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.

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

维权律师指控建三江公安实施酷刑 (Human rights lawyers accuse Jiansanjiang public security of torturing them in detention)
Voice of America, April 7, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/rights-attorney-tortured-by-the-policemen-20140407/1887721.html

Related:
Post Reeducation-Through-Labor “Abolition”: Lawyers and Defenders Monitor Legal Reform Implementation--The Jiansanjiang Case
废除劳教: 律师和维权人士监督法律改革实施--建三江案
Human Rights in China, March-April 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/post-reeducation-through-labor-abolition-lawyers-and-defenders-monitor-legal-reform-implementation
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/fei-chu-lao-jiao-lu-shi-he-wei-quan-ren-shi-jian-du-fa-lu-gai-ge-shi-shi-jian-san-jiang

China: investigate lawyers’ torture claims, close black jails
Human Rights Watch, April 7, 2014
www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/07/china-investigate-lawyers-torture-claims-close-black-jails