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 06, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Graft and the Chinese Communist Party's grass-roots chiefs
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1833215/graft-and-chinese-communist-partys-grass-roots-chiefs

Mistress of corrupt Chinese railway official loses her appeal against five-year jail sentence
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1831639/mistress-corrupt-chinese-railway-official-loses-her-appeal

公安部出台公安人员干预插手案件办理记录通报责任追究规定 过问案件办理情况一律记录在案 (Ministry of Public Security issues regulations for reporting and investigating case interference by public security personnel)
Legal Daily, July 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150702/Articel01009GN.htm