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, May 04, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Breaking: Lawyer Chen Jiangang, with family and two friends, seized by armed police in Yunnan
China Change, May 3, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/03/breaking-lawyer-chen-jiangang-with-family-and-two-friends-seized-by-armed-police-in-yunnan/

Related:
中国709案在押律师辩护律师被抓 (Defense lawyer for 709 detained lawyers is arrested)
Voice of America, May 4, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/defense-attorney-for-xie-yang-detained-in-yunnan/3837258.html

Chinese dissident Hu Jia “critically ill” in Beijing hospital
北京知名异议人士胡佳病重入院 家属紧急探望
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hujia-health-05032017142230.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05032017102252.html