The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Rule of Law (法治)

最高检:上半年逾6千名损害群众利益的公职人员涉渎职被立案 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: over 6,000 civil servants under investigation in first half of 2013 for abusing power and harming public interests)
Xinhua, August 12, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-08/12/c_116903185.htm

Wrongful verdicts targeted
Global Times, August 12, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/803168.shtml#.UghJjNIwde4

Related:
最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国国家赔偿法》若干问题的解释(一) (Supreme People's Court Regulations concerning the Procedures for Handling Compensation Cases by People's Courts)
Supreme People's Court, May 31, 2013
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2011-03/18/content_24476.htm