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, April 12, 2013

Human Rights Defenders

弟涉詐騙罪本月審理 劉霞要求旁聽 (Liu Xiaobo’s Brother-in-law to be Tried for “Fraud,” Liu Xia Requests to Attend)
Hong Kong Radio (香港電台), April 12, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130412/news_20130412_55_914684.htm

最小“良心犯”张安妮:我要读书 (Youngest Chinese "Prisoner of Conscience" Zhang Anni: I Want to Go to School)
Deutsche Welle, April 12, 2013
http://bit.ly/YPMr6X

For more information on Zhang Anni, see:
合肥警方非法拘禁张林和10岁女儿
Activist and Ten-year-old Daughter Illegally Detained before Forcible Removal from Hefei
Human Rights in China, March 1, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6586
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6585

Lawyer for Falun Gong Believers Says Assaulted by Chinese Police
Reuters, April 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/us-china-lawyer-idUSBRE93B07R20130412