近日,湖南永州的唐慧女士因“鬧訪”被勞教一案引發(fā)全國輿論空前關注,勞教制度也引起社會各界的詬病。來自北京、廣東、河南、湖南、山東等10個省市的10位律師,聯(lián)名致信司法部和公安部,建議對勞教制度進行調整。
請看《中國日報》的報道:
Prominent lawyers are joining those now calling on China to reform its controversial laojiao system, or re-education through labor system, which allows suspects to be sentenced to forced labor without first undergoing a trial.
知名律師加入聲討大軍,要求國家對勞教制度進行改革。勞教制度可以在未經審判的情況下對犯罪嫌疑人做出強制勞動處罰。
Re-education through labor就是“勞(動)教(養(yǎng))”的英文說法,這是一種administrative punishment(行政處罰),無須法院審判定罪即可deprive freedom of a suspect(限制嫌疑人人身自由)、re-educate suspect through forced labor(通過強制勞動進行再教育)。
十位律師對公安部和司法部發(fā)出open letter(公開信),稱勞教制度的intransparency(不透明性)和lack of supervision(缺少監(jiān)督)會導致abuse of power(權力濫用)。