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.

Thursday, February 01, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东:一起特大拐卖儿童案一审宣判26人被判刑 (Guangdong sentences 26 child traffickers to up to suspended death penalty)
Xinhua News Agency, February 1, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-02/01/c_1122352520.htm

司法部公示对42名律师的处罚决定,6人因干扰诉讼活动被罚 (Ministry of Justice punishes 42 lawyers, including 6 for interfering with prosecution)
Legal Daily, February 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1979019

Tibetan nun dies after years of ill health following prison term
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/nun-01312018153945.html

孙林“煽动颠覆国家政权案”即将开庭 (Citizen journalist Sun Lin faces inciting subversion trial in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01312018103235.html

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被控提供国家机密 黄琦案移送四川绵阳法院 (Huang Qi, website owner charged with leaking state secrets, transferred to local court in Mianyang, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-01312018103421.html

Macau’s plan to exclude foreign judges from national security cases violates Basic Law, says top lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/macaus-plan-exclude-foreign-judges-national-security-cases-violates-basic-law-says-top-lawyer/