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, August 12, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police rule suicide in case of young mother found with seven stab wounds
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1848939/chinese-police-rule-suicide-case-young-mother-found-seven-stab

Chinese activist free after post-release “disappearance”
李化平曝被戴手铐绑架出狱 未来将安心写作
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/release-08112015132840.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08112015105242.html

余文生控告北京警方虐待及变相酷刑 (Yu Wensheng files complaint against Beijing police for abuse and torture)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08112015114008.html

锋锐律师案王全璋以寻衅滋事、煽动颠覆两罪被刑事拘留 (Fengrui law firm case: Wang Quanzhang criminally detained for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” and “inciting subversion of state power”)
Radio France Internationale, August 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150811-锋锐律师案王全璋以寻衅滋事、煽动颠覆两罪被刑事拘留

Chinese man, falsely jailed for 20 years for murder, “refused to confess under torture”
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1848850/chinese-man-falsely-jailed-20-years-murder-refused