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.

Thursday, July 02, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

贵州男子错案平反被拖欠国家赔偿金 媒体报道后领到16.6万 (Guizhou man not paid State Compensation owed to him for wrongly decided case, receives RMB 166,000 after media reporting)
Caijing, July 2, 2015
http://yuanchuang.caijing.com.cn/2015/0702/3917645.shtml

Three Chinese officials sacked “over sex tape blackmail case’
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1830588/three-chinese-officials-sacked-over-sex-tape-blackmail-case

China's anti-corruption campaign enters phase two
The Diplomat, July 2, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-enters-phase-two/

2015上半年反腐成绩单:15名省部级官员落马 高压已成新常态 (Anti-graft probe results for first half 2015: 15 provincial ministerial cadres dismissed, repression the new norm)
People’s Daily, July 2, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0702/c1001-27240270.html