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, November 11, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China sentences former police chief to death for sinful, cruel murder
Reuters, November 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-idUSKBN1360BR

China, rocked by fresh blasts, jails 49 over Tianjin disaster
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tianjin-blast-11102016160555.html

中国与联合国:不断深化的合作 (China and the UN: Continuously deepening collaboration)
People’s Daily, November 11, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1111/c1001-28852920.html

英媒:孟宏伟领导国际刑警组织令人权团体忧虑 (British media: Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei to head Interpol, rights groups worried)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 11, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2016/11/161111_press_review