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, July 29, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing must not win 2022 Winter Olympics bid, say human rights activists
The Guardian, July 29, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/29/beijing-2022-winter-olympics-bid-human-rights-activists

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人权人士请求国际奥委会拒绝北京主办冬奥会 (Human rights activists ask IOC to reject Beijing’s bid to host 2022 Winter Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-07282015115540.html

HRIC Urges IOC to Postpone Host City Election for 2022 Olympics
Human Rights in China, July 28, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hric-urges-ioc-postpone-host-city-election-2022-olympics

China indicts former Party Chief of Xinjiang's capital for graft
Voice of America, July 28, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-indicts-former-party-chief-of-xinjiang-capital-for-graft/2881396.html

A Chinese Supreme Court justice falls from grace
Foreign Policy, July 28, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/28/china-supreme-court-corruption-crackdown/

China says recovered 38.7 billion yuan in graft losses
Channel NewsAsia, July 29, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-says-recovered-38-7/2014540.html

Dark corner of China's rise: A surge in trafficking of children
Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0727/Dark-corner-of-China-s-rise-A-surge-in-trafficking-of-children

男子被错关获13万“平冤款”一年未到 检方称财政没钱 (Man fails to get RMB 130,000 state compensation for wrongful imprisonment after 1-year wait, procuratorate says there is no money in public coffers)
The Paper, July 29, 2015
Available at: http://www.tynews.com.cn/eye/content/2015-07/29/content_991948.htm

查处总数比去年明显下降但各类单项问题均有增长, 中纪委纠“四风”半年报揭示哪些问题 (Total number of investigations in first half of 2015 dropped visibly compared to same period in 2014, but that of various single item issues has increased: Issues revealed by the CCDI's half-yearly report on its investigation of the “four winds”)
Legal Daily, July 29, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150729/Articel04002GN.htm

检察介入, 涉毒人员袭警被毙 (Procuratorate gets involved, drug suspect shot dead by police)
Legal Daily, July 29, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150729/Articel05014GN.htm