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.

Friday, June 02, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese rights lawyer charged with subversion after six months' secret detention
709大抓捕:江天勇律师“监视居住”期满遭正式逮捕
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-arrest-06012017124510.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-06012017103601.html

两高公布国家赔偿新标准: 侵犯公民人身自由权每日赔偿金258.89元 (Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate publish new standards on state compensation: violating a citizen’s right to freedom brings a daily compensation of RMB 258.98)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/31/content_7187076.htm

China firm that makes shoes for Ivanka Trump denies missing activists' claims
The Guardian, June 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/china-ivanka-trump-shoes-activists-detained-missing

孟建柱: 深化刑事审判工作改革在更高层次上实现惩治犯罪和保障人权相统一 (Meng Jianzhu: Deepening reform of criminal trial work to, at a higher level, punish criminals while protecting human rights)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-06/01/content_7188374.htm