 Shortly after the campaign 's launch , Party Committees provided instruction to judges reminding them of the political goals that their work must uphold . According to one document issued to judges in Zhejiang and quoted by Human Rights Watch , " Recently , some judges have started to believe that to be a judge you just have to strictly apply the law in a case . In fact , this kind of concept is erroneous [ ... ] all the legal formulations have a clear political background and direction [ ... ] We must stamp out the kind of narrow viewpoint that thinks that you can also do court work by having judicial independence . " 
