Mr. Zhang had later been extradited and sentenced in July 1990 in Beijing to eight years in prison. Her organization was concerned for the whereabouts, health and safety of Zhang's wife and child and was seeking information from the Chinese Government. 39. The International League for Human Rights urged the Sub-Commission to adopt measures to help to redress the conditions in China today in respect of the administration of justice and the human rights of detainees. 40. Referring to agenda item 11, she said that on 4 June 1989, the very day when troops and tanks had been forcibly ending the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing, the Supreme People's Court had telegraphed the Central People's Government to express its support for military suppression of what the Court had characterized as "counter-revolutionary demonstrations in Tiananmen Square". In that astounding declaration of political partiality, the Court was simply echoing executive policy. The President of the Supreme People's Court in a recent speech had stated bluntly, that the independent exercise of judicial power by the people's courts occurred under the leadership of the Party, that the independent exercise of judicial power by the people's courts must be supervised and supported, and that courts at all levels should consciously keep aligned with the central Party political line, obey orders and listen to commands. The partiality and lack of restraint shown by those and similar extra-judicial pronouncements made by judges in China clearly fell under paragraph 35(v) of Mr. Joinet's working paper (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/35) and should be of serious concern to the Sub-Commission. 41. A further major functional defect in Chinese law and practice which undermined judicial independence and impartiality was the ineffective provision of security of tenure for judges during their term of appointment. Judges were therefore, in practice, subject to arbitrary transfer, demotion or dismissal. 
**Analysis**
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Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights