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, January 05, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

公民要求公布雷洋案协议内容 联署质疑检警枉法 (In joint petition, citizens request authorities disclose contents of settlement in Lei Yang’s case, suspect that officers violated the law)
Voice of America, January 5, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-leiyang-case-20170103/3661439.html

Related:
中国逾百所高校学生及民众为雷洋鸣不平 (Over 100 Chinese high school students and others launch online petition to express concern over Lei Yang case)
Radio Free Asia, December 26 , 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12262016103014.html

The death of a young man in police custody is rattling the trust of China’s middle class
Quartz, January 4, 2017
https://qz.com/876828/the-death-of-a-young-man-in-police-custody-is-rattling-the-trust-of-chinas-middle-class/

Shanghai court accepts detained rights lawyer’s defamation case against state-backed media
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059516/shanghai-court-accepts-detained-rights-lawyers

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, June 10, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Couple held in China are free, but “even now we live under a cloud”
加拿大“间谍”夫妇讲述在中国被关押经历
The New York Times, January 4, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20170104/canadian-couple-china-detention/dual/