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, July 28, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709事件被捕律師家屬到最高人民法院信訪處被阻進入 (Family of “709” lawyers stopped at petition office of Supreme People's Court)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 28, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344883-20170728.htm

律师权益关注:709李和平和王宇在关押期间曾要求见律师并提供了名单 未被允许 (Li Heping and Wang Yu demanded to meet with their designated lawyers during detention but weren’t allowed)
Weiquanwang, July 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/709_27.html

大陆54名律师联署《关于国务院不履行审查撤销司法部违法规章法定职责的监督书》 (54 lawyers in the mainland signed letter urging the State Council to remove Justice department’s unlawful authority of law firm management and the annual inspection of lawyers)
Weiquanwang, July 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/54.html

张海涛狱中单独囚禁 期盼律师代其申诉遭拒绝 (Political prisoner Zhang Haitao in solitary confinement and banned from hiring a lawyer to appeal his case)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07272017093819.html

Uighurs arrested in Egypt face unknown fate
Al Jazeera, July 27, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/07/uighurs-arrested-egypt-face-unknown-fate-170721101113091.html

Police in Italy detain Uyghur exile group leader at China’s behest
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detention-07262017164520.html