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.

Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky
Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights, July 6, 2015
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16203&LangID=E

Communist Party chief at time of deadly 2009 riots in Western Chinese city expelled and faces graft charges
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1833390/communist-party-chief-time-deadly-2009-riots-western

Related:
中国反腐:新疆前中共高官栗智遭查处 (China’s anti-corruption campaign: Li Zhi, former senior CPC official in Xinjiang, expelled and under investigation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150706_xinjiang_lizhi