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.

Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lead poisoning lawsuit tests China's resolve over pollution
The Age, May 6, 2015
http://www.theage.com.au/world/lead-poisoning-lawsuit-tests-chinas-resolve-over-pollution-20150506-ggv33r.html

Appeals against judicial process to be speeded up
China Daily, May 5, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/05/content_20629686.htm

广东中山将在公租房设家暴“庇护屋” (Zhongshan city, Guangdong, plans to install shelters in public housing projects for women fleeing domestic violence)
All China Women’s Federation, May 4, 2015
http://www.china-woman.com/2015-05/04/content_60503.htm

亳州成立首家反家暴庇护所 家暴受害妇女可获得法律援助 (Bozhou city, Anhui, establishes anti-domestic violence shelter where women can obtain legal aid)
Bozhou Daily, May 5, 2015
http://news.hefei.cc/2015/0505/025186667.shtml

殴打妻子致骨折 男子被判刑两年 (Man gets two years’ sentence for long-term domestic violence and causing wife’s bone fracture)
Health Channel, May 4, 2015
http://health.gmw.cn/newspaper/2015-05/04/content_106350424.htm

大陸律師抱團取暖 為陳建剛律師維權 (Chinese lawyers form rights defense group in support of lawyer Chen Jiangang)
New Tang Dynasty Television, May 5, 2015
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/b5/2015/05/05/a1195021.html

浦志强收押周年北京检方三令补充侦查 (On 1-year anniversary of Pu Zhiqiang’s detention, Beijing prosecution orders further investigation for 3rd time)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150505_china_activist_pu_zhiqiang

China wants more open legal system: Xinhua
Xinhua, May 6, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150506/news_20150506_56_1097399.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

国家网信办公布可供网站转载新闻的新闻单位名单 (State Internet Information Office publishes list of media outlets permitted to repost news)
China.com, May 5, 2015
http://news.sdchina.com/show/3318824.html

近3成政府信息公开指南得零分 “三需要”成借口 (Study by Guangzhou CSO shows nearly 1/3 of government-issued “Open Government Information guides” are deficient and provide inadequate, incorrect, or misleading information)
Legal Net, May 5, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150505/n412393999.shtml

Chinese netizens migrate away from closely censored Weibo platforms
中国网民针对微博审查应对不同
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrate-05052015135233.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-05052015100649.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Xi urges Red Cross China to reform
China Daily, May 5, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/05/content_20629412.htm

Former Chinese propaganda workers protest over unpaid pensions
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pensions-05052015105010.html

Feminist five thank domestic and international support that secured their release
China Change, May 6, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/05/feminist-five-thank-domestic-and-international-support-that-secured-their-release/

Related:
Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Shanghai enacts curbs on business dealings of officials’ relatives
The New York Times, May 5, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/world/asia/shanghai-enacts-curbs-on-business-dealings-of-officials-relatives.html

Related:
The trouble with China's anti-corruption campaign
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-32590433

China prosecutors investigate former investment boss for graft
Reuters, May 5, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/05/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0NQ0RA20150505

Changes to food safety law include tougher punishments
Caixin, May 5, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-04/100806234.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Chinese government hops on the WeChat bandwagon
China Policy Institute Blog, May 6, 2015
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2015/05/06/chinese-government-hops-on-the-wechat-bandwagon/

How China will become more cooperative in cyberspace
The Diplomat, May 6, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/how-china-will-become-more-cooperative-in-cyberspace

Related:
Cyber security in China: new political leadership focuses on boosting national security
Mercator Institute for China Studies, December 9, 2014
http://www.merics.org/fileadmin/templates/download/china-monitor/China_Monitor_No_20_eng.pdf

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to “weaken” Islam
The Washington Post, May 5, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/05/05/china-orders-muslim-shopkeepers-to-sell-alcohol-cigarettes-to-weaken-islam/

Related:
新疆和田政府明令维族人店铺售烟酒 (Xinjiang Hotan prefectural government orders Muslim Uyghurs to sell cigarettes and alcohol)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-05052015100303.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Pro-Beijing group plans new petition to support Hong Kong electoral reform
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1786594/pro-beijing-group-plans-new-petition-support-hong-kong

董建華:反共者不能出閘 (Ex HK Chief Executive & Vice Chairman of CPPCC Tung Chee-hwa: anti-communists cannot stand for election)
Apple Daily, May 6, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150506/19137616