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.

Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lead poisoning lawsuit tests China's resolve over pollution
The Age, May 6, 2015
http://www.theage.com.au/world/lead-poisoning-lawsuit-tests-chinas-resolve-over-pollution-20150506-ggv33r.html

Appeals against judicial process to be speeded up
China Daily, May 5, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/05/content_20629686.htm

广东中山将在公租房设家暴“庇护屋” (Zhongshan city, Guangdong, plans to install shelters in public housing projects for women fleeing domestic violence)
All China Women’s Federation, May 4, 2015
http://www.china-woman.com/2015-05/04/content_60503.htm

亳州成立首家反家暴庇护所 家暴受害妇女可获得法律援助 (Bozhou city, Anhui, establishes anti-domestic violence shelter where women can obtain legal aid)
Bozhou Daily, May 5, 2015
http://news.hefei.cc/2015/0505/025186667.shtml

殴打妻子致骨折 男子被判刑两年 (Man gets two years’ sentence for long-term domestic violence and causing wife’s bone fracture)
Health Channel, May 4, 2015
http://health.gmw.cn/newspaper/2015-05/04/content_106350424.htm

大陸律師抱團取暖 為陳建剛律師維權 (Chinese lawyers form rights defense group in support of lawyer Chen Jiangang)
New Tang Dynasty Television, May 5, 2015
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/b5/2015/05/05/a1195021.html

浦志强收押周年北京检方三令补充侦查 (On 1-year anniversary of Pu Zhiqiang’s detention, Beijing prosecution orders further investigation for 3rd time)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150505_china_activist_pu_zhiqiang

China wants more open legal system: Xinhua
Xinhua, May 6, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150506/news_20150506_56_1097399.htm