miscarriage of justice at the source.


The Ministry of Justice issued the Opinions on Maximizing the Functions of the Forensic Assessment System to Prevent Miscarriages of Justice to strengthen forensic assessment management and further regulate such activities.


The Supreme People's Procuratorate released a circular to prevent and correct miscarriage of justice by better performing procuratorial functions, including scrutinizing all activities concerning evidence, procedures and application of laws Nike Air Max 2018 Nederland , improving the system of discovery, correction, and prevention of wrong verdicts, and holding those responsible accountable.


Moreover, the Supreme People's Court issued the Opinions on Establishing and Improving the Working Mechanisms for the Prevention of Miscarriages of Justice in Criminal Cases Nike Air Max 360 Nederland , stipulating that the defendants should be acquitted for lack of evidence, and no one should be prosecuted without criminal evidence.


A number of wrongful convictions have been overturned in accordance with the law.


EXCLUSION OF UNLAWFUL EVIDENCE


China has clarified rules to exclude unlawful evidence in its laws to protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects, according to the article..