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, December 06, 2013

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Daughters of activists imprisoned in China call on White House for help
Associated Press and Fox News, December 5, 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/06/daughters-activists-imprisoned-in-china-call-on-white-house-for-help/

新余三君子均遭刑讯逼供 律师发现重大程序违规 (Three defendants in Liu Ping’s case suffered torture and experienced serious procedural irregularities)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-12052013095533.html

Related Tencent Weibo post:
RIGHTS律师团, December 6, 2013
杨学林:新余案庭审,全部结束,择日选判。 (Yang Xuelin: Xinyu trial concludes. Sentences to be announced later.)
http://t.qq.com/p/t/315798094103983

Chinese mourn Mandela; ask awkward questions about own dissidents
Reuters, December 5, 2013
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-mandela-china-20131205,0,7974656.story

Related:
北京悼念曼德拉 民众避提刘晓波 (Beijing citizens mourn Mandela, avoid mentioning jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo)
Voice of America, December 5, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/mandela-condolence-20131206/1804925.html

China pays tribute to Mandela, an "old friend of the Chinese people"
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1374332/china-pays-tribute-mandela-old-friend-chinese-people

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s liberator as prisoner and President, dies at 95
解放者曼德拉:从囚徒到总统
The New York Times, December 5, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/obits/20131206/c06mandela-obit/dual/

Related Tencent Weibo post:
温军, December 5, 2013
【中国怎么可能有曼德拉?】说曼德拉伟大,那是因为他在南非!他坐了27年牢,出狱后当选总统,还活了95岁的高龄。如果在中国,将可能面临老虎凳,咽阴毛,喷芥末油,缠铜丝(生殖器与脚趾)等酷刑,一个正常人怎么可能扛得过27年并保持精神正常?这些酷刑并非杜撰,参见腾讯。@袁裕来律师@何兵@徐昕
http://t.qq.com/p/t/336294064216181