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.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Sins of the father: How China targets children of lawyers and activists as crackdown widens
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1871256/sins-father-how-china-targets-children-lawyers-and

Related:
Authorities widen crackdown on lawyers to include their children
Human Rights in China, October 16, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/authorities-widen-crackdown-lawyers-include-their-children

U.S. concerned by harassment of lawyers in China
Voice of America, October 22, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-concerned-by-harassment-of-lawyers-in-china/3019040.html