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.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

The Chinese rights lawyer denied right to see his lawyer
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1842320/chinese-rights-lawyer-denied-right-see-his-lawyer

Related:
律师会见浦志强受到限制 (Lawyer prevented from meeting with Pu Zhiqiang)
Deutsche Welle, July 20, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/律师会见浦志强受到限制/a-18596025"

At least six missing after clampdown on human rights lawyers in China
The Guardian, July 21, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/21/human-rights-lawyers-china-missing-clampdown

Related:
China: secretly detained lawyers at risk of torture
Human Rights Watch, July 20, 2015
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/07/20/china-secretly-detained-lawyers-risk-torture

人权观察指律师被捕反映北京“极度厌恶”法治 (Human Rights Watch says crackdown on lawyers demonstrates Beijing’s “extraordinary disdain for rule of law”)
Radio France Internationale, July 21, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150721-人权观察指律师被捕反映北京“极度厌恶”法治/

Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2015

EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Accusations fly as China crackdown pits former official against top lawyer friend
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/21/accusations-fly-as-china-crackdown-pits-former-official-against-top-lawyer-friend/

China human-rights lawyers targeted [VIDEO]
The Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/video/china-human-rights-lawyers-targeted/1E429246-4A5B-4931-828A-74C2DA31C101.html