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 09, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

江天勇妻子向长沙市公安局寄发家信 要求转交丈夫 (Lawyer Jiang Tianyong’s wife sends family letter to Changsha Ministry of Public Security, demands letter be handed to husband)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-03082017104700.html

中国在押律师妻子遭恐吓 律师发函控告 (Lawyer Wang Quanzhang's wife threatened, at the same time lawyer sends letter to lodge complaint against handling of Wang Quanzhang’s case)
Voice of America, March 8, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-wife-of-detained-chinese-attorney-received-death-threat-20170308/3755029.html

Related:
709大抓捕:谢阳亲笔信曝光否“认罪” 李文足遭死亡威胁 (709 Crackdown: Xie Yang’s handwritten letter denying “guilty plea” comes to light, Li Wenzu receives death threat)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-03082017103215.html

Elderly Uyghur woman is assigned a Chinese spy as “daughter”
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/daughter-03082017164746.html