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, January 11, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China rolls out new graft watchdog
The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2017
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-rolls-out-new-graft-watchdog-1484042579

Chinese Communist Party introduces rules for graft probes, supervision
Voice of America, January 10, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-communist-party-introduces-rules-for-graft-probes-supervision/3670006.html

Former Supreme Court vice president stands trial for graft
Xinhua, January 10, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/10/c_135970898.htm

Related:
最高法原副院长奚晓明受贿案开庭 被控非法收受1.14亿元 (Trial of former SPC vice president Xi Xiaoming opens, charged with illegally accepting 114 million yuan)
People’s Daily, January 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0110/c1001-29013151.html

Group to probe China's human rights violations under U.S. law
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/violations-01102017132942.html

Related:
促进中国人权新思路 - 中国人权问责中心成立 (A new way to promote human rights in China—“China Human Rights Accountability Center” established)
Voice of America, January 10, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chrac-in-us-20170109/3669916.html

A joint statement upon the establishment of “China Human Rights Accountability Center”
China Change, January 9, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/09/a-joint-statement-upon-the-establishment-of-china-human-rights-accountability-center/

广东江门市委原副书记、政法委原书记邹家军被"双开" (Former Jiangmen Municipal Committee Vice Secretary and former Political and Legal Affairs Committee Secretary Zhou Jiajun gets “double expulsion”)
People’s Daily, January 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0110/c1001-29013089.html