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, September 14, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Supreme court procedure reduces death sentences by 60%
Caixin, September 13, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-09-13/100988191.html

Guangdong labor activists to face trial by end of September
China Labor Bulletin, September 13, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangdong-labour-activists-face-trial-end-september

China's rights lawyers say judicial white paper “full of lies”
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-judicial-09132016135020.html

Related:
Full text: New Progress in the Judicial Protection of Human Rights in China
中国司法领域人权保障的新进展
The State Council Information Office, September 12, 2016
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2016-09/12/c_135681609.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-09/12/c_1119549617.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

A Chinese Internet entrepreneur was sentenced to three years in prison for running a porn site
Quartz, September 14, 2016
http://qz.com/780254/a-chinese-internet-entrepreneur-was-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-for-running-a-porn-site/

Citing eroding standards of taste, China says all live-streaming providers must obtain licenses
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2019089/citing-eroding-standards-taste-china-says-all-live

Video: Clampdown on reporting from Wukan “rebel village” as protesters are detained
Hong Kong Free Press, September 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/09/14/clampdown-on-reporting-from-wukan-rebel-village-as-protesters-are-detained/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China cracks down on “rebel” fishing village of Wukan
乌坎13名村民涉嫌聚众扰乱公共秩序被逮捕
Deustche Welle, September 13, 2016
EN: http://www.dw.com/en/china-cracks-down-on-rebel-fishing-village-of-wukan/a-19546739
CH: http://www.dw.com/zh/乌坎13名村民涉嫌聚众扰乱公共秩序被逮捕/a-19546600

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s legal foundation shaken as 45 lawmakers expelled in unprecedented vote-rigging scandal
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2019087/dozens-chinese-lawmakers-expelled-vote-rigging-scandal

Related:
辽宁45名全国人大代表因贿选被褫夺资格 (45 legal representatives from Liaoning province disqualified for electoral fraud)
Radio France Internationale, September 13, 2016
http://rfi.my/2cDU6mv

Status, power, connections ... what’s behind the unprecedented voting fraud in electing China’s most powerful organ?
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2019295/status-power-connections-whats-behind-unprecedented

China charges former senior PetroChina, FAW Group officials with graft: Xinhua
Reuters, September 14, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-petrochina-idUSKCN11K0AI

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. spies think China wants to read your e-mail
Bloomberg, September 13, 2016
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-13/u-s-spies-think-china-wants-to-read-your-e-mail

Microsoft, Huawei join in cybersecurity message
The Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-huawei-join-in-cybersecurity-message-1473757469

Hong Kong (香港)

「六四紀念館」的發展前景 (Development prospects for "June Fourth museum")
InMedia HK, September 13, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1044618a

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Can China’s best newspaper survive?
ChinaFile, September 13, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/can-chinas-best-newspaper-survive

Letters from Inside: Ai Weiwei
British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4, September 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07v0fv8

Statement upon the third anniversary of the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group
China Change, September 13, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/09/13/statement-upon-the-third-anniversary-of-the-chinese-human-rights-lawyers-group/