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.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

福建首个法援律师工作室开进法院 (Fujian's first legal aid office opens in [Taijiang District] court)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160323/Articel03003GN.htm

推进审判体系审判能力现代化 (Promoting modernization of trial system's capacity for trials)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160323/Articel03007GN.htm

长沙去年实施家庭暴力告诫制度, 已发出21份告诫书 (In written warning system for domestic violence launched last year, Changsha has already issued 21 such warnings)
Xinhua, March 23, 2016
http://www.hn.xinhuanet.com/2016-03/23/c_1118412068.htm

Christian lawyer Zhang Kai released in China
The Telegraph, March 24, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12202826/Christian-lawyer-Zhang-Kai-released-in-China.html

Tibetan monk freed after serving four years for pulling down Chinese flag
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/flag-03232016134807.html

Tibetan prisoner released with crippling back injury
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/injury-03232016155608.html