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, September 26, 2013

Death penalty (死刑)

Street vendor’s execution stokes anger in China
小贩夏俊峰被处死,引发公众愤怒
New York Times, September 26, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130926/c26vendor/dual/

Related weibo post:
木子老龙, September 26, 2013
张晶捧着夏俊峰的骨灰,几近崩溃。一场悲剧,三条人命,死去的,谁不是社会底层?你们真以为在他们之间,哪一方是鲁提辖,哪一方是镇关西?公民真正应该问的是——到底是谁,设计和维护这作恶的制度,在挑动底层相互砍杀之后,又装模作样出来主持公道?——他们才是真正的凶手! http://weibo.com/2711511694/AbfHEnbqB

25名律师发表联合声明 抗议夏俊峰被执行死刑 (25 lawyers issue joint statement to protest execution of Xia Junfeng)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-09252013143447.html