Effective measures to protect judges help uphold rule of law

A RECENT ASSAULT ON A JUDGE in a county in East China's Jiangsu province by a discontented litigant once again highlighted the urgent need for better protection of judges. CCTV.com commented on Sunday:

The judge of a court in Shuyang county was hit by a car on his way to work on Friday afternoon, and was then continually stabbed by the driver, a litigant who was dissatisfied with the judge's verdict in a court case.

This was the latest in a series of attacks against judges nationwide. On Jan 26, a retired judge in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was stabbed to death at his home by the defendant in a divorce case he handled 22 years ago. In early 2016, a Beijing judge was shot at home by a man who was discontent with the verdict she handed down in his divorce case.