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, April 14, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

许志永二审维持原判遭各界谴责 (Rejection of Xu Zhiyong's appeal draws condemnation)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-04112014115232.html

Related:
Against the tide of human progress
The Economist, April 11, 2014
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/04/human-rights-china

Xu Zhiyong appeal rejected by Chinese appellate court
美国国务院发言人就中国一高级法院驳回许志永上诉一事发表声明
United States Department of State, April 11, 2014
EN: www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/04/224685.htm
CH: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/texttrans/2014/04/20140411297764.html#ixzz2yfH8ySfk

A free soul imprisoned: Citizen Xu Zhiyong’s statement for second-instance trial
Xu Zhiyong (Translation by Human Rights in China), April 2, 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/free-soul-imprisoned-citizen-xu-zhiyongs-statement-second-instance-trial

中国律师界声援因言遭刑拘广东律师 (Large number of Chinese lawyers sign up to represent Guangdong human rights lawyer criminally detained in Beijing)
Voice of America, April 13, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-rights-20140413/1892287.html

北京四律师的联合声明抗议建三江农垦公安局对他们的治安拘留处罚 (Four lawyers issued joint statement protesting their illegal detention in Jiansanjiang)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sd-04132014142813.html

Related:
建三江被拘四律师获释后的联合声明 (Joint statement by four lawyers after their release from detention in Jiansanjiang)
Boxun, April 13, 2014
boxun.com/news/gb/china/2014/04/201404131205.shtml#.U0tcKeaSxkg