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, May 05, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Woman suing China Post for gender discrimination
Channel News Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/woman-suing-china-post/1825796.html

Does money matter when determining which Chinese court will hear your dispute?
Supreme People's Court Monitor, May 5, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/05/05/does-money-matter-when-determining-which-chinese-court-will-hear-your-dispute/

China extends detention of rights lawyer ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
浦志强案再度延长审限15天
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-05042015130336.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05042015101444.html

全面依法治国,开启中国法治新时代 (Ruling country in complete accordance with the law, Opening new rule-of-law era in China)
People’s Daily, May 5, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0505/c1001-26947587.html

Related:
依宪治国的精神基础 (Intellectual basis for ruling the country by constitution)
Financial Times, May 5, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001061843

The will of the party: with discussion of legal reform dominating China’s annual Two Sessions, China’s leadership continues to push forward its “rule by law” agenda
News China Magazine, May, 2015
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/the-will-of-the-party