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.

Friday, November 17, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

江西明经国案一审开庭,庭审焦点:是否因强拆而引发血案? (Ming Jingguo, peasant who killed local official with hoe for eviction dispute, faces trial in Jiangxi)
The Paper, November 17, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1868369

详解新刑诉法以来宁夏首例“零口供”判死刑案,死刑已执行 (Suspect who gives no testimony executed: first death penalty in Ningxia since new Criminal Procedural Law takes effect)
Ningxia People’s Procuratorate, November 16, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1868041