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.

Monday, July 13, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese authorities detain and denounce rights lawyers
中国拘捕维权律师,面临刑事指控
The New York Times, July 13, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150713/c13lawyers/dual/

Related:
(From @ZhouFengSuo (1) Special Note: Many lawyers discourage colleague Yang Jinzhu form acting as defense counsel for Zhou Shifeng. Yang Jinzhu’s response: "It's my duty, I'm willing to risk my life to help." Yang himself has also found defense counsel.)

维权即“死磕”?中国维权律师处境恶化 (Human rights diehards? The deteriorating environment for China’s human rights lawyers)
Deutsche Welle, July 13, 2015
http://dw.com/p/1FxlO

How support for a Chinese rights lawyer could have led to crackdown
Reuters, July 13, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/13/us-china-rights-idUSKCN0PN1FE20150713

全国官媒围攻维权律师 80多人被约谈威胁噤声 法律界痛斥 (Eighty people silenced and threatened in new crackdown, legal profession censures official media’s attack on human rights lawyers)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2015
https://www.e123.hk/ElderlyPro/details/413056/72/sc/

中国近百律师遭打压、威胁 官媒火力全开抨击维权律师 (Nearly 100 lawyers suppressed and threatened in China, state media openly attacks human rights lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07122015112404.html

China: Latest information on crackdown against lawyers and activists
Amnesty International, July 13, 2015
https://www.amnesty.org/press-releases/2015/07/china-list-of-lawyers-and-activists-targeted/

U.S. Calls on China to Free Detained Human Rights Advocates
Bloomberg Business, July 13, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-13/u-s-calls-on-china-to-release-detained-human-rights-advocates

Calling for the U.S. government to cancel Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S.
We the People, July 11, 2015
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/calling-us-government-cancel-chinese-president-xi-jinpings-visit-us

为了5万元钱两男拐卖他人宝贝儿子 (Two men traffic baby boys for RMB 50,000)
Zhejiang Legal News, July 10, 2015
http://zjfzb.zjol.com.cn/html/2015-07/10/content_126807.htm

超过请求时效 申请国家赔偿败诉 (Application for state compensation in rape case fails after exceeding statute of limitations)
Sichuan Legal News, July 14, 2015
http://dzb.scfzbs.com/shtml/scfzb/20150714/28594.shtml

China: End two-tier travel system for Tibetans, others
Human Rights Watch, July 13, 2015
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/07/13/china-end-two-tier-travel-system-tibetans-others