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, May 11, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China reports arrests of Uyghurs, Han Chinese for sharing “extremist” content
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/content-05102018161549.html

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Xinjiang authorities jail Uyghur Imam who took son to unsanctioned religious school
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/imam-05102018155405.html

Eleven lawyers and counting: Pressure from China frustrates defense for arrested Canadian Falun Gong practitioner
The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-eleven-lawyers-and-counting-pressure-from-china-frustrates-defence/

最高法发出通知要求切实防止裁判文书低级错误反复发生 (Supreme People’s Court urges local courts to prevent repeated, careless mistakes in judgment documents, judges to be held accountable)
Legal Daily, May 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/10/content_7541996.htm?node=5955

刑事诉讼法修正草案征求社会公众意见 (Draft amendments to Criminal Procedures Law released for public comment: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Xinhua News Agency, May 10, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/10/c_129869067.htm

Death in custody raises questions about new anti-graft oversight
Caixin, May 9, 2018
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-05-09/death-in-custody-raises-questions-about-new-anti-graft-oversight-101246477.html

Related:
“First victim” of China’s new anti-graft agency was “left disfigured” after he collapsed and died during interrogation
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145603/first-victim-chinas-new-anti-graft-agency-was-left